三寶感應要略錄 2.94

2.94

澧州僧哲禪師。思慕聖蹤。浮舶西域。既到西土。適化隨緣。巡禮略周。歸東印度到三咀吒國。王名曷羅社跋吒。其王既深敬三寶。深誠徹信。光絕前後。每於日日。造柘摸泥像十萬區。讀大般若十萬頌。用鮮花十萬。尋親自供養於王城內。僧居有四千計人。皆受王供養。每於晨朝。令便入寺合掌。房前急行疾國。大王奉問。法師等宿夜得安和否。僧答曰。願大僧呪願。大王無病長壽國祚安寧。怨國求和士民豐饒。大般若之力也矣。

Dhyāna Master Sengzhe of Lizhou, longing for the sacred traces, traveled by boat to the Western Regions. Having arrived in the Western Lands, adapting to conversions according to conditions, his pilgrimage was largely complete, and he returned to Eastern India, arriving in the kingdom of Samataṭa. The king's name was Rājabhaṭa. This king deeply revered the Three Jewels, with deep sincerity and penetrating faith that outshone all before and after him. Every day, he made one hundred thousand molded mud images, read one hundred thousand verses of the Mahāprajñā[pāramitā], used one hundred thousand fresh flowers, and forthwith personally made offerings within the royal city. The monastics numbered some four thousand, all of whom received offerings from the king. Every morning, he would dispatch someone to enter the monastery and, with joined palms, walk briskly before their rooms through the monastery grounds, saying: "The Great King respectfully asks: Did the Dharma Masters have a peaceful and harmonious night?" The monks would reply, saying: "May the Great Saṅgha recite prayers of blessing: May the Great King be free from illness and have long life, may the fortunes of the state be peaceful and secure, may hostile states seek peace, and may the soldiers and common people be prosperous and abundant! Such is the power of the Mahāprajñā[pāramitā]!"