廣弘明集 15.153

15.153

竊以。因緣假有。眾生之滯根。法本不然。至人之妙理。是以三界六趣遶業障而自迷。八解十智導歸宗而虛豁。是以能仁大師隨緣布道。愍焰宅之既焚。傷欲流之永騖。託白淨之宮。照黃金之色。居茲三惑示畫篋之非真。出彼四門驚浮雲之易滅。於是佛日啟。法雷震。設漸教。降權跡。三寶現世一道知歸。大接群蒼救茲未度。法雲法水之潤。等世界於無邊。智燈智炬之光。同虛空於莫限。物因難量化緣將息。林開白日樹映青枝。悲哉六識沈淪八苦。不有大聖誰拯慧橋。皇帝體乾元之叡德。含天地之純誠。照玉鏡之神。握太平之運。吞虞孕夏罩漢籠周。御六氣而子蒼生。扇二儀而布亭毒。緯樂經禮偃武修文。秋荼不設廢九律之嚴科。春雨愛生解三驅之密網。固以咸池之靈自失。汾水之德知慚。少陽懋善於元貞。蕃臣變味於槐袞。八凱三座九棘四科之士。內宣王事運策橫行。專城推轂之將。外守封彊一同文軌。萬方共貫。穿胸鏤臆之酋。短身長臂之帥。南越鑠石北極天沙。東邁日枝西踰月紀。莫不梯峯。挂逈越繩度之山。航海跨深。汎浮毛之浪。奉方入貢。進忠請職。獻同心之鳥。貢比肩之獸。爾乃嘉祥競發寶瑞咸委。靈芝潏露月萃郊園。義鳳仁虎日聞郡國。如珠如璧。既照燭於中畿。若雲非雲。亦徘徊於宮雉。於是驅黎氓於仁壽。濟動植於幽隍。歲樂民殷家給戶足。斑白不提挈。童稚有謳歌。從善如流應風猶草。開農務本鑄刃銷鋒。紅粒盈箱青鳧委貫。上照天下漏泉。天既成矣地既平矣。天子乃均一子愍四生。示正行之因。標出要之路。廣設道場大弘妙法。涅槃寶棹。接惑眾於背流。慈悲光明。照群迷於未曉。法輪遍乎大千。清涼被於小葉。故天人舞鳳去照園而讚善。菩薩飛象越香土而來儀。五百寶蓋騰光自合。十千瓔珞懸空下墜。龕室莊嚴國界殊特。製三時之殿。聳四柱之臺。雖漢后望神之宮軒轅待仙之觀。曾何足髣髴寶雲儀形等覺。於是想成道之初。建菩提之樹。四海呈珍百工薦巧。雕金鏤碧綴鏡懸珠。製似雪山形同飛蓋。四布垂陰五面蓋物。名高滿月恩踰普覆。並艶千光之樹。連英五色之花。璧日垂采玉帶生烟。微風徐動寶枝成樂。儼然妙色蔭此曲枝。顯若金山尊如聚月。信女百味之初。諸天四鉢之狀。散漫祥草連翩青雀。伏吐電之魔。却擔山之鬼。奇姿瓌質不可勝言。此實生善之妙緣進行之深福。當今盛美曩代未聞。方應照悳不窮。懸諸日月。巍巍永樂萬萬斯年敢作頌曰。

