[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大宋僧史略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126) › 1.70 # 大宋僧史略 1.70 大宋僧史略 1.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126.1.70) 密藏者陀羅尼法也。是法祕密非二乘境界。諸佛菩薩所能游履也。舊譯云持。新譯云性。本其原則微妙法性也。形其言則陀羅尼母也。究其音則聲明也。窮其文則字界緣也。出三藏記云。神呪者總持微密持也。高僧傳中。帛尸梨密多羅本西域人。東晉之初至于建業。王導周伯仁庾亮皆欽重之。善持呪術。所向多驗。時江東未有呪法。密出孔雀王呪。呪法之始也。北魏則嵩山菩提流支呪井樹等。頗有靈効。唐朝則智通法師甚精禁呪焉。次有不空三藏。於京大興善寺。廣譯總持教。多設曼荼羅。神術莫可知也。灌頂壇法始於不空。代宗永泰年中。勅灌頂道場處。選二七人。為國長誦佛頂呪。及免差科地稅云。梁末後唐世。道賢闍梨者。一夕夢游五天竺。見佛指示此某國聚落。洎旦頓解五印言音。毫釐不爽。今傳粉壇法。並宗此師。鳳翔阿闍梨是也。後唐清泰帝尤旌其道。後隨駕入洛而卒。今塔在龍門。近東京南。日本大師常為王公大人演密藏。至今弟子繁衍。傳其業者號曰三藏。或兼講經律論者。則稱傳顯密藏也。 > The Esoteric Store is the method of dhāraṇī. This teaching is secret, not the domain of the two vehicles, but the realm traversed by the buddhas and bodhisattvas. The old translations say 'holding' (chi); the new translations say 'nature' (xing). When traced to its source, it is the wondrous and subtle nature of dharmas. When embodied in speech, it is the mother of dhāraṇīs. When its sound is investigated, it is the science of phonetics (śabdavidyā). When its script is plumbed, it is the linguistic root (dhātu) and affixes (pratyaya). The Chu sanzang ji ji says: 'Spells (mantra) are dhāraṇī, subtle and secret retention.' In the Gaoseng zhuan, Śrīmitra was originally a man of the Western Regions. At the beginning of the Eastern Jin, he came to Jianye. Wang Dao, Zhou Yebin, and Yu Liang all held him in high esteem. He was adept at incantations, and his performances were mostly efficacious. At that time, incantation methods did not yet exist east of the Yangtze River; Mitra translated the Peacock King Spell (Mahāmāyūrī-vidyārājñī), which was the beginning of incantation rituals. Under the Northern Wei, there was Bodhiruci of Mount Song, whose incantations over wells, trees, and the like were quite efficacious. Under the Tang dynasty, Dharma Master Zhitong was extremely skilled in spells and incantations. Next was Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra (Bukong), who broadly translated the dhāraṇī teachings and frequently set up maṇḍalas at Daxingshan Temple in the capital; his supernatural powers were incomprehensible. The ritual of the consecration (abhiṣeka) altar began with Amoghavajra. In the Yongtai reign period of Emperor Daizong, he decreed that at the site of the consecration sanctuary, fourteen men should be selected to chant the Uṣṇīṣa Spell constantly for the state and be exempt from corvée labor and land taxes. In the late Liang and the Later Tang period, Ācārya Daoxian one night dreamed that he traveled to the five Indias and saw the Buddha pointing out that this was such-and-such country and village. By morning, he suddenly understood the languages and sounds of the five Indias without the slightest error. Today, those who transmit the powder altar ritual all take this master as their ancestral founder; this is the Ācārya of Fengxiang. Emperor Qingtai of the Later Tang particularly honored his way. Later, he followed the imperial retinue to Luoyang and died. His stūpa is now at Longmen, near the south of the Eastern Capital. The Great Master of Japan frequently expounded the Esoteric Store for princes and nobles; to this day, his disciples have proliferated, and those who transmit his vocation are titled 'Tripiṭaka Masters.' Those who concurrently lecture on the sūtras, vinaya, and śāstras are referred to as 'transmitters of the exoteric and esoteric stores.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126.1.69) - [Next: 1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126.1.71) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126~en-mt.1.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2126.1.70) · Pramāṇa