大唐貞元續開元釋教錄 1.7.6

1.7.6

…[I am] bewildered. The humble timber of the Deer Park is greatly ashamed before the Court of State Ceremonial. Unable to bear my extreme gratitude, I respectfully present this memorial to offer my thanks. The śramaṇa Amoghavajra, with sincere joy and sincere trepidation, speaks with respect.
Submitted on the fifth day of the eleventh month of the first year of the Yongtai era [765 CE] by the Specially Advanced, Probationary Chamberlain for the Court of State Ceremonial, Great Broad Wisdom, the Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra, śramaṇa of Daxingshan Temple.
The Baoying Yuansheng Wenwu Emperor replied:
The Upādhyāya's Path lies hidden in the Twin Trees, and his meritorious deeds surpass the Right Awