廣弘明集 15.11

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太上邈矣。有唐統天。孔亦因周。籧廬三傳。明明釋迦。寔惟帝先。應期叡作。化融竺乾。交養恬和。濯粹冲源。邁軌世王。領宗中玄。堂堂洪摸。揭秀員靈。峻誕崑岳。量裒太清。大象罕窺。乃員其明。玄音希扣。文以八聲。煌煌慧炬。燭我宵征。人欽其哲。孰識其冥。望之霞舉。即亦雲津。威揚夏烈。溫柔晞春。比器以形。卓機以神。卷即煙滅。騰亦龍伸。鼓舞舟壑。靈氣惟新。誰與茲作。獨運陶鈞。三無衷玄。八億致遠。二部既弘。雙翰惟典。充以瓌奇。恬以易簡。藏諸韞匵。寔之令善。令善善因。乃讚乃演。致存言往。豈伊弘闡。日月貞朗。顯晦周遍。生如紛霧。曖來已晞。至人全化。跡隨世微。假云泥洹。言告言歸。遺風六合。佇芳赤畿。象罔不存。誰與悟機。鏡心垂翰。庶覿冥暉。

The utmost high is distant; / Tang of Yin governed heaven. / Confucius also followed Zhou; / The lodging place was thrice transmitted. / Brilliant is Śākya, / Truly he preceded the emperors. / Responding to the era with sagely action, / His transformation harmonized India. / Mutually nourishing tranquility and harmony, / He bathed in purity at the empty source. / Surpassing the tracks of worldly kings, / He presided over the origin in central mystery. / Stately is the vast model, / Displaying excellence in the round heavens. / Towering, he was born like the Kunlun peak; / In measure, he encompassed the Great Clarity. / The great image is rarely seen, / Yet it rounds its brightness. / The dark sound is seldom struck, / Adorned with the eight voices. / Blazing is the torch of wisdom, / Illuminating our night journey. / People revere his wisdom; / Who understands his profound darkness? / Gazing at him, he rises like rosy clouds; / Approaching him, he is a cloud ford. / His majesty spreads summer heat; / His gentleness is the warming spring sun. / Comparing instruments by their shapes, / He was eminent in capacity through his spirit. / Rolling up, he vanishes like smoke; / Soaring, he extends like a dragon. / Stirring the boat and the valley, / His spiritual aura is ever renewed. / Who acted together with this? / He alone operated the potter's wheel. / The three absences penetrate the mystery; / The eight hundred million reach the distant. / The two divisions having been broadened, / The twin writings serve as canonical standards. / Filled with the wondrous and rare, / Serene in the easy and simple. / Storing it within the case, / He truly made it good. / Making good the good cause, / One praises and expounds it. / Bringing about the preservation of words when he has departed, / How could it be merely an extensive explanation? / The sun and moon are constant and bright, / Revealing and hiding everywhere. / Life is like drifting mist: / Dimly coming, it has already dried away. / The ultimate person perfected transformation; / His traces grew faint along with the world. / Borrowing the name of nirvāṇa, / It is said he departed, said he returned. / His bequeathed influence fills the six directions, / Waiting with fragrance in the Red Capital. / If Xiangwang is not present, / With whom will one awaken to the subtle? / Reflecting the mind and putting brush to paper, / I hope to behold the dark light.