I venture to observe: Provisional existence through causes and conditions is the clinging root of sentient beings; phenomena fundamentally not being so is the wondrous principle of the ultimate person. Thus, the three realms and six destinies circle within karmic obstacles, confusing themselves, while the eight liberations and ten knowledges guide them back to the source, opening wide into emptiness. For this reason, the Great Master, the Capable and Benevolent One, spread the Way in accord with conditions, pitying how the burning house had already caught fire, and grieving that the currents of desire rushed onward forever. He entrusted himself to the palace of Pure Food, illuminating with a golden hue; dwelling amidst these three delusions, he revealed that the painted box was unreal, and stepping out through those four gates, he was alarmed that floating clouds easily vanish. Thereupon the Buddha-sun arose, and the Dharma-thunder roared; he set forth the gradual teachings and manifested expedient traces. The Three Jewels appeared in the world, and all knew the one way of return; he gathered in the common masses on a grand scale, saving those not yet ferried across. The moisture of the Dharma-cloud and Dharma-water equaled the world's boundlessness; the brilliance of the lamp of wisdom and torch of wisdom matched the limitlessness of empty space. The conditions of beings were hard to measure, and the causes for transformation were about to cease; the grove opened in the white day, and the tree was reflected in green boughs. How sorrowful that the six consciousnesses sink down in the eight sufferings! Without the Great Sage, who could sustain the bridge of wisdom? The Emperor embodies the sagacious virtue of Qian's primal power and harbors the pure sincerity of Heaven and Earth; illuminating with the spirit of a jade mirror, he grasps the fortune of great peace. Swallowing Yu and pregnant with Xia, enveloping Han and encaging Zhou, he rides the six breaths to father the common people, and fans the two poles to nourish all things. Weaving music and organizing rites, he rests military pursuits and cultivates civil arts; autumn brake-grass is not set out, abolishing the severe penal codes of the nine statutes; spring rains love life, unraveling the dense net of the three-sided hunt. Thus the spirit of the Xianchi pool naturally feels inadequate, and the virtue of the Fen River knows shame. The Crown Prince cultivates goodness in primal rectitude; the feudatory ministers change their tastes at the sophora-robed court. The scholars of the eight talents, the three seats, the nine thorns, and the four categories promote the king's affairs within, devising strategies to stride across the realm; the generals who govern individual cities and receive command of chariots guard the borders without, bringing script and axle into uniformity. The myriad regions are joined together; chieftains with pierced chests and tattooed breasts, and commanders with short bodies and long arms, from the south where stones melt to the far north at the heavenly sands, from the sun's branch in the east to past the moon's measure in the west—none do not scale peaks and hang over chasms, crossing mountains by rope bridges, or sail seas and traverse the deep, floating on waves that cannot bear a feather. Presenting tribute from their directions, offering loyalty and petitioning for offices, they bring birds of one heart and beasts of joined shoulders. Thereupon auspicious signs compete to appear, and precious wonders all assemble; divine mushrooms and sweet dew gather monthly in the suburban parks; righteous phoenixes and benevolent tigers are reported daily from commanderies and kingdoms. Like pearls and jade, they illuminate the central domain; like clouds yet not clouds, they linger over the palace battlements. Thereupon he drives the black-haired people toward benevolence and longevity, and saves moving and plant life in deep ravines. The year is joyful and the people abundant, with every family provided and every household sufficient; the white-haired carry no loads, and children sing songs. Following goodness like flowing water, they bend with the wind like grass. Promoting agriculture to attend to fundamentals, weapons are melted down and blades beaten into tools; red grain fills the storehouses, and copper coins rot on their strings. Above he illuminates Heaven, and below he reaches the subterranean springs. Heaven is now completed, and Earth is now leveled. The Son of Heaven then views all with the love for an only child, pitying the four forms of birth; he indicates the causes of correct conduct and marks the path to transcendence. Extensively setting up bodhimaṇḍas, he vastly propagates the wondrous Dharma. The precious oar of nirvāṇa gathers in the deluded crowds from the counter-current; the light of loving-kindness and compassion illuminates the masses of the lost before the dawn. The wheel of the Dharma turns throughout the trichiliocosm, and refreshing coolness covers the small leaves. Therefore, heavenly beings and dancing phoenixes leave the radiant park to praise goodness; bodhisattvas on flying elephants cross the fragrant lands to arrive in solemnity. Five hundred jeweled canopies soar with light and merge of themselves; ten thousand necklaces suspend in the void and descend. The niches and shrines are adorned, and the realm is extraordinary. He constructed a hall for the three seasons and erected a terrace of four pillars. Though the Han emperor had the palace for awaiting spirits and Xuanyuan had the tower for waiting upon immortals, how could they even slightly resemble the precious clouds or emulate the Form of the Equal Enlightenment? Thereupon, recalling the initial attainment of the Way, he erected the Bodhi tree. The four seas presented treasures, and the hundred artisans offered their craft. Carving gold and engraving jade, stringing mirrors and suspending pearls, its build resembles the Snow Mountains, and its form is like a flying canopy. Spreading in four directions it casts shade, and covering things on five sides; its fame is higher than the full moon, its grace exceeds universal shelter. Side by side with the splendor of the tree of a thousand lights, connected with the blossoms of five-colored flowers; the jade-disc sun hangs its radiance, and jade belts give rise to mist. A gentle breeze slowly stirs, and precious branches produce music. In solemn dignity the wondrous form rests under these curving boughs, prominent like a golden mountain, revered like the assembled moons. At the beginning, the faithful woman offered the hundred flavors; the devas presented the four bowls. Auspicious grass was scattered broadly, and green sparrows flitted in succession. He subdued the māras who spew lightning and repelled the demons who carry mountains. Its rare appearance and magnificent quality cannot be fully spoken of. This is truly a wondrous cause for generating goodness and a profound blessing for advancing conduct. The magnificent splendor of the present day was unheard of in past ages; it shall shine with unending virtue, suspended alongside the sun and moon. Lofty and towering with eternal bliss for myriad myriad years, I dare to compose this eulogy: