代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 3.84

3.84

二月十五日有　勅於大興善寺翻經院起首。修造大聖文殊鎮國之閣。大德僧秀巖充使修造使沙門慧勝同撿校。沙門不空言。伏奉　恩旨翻譯此經。天力護持。卷軸功畢。證義筆受僧俗名字年月處所咸列終篇。去月端午進奉已訖。聖情恩造許賜班宣。不空誠歡誠悚載媿載荷。不空聞。設教者如來。弘傳者　君上施行佛事非聖主而誰。伏惟。陛下迴月日於黃道。垂　雨露於蒼生。霑潤物情。僧侶偏幸修渥撫己。未知何報。然此經者。眾行之本源。淨土之殊稱。菩薩大願功德莊嚴三昧神通如來法印無不具足。暫聞隨喜福尚無窮。況讀誦受持功德何限。冀茲法利酬　恩萬一。特望　天恩。令天下大寺七僧小寺三僧。於新置文殊院長時為國講宣讀誦。有闕續填。務使法音傳燈不絕。永康率土。長護聖躬。不勝懇願之至。謹奉表以聞。沙門不空誠請誠悚謹言。

On the fifteenth day of the second month, an imperial edict ordered that the construction of the Pavilion of the Great Holy Mañjuśrī for the Protection of the State be initiated in the Scripture Translation Cloister of Daxingshan Temple. The bhadanta monk Xiuyan was made commissioner of the construction, and the śramaṇa Huisheng was made co-inspector. The śramaṇa Amoghavajra states: I humbly received the gracious command to translate this scripture. Protected and sustained by heavenly power, the work on the scrolls has been completed. The names, dates, and locations of the certifiers of meaning and scribes, both monastic and lay, are all listed at the end. On the Dragon Boat Festival of last month, the presentation [to the throne] was completed. The sagacious mind graciously created an order permitting its dissemination. Amoghavajra is truly joyful and awed, ashamed and grateful. Amoghavajra has heard that the one who establishes the teachings is the Tathāgata, while the one who widely propagates them is the sovereign; who but a sagacious ruler could carry out the affairs of the Buddha? Humbly I reflect: Your Majesty revolves the sun and moon along the ecliptic and bestows rain and dew upon the common people. The moistening reaches all beings, and the monastic order is particularly favored with profound grace; examining myself, I know not how to repay it. Moreover, this scripture is the root source of the myriad practices and the extraordinary praise of the Pure Land; the bodhisattva's great vows, merit, adornments, samādhis, supernormal powers, and the Tathāgata's seal of Dharma are all fully present within it. Even briefly hearing and rejoicing in it brings inexhaustible merit, so what limit could there be to the virtue of reading, reciting, accepting, and upholding it? I hope to use this Dharma benefit to repay a ten-thousandth of your grace. I specially request the heavenly grace to command that seven monks in large monasteries and three monks in small monasteries throughout the realm constantly expound, read, and recite it for the sake of the state in the newly established Mañjuśrī Cloisters. When there are vacancies, let them be continually filled, making certain that the sound of Dharma and the transmission of the lamp never cease, perpetually bringing peace to all the realm and forever protecting the sagacious person. Unable to bear my utmost earnest wish, I respectfully present this memorial to bring it to your hearing. The śramaṇa Amoghavajra, truly petitioning and awed, respectfully speaks.