三寶感應要略錄 1.77

1.77

昔金剛薩埵。親於毘盧舍那佛前。受金剛界大曼陀羅法義。後數百歲。傳於龍猛菩薩。又數百歲之後。傳於龍智。龍智慎傳持之。如瓶水移器。傳金剛智。智是南印度摩賴耶國人。隨緣遊。隨處利生。聞大支那佛法崇盛。遂汎船東遊。幸于海隅。開元八年中。方屆京邑。於是廣弘祕教。建曼陀羅。依法作成。皆感應瑞。

Anciently, Vajrasattva personally received the principles of the Great Vajradhātu Maṇḍala before Vairocana Buddha. Several centuries later, he transmitted them to the Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna. Several centuries after that, they were transmitted to Nāgabodhi. Nāgabodhi carefully preserved and maintained them, like water transferred from one vessel to another, and transmitted them to Vajrabodhi. Vajrabodhi was a native of the kingdom of Malaya in southern India. He wandered following causes and conditions, benefiting sentient beings wherever he went. Hearing that the Buddha Dharma was greatly flourishing in Mahācīna, he took ship and traveled east, reaching the seacoast. In the eighth year of the Kaiyuan era, he finally arrived at the imperial capital. Thereupon, he broadly propagated the secret teaching and established maṇḍalas. What he accomplished in accordance with the Dharma all brought about auspicious sympathetic responses.