代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 3.70

3.70

沙門不空言。伏見今月十六日特勅。京城及天下僧尼寺內各簡一勝處。置大聖文殊師利菩薩院。并素文殊像裝飾綵畫者。不空聞。惟聖作法。其德動天。澤潤生靈。懸之日月。不空誠歡誠荷載忻載躍。伏惟　陛下開法王之玄造。闢非常之福田。建文殊真容。使普天瞻仰。在於緇侶光幸尤深。且文殊聖者即諸佛祖師。大悲弘願不取正覺。大乘引導利樂無期。昔釋迦如來先有懸記。一乘典語興在中華。當有至聖帝王必以大乘理國。八百餘載。歷伏帝王聖賢多矣。實未有如　陛下者也。不空何幸生遇聖朝介修大乘。奉事文殊師利。常以此聖真言奉為國家特誦。每蒙護念。　恩德逾深。曰夜思之無階上報。不謂忽然　天慈普洽。垂淚宿誠。廢寢忘食無任悲喜。不勝戴荷之至。謹附中使揚貴珍奉表陳賀以聞。沙門不空誠歡誠悅謹言。

The śramaṇa Amoghavajra states: I respectfully observe that on the sixteenth day of this month, a special imperial edict was issued ordering that within the monasteries of monks and nuns in the capital and throughout the realm, an auspicious site be selected in each to establish a cloister of the Great Holy Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, and that plain images of Mañjuśrī be made and adorned with paints. Amoghavajra has heard that only the sage institutes laws whose virtue moves Heaven, and whose moistening grace nourishes living beings, suspended like the sun and moon. Amoghavajra is truly joyful and grateful, exultant and leaping with joy. I respectfully reflect that Your Majesty has unfolded the profound creation of the Dharma King and opened an extraordinary field of merit, erecting the true countenance of Mañjuśrī so that the whole world may look up to it in reverence. For the monastic community, the glory and good fortune are especially deep. Furthermore, the Holy Mañjuśrī is the ancestral master of all Buddhas; through his great compassionate vow, he does not take ultimate awakening, and his guidance into the Great Vehicle brings unending benefit and bliss. In the past, Śākyamuni Tathāgata gave a prophetic prediction in advance that the canonical words of the One Vehicle would flourish in China, and that there would certainly be a supremely sagacious sovereign who would govern the realm through the Great Vehicle. For over eight hundred years, there have been many successive emperors and sages, yet truly none have equaled Your Majesty! How fortunate is Amoghavajra to have been born into this sagacious court, to practice the Great Vehicle, and to serve Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva, constantly reciting this holy one's mantras specially on behalf of the state! Frequently receiving protective mindfulness, the imperial grace and virtue grow ever deeper; contemplating it day and night, I have no ladder by which to requite it. Unexpectedly, heavenly kindness has suddenly extended everywhere; shedding tears of long-held sincerity, forgetting sleep and food, I am overcome with joy and sorrow, and cannot bear my utmost gratitude. Respectfully, through the Palace Commissioner Yang Guizhen, I present this memorial to offer congratulations and bring it to your hearing. The śramaṇa Amoghavajra, truly joyful and delighted, respectfully speaks.