代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 3.7

3.7

The monk Amoghavajra states: From my youth, I served my late master, the Tripiṭaka Master and Upādhyāya of the Great Propagation of the Teaching [Vajrabodhi], for twenty-four years, receiving the teaching of the Yoga teachings. Later, I traveled through the Five Indias seeking that which I had not yet received, along with various sūtras and śāstras, further pursuing my studies. In total, I obtained more than five hundred texts of Sanskrit Yoga and mantra sūtras and śāstras. On behalf of the state, I have carefully translated the sacred words to vastly increase blessed protection. In the fifth year of the Tianbao era, I returned to the Supreme Capital. Receiving the gracious command of Emperor Xuanzong, I established a practice arena within the palace, and all the Sanskrit scriptures I had brought were permitted to be translated. When Emperor Suzong matched Heaven and succeeded to the sagehood, I specially received his imperial decree to establish homa and abhiṣeka rites in the inner practice arena. Furthermore, I translated scriptures for the state to aid in proclaiming the imperial transformation. Repeatedly receiving the gracious edicts of both holy sovereigns, all Sanskrit texts of prior Tripiṭaka masters were searched out; wherever cords had unravelled, orders were given to restore and repair them; and those texts not yet translated were to be translated in succession and presented to the throne. I prostrate in contemplation that Your Majesty has inherited the imperial succession, providing vast shelter to all sentient beings, widely opening the fields of merit, doubling the brilliance of the sun and moon. The waves of your grace extend far and wide, and the rain of the Dharma flows in every stream. The four seas turn their hearts to you, and the myriad regions joyfully revere you. Thus it is known that the Buddha's entrustment truly rests in the sage ruler. Unworthily receiving your lavish favor, Amoghavajra is profoundly honored. I constantly ponder how to repay the state: I have received the late emperor's sacred command to expound the subtle words, and now I have received Your Majesty's gracious command respectfully to honor his bequeathed will, once again being dispatched to translate and benefit the multitude of beings. Although I have been diligent throughout the four seasons, I have not repaid even one ten-thousandth. Therefore, humbly laboring morning and evening, I have carefully translated mantras and Mahāyāna scriptures, hoping to contribute my meager drop to assist the imperial way. The Vajraśekhara Yoga teaching that I have translated is the swift path to Buddhahood; those who practice it are sure to abruptly transcend the worldly realm and reach the other shore. As for the mantras of other sections, the expedients of the various Buddhas are not uniform. The various Mahāyāna scriptures translated are all to support the state on high, extinguish calamities and disasters, ensure that stars do not err, and cause wind and rain to be timely and orderly, reverently relying on the Buddha's power to assist and establish the country. I have respectfully compiled all those translated from beginning to end, from the Kaiyuan era down to the present sixth year of the Dali era: in total, one hundred and one fascicles in seventy-seven works, along with a catalog in one fascicle, with the names of the monastics and laypersons who served as scribes already copied out. Respectfully on the occasion of the imperial birthday, I submit them in presentation, hoping that the blessed protection of the mantras may forever protect the sacred person, and the mighty power of the Mahāyāna may perpetually bring peace to the realm. As for those untranslated Sanskrit scriptures, whenever there are texts that protect the realm and bestow blessings upon living beings, I shall successively translate them and memorialize them to the throne. Unable to bear my utmost sincerity, I respectfully present this memorial to report. The monk Amoghavajra, in true fear and trembling, respectfully speaks.