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[Dharmaruci] In the language of the Tang: "Dharma-Aspiration" (Faxi); the Heavenly Empress changed it to Bodhiruci, which in the language of the Tang means "Awakening-Love" (Jue'ai). A native of Southern India, of the brāhmaṇa caste, surnamed Kāśyapa. He was extraordinarily intelligent, his spiritual air distinct and remarkable. At the age of twelve, he went forth under non-Buddhists; when he reached the age of sixty, he regarded himself as solitary and peerless, provoking monks to debate, and betting his own service. At that time, there was Yaśoghoṣa, who knew that his faculties were mature, and thereupon engaged him in debate. Before he could turn his strategies, both his phrasing and principle were exhausted; only then did he realize that the sun of the Buddha was lofty and bright, not to be compared with the simultaneous shine of a firefly's lamp, and that the ocean of the Dharma was deep and vast, impossible to moisten by a mere trickle. Throwing himself down, he reverently served him, exclusively studying the Buddha vehicle. Before five years had passed, he penetrated the Tripiṭaka. The Heavenly Emperor heard of his fine reputation from afar and sent an envoy to invite him; before the envoy had returned, [the Emperor] suddenly rode the white clouds. When the Heavenly Empress took the throne, he went to the capital to translate. When Emperor Zhongzong rose like a dragon, he translated the *Ratnakūṭa-sūtra*. Of this sūtra, Xuanzang in former times had translated only a few lines, and then sighed, "The living beings of this land have not yet the affinity; my energy and strength are declining." Thereupon he ceased. Zhongzong commanded Bodhiruci to continue the remaining work of Xuanzang, and it was thus translated for the world.