法華傳記 2.22

2.22

太康七年八月十日。燉煌月支菩薩流無不竭其聰。而住其心。然領受之用易存。憶議之功難掌。自非般若朗。其聞慧總持。銘其思府。焉能使機遇而不遺神會。而不昧者哉。故紙墨以記其文外之言。借眾聽以集成事之說。煩而不簡者。遺其事也。質而不麗者。重其意也。其指微而婉。其辯博而晦。自非筆受。胡可勝哉。是以即於講次。疏以為記。冀通鑒之賢。不咎其煩而不要也。

On the tenth day of the eighth month in the seventh year of the Taikang era, the Yuezhi Bodhisattva of Dunhuang [Dharmarakṣa] exhausted his intelligence to dwell his mind [therein]. Yet the function of receiving and retaining is easy to maintain, while the labor of remembering and deliberating is difficult to control. Were it not for prajñā shining forth, hearing and wisdom possessing dhāraṇī, and engraving them in the treasury of thoughts, how could one cause the encounter with opportunities to remain unforgotten and the spiritual union to be undimmed? Therefore, with paper and ink we record the words beyond the text, relying on the assembly's hearing to assemble the account of accomplished events. Being detailed rather than concise is to avoid omitting the events; being plain rather than ornate is to give weight to the meaning. Its purport is subtle and graceful, its eloquence broad yet obscure; had it not been written down by brush, how could it be endured? Therefore, right in the sequence of lectures, we drafted this as a record, hoping that worthy persons of thorough discernment will not fault its detail and lack of conciseness.