廣弘明集 19.12

19.12

大矣哉妙覺之為妙也。無相非色空不可極。而立言垂訓以汲引為方。慈波慧水雖可溉。而莫知其源者也。靈篇寶籍遠採龍藏。蓋無得而言焉。至于義指天山之表文隱交河之外。又非斷籌所能算也。逮于祇樹菴園之妙吼四諦一乘之正說。重譯而通中土。莫不恒沙之一焉。而詞源海廣理塗雲奧。雖字流附響萬軫同趣分條散葉離文析句。未或槩其萬一也。竟陵王殿下。神超上地道冠生知。樹寶業於冥津。凝正解於冲念。若夫方等之靈邃甘露之深玄。莫有不遊其塗而啟其室也。祕藏之被東國者靡不必集。皆繕以寶縑文以麗篆。凝光瓊笥炫采瑤縢。思欲敷振微言昭感未悟。乃以永明元年二月八日。置講席於上邸。集名僧於帝畿。皆深辨真俗洞測名相。分微靡滯臨疑若曉。同集於邸內之法雲精廬。演玄音于六宵。啟法門於千載。濟濟乎實曠代之盛事也。自法主以降暨于聽僧。條載如左。以記其事焉。乃作頌曰。

Great indeed is the wondrousness of Wondrous Awakening! Signless and non-physical, its emptiness cannot be plumbed to the limit. Yet establishing words and leaving instructions, it uses guidance as its method. Although the waves of compassion and waters of wisdom can irrigate, none know their source. The numinous scriptures and precious texts were collected from afar in the dragon treasury, which cannot be expressed in words. As for their meaning pointing beyond the Tianshan Mountains and their texts hidden beyond Jiaohu, they are not something that broken counting-slips can calculate. Coming down to the wondrous roar at the Jetavana and the Āmrapālī Grove, the correct exposition of the Four Truths and the One Vehicle: when translated into the central land, they are no more than one sand-grain of the Gaṅgā. The source of words is as vast as the sea, and the path of principle as profound as the clouds. Though lineages of graphs follow their resonance, myriad carriages tend toward the same goal; yet when branches and leaves are scattered, and sentences and phrases are divided, one cannot encompass even one ten-thousandth of it. His Highness the Prince of Jingling has a spirit transcending the superior grounds, and his virtue surpasses innate knowledge. He plants precious karma in the obscure ford, and concentrates correct understanding in modest contemplation. As for the numinous depths of the Vaipulya and the profound mystery of amṛta, there is none of their paths he has not traversed, and none of their chambers he has not opened. The secret treasuries that reached the eastern realm are fully assembled without exception. All have been copied on precious silk and inscribed in splendid seal script, concentrating radiance in jade cases and dazzling with luster on jasper bindings. Desiring to propagate subtle words and brightly inspire the unawakened, on the eighth day of the second month in the first year of the Yongming era, he established a lecture platform in his prime residence and assembled renowned monks from the imperial capital. All of them deeply distinguished the ultimate and conventional, profoundly probing names and characteristics, resolving subtleties without obstruction, and resolving doubts as clearly as dawn. Gathering together in the Faxun Hermitage within the mansion, they expounded the profound note throughout the six skies, opening the Dharma gate for a thousand years. How magnificent! This was truly a grand event spanning generations. From the Dharma Master downward to the listening monks, their names are recorded on the left to commemorate this affair. Thereupon the encomium says: