弘贊法華傳 10.10

10.10

司空陳容公竇抗。早出中衢。宿知寶所。雖貴極台輔。而凝心妙覺。爰捨淨財。立靜法寺。莊嚴輪奐。將美天宮。其弟璡。行盡色難。志窮惡道。奉為考安豐公。妣成安公主。敬造法花金剛般若。各一部。乃妙思神𮂌。幽情獨悟。每菡萏將發。澡雪身衣。自搴池內白蓮花葉。潔淨曝乾。擣以為紙。於是。嚴飾道場。躬自抄寫。刺心取血。用以為墨。斯事振古罕儔。理多祥瑞。而璡謙損慎密。不許外傳。使後代無聞。惜哉。其經。緘之寶藏。于今尚在。

Minister of Works Dou Kang, Duke of Chenrong, stepped onto the central avenue early and long knew the place of jewels. Although he attained the highest ministerial rank, he concentrated his mind on wonderful awakening. Thereupon, he renounced pure wealth and founded the Jingfa Monastery, whose adornments and magnificent architecture rivaled the celestial palaces. His younger brother Jin fulfilled the difficult duty of filial respect in his demeanor and was devoted to rescuing beings from the evil destinies. On behalf of his deceased father, the Duke of Anfeng, and his deceased mother, Princess Chengan, he reverently produced one set each of the Lotus Sūtra and the Diamond Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra. Endowed with wonderful thoughts and divine ingenuity, his hidden sentiments attained singular realization. Whenever the lotuses were about to bloom, he would wash his body and clothes, personally pluck the petals of the white lotuses in the pond, dry them purely in the sun, and pound them into paper. Thereupon, he adorned the sanctuary, personally copied the sūtras, and pierced his chest to draw blood, using it as ink. This affair has rarely had an equal since antiquity, and by all reason must have yielded many auspicious signs. Yet Jin was modest, yielding, cautious, and secretive, refusing to let it be known outside, so that later generations heard nothing of it. How regrettable! These sūtras were sealed in a jeweled depository, and exist to this day.