法華傳記 7.38

7.38

姚興諡昭文都常安。晉安帝世。天竺法師鳩摩羅什。弘始三年冬到常安。姚興厚加禮。請入逍遙園。別館安置。勅令僧[(丰*力)/石]集諸沙門八百餘人諮受什旨。八年於大寺草堂之中。出法華經竟。命僧叡道融。講新法華。崇御佛法。秦主發願云。什公書經。筆端放光。光中見化佛及文殊。廼知此土感應。自筆造經。兼救亡親。即於翻經院傍。別造淨室。以七寶莊嚴室內。香水散灑。自香湯沐浴。八年三月八日。就書寫始立題。放五色光。纔得兩卷。秦主夢。淨室頓如廣博嚴淨土。金色光明。充滿其中。光中見亡親。歡喜說偈曰。

Yao Xing was posthumously named Emperor Zhaowen and had his capital at Chang'an. In the era of Emperor An of the Jin, the Indian Dharma master Kumārajīva arrived at Chang'an in the winter of the third year of the Hongshi era. Yao Xing showed him generous courtesy, invited him to enter the Xiaoyao Garden, and lodged him in a separate residence. He decreed that Senglüe assemble more than eight hundred śramaṇas to inquire about and receive Kumārajīva's teachings. In the eighth year, inside the Caotang [Vihāra] of the Great Monastery, the translation of the Lotus Sūtra was completed. He commanded Sengrui and Daorong to lecture on the new Lotus, revering and honoring the Buddha's Dharma. The lord of Qin made a vow, saying, "When Master Kumārajīva copies the scripture, the tip of his brush emits light, and within the light transformation buddhas and Mañjuśrī are seen. Thus do we know of sympathetic resonance in this land." He himself copied the scripture with his own brush, wishing also to deliver his deceased parents. He then established a separate pure chamber beside the Translation Bureau, adorned the interior of the room with the seven jewels, sprinkled scented water, and personally bathed in fragrant water. On the eighth day of the third month of the eighth year, he undertook the copying; when he first wrote the title, it emitted five-colored light. When he had completed just two scrolls, the lord of Qin dreamed that the pure chamber suddenly became like an expansive, adorned pure land, and golden radiance filled it. Within the light he saw his deceased parents, who joyfully spoke a verse, saying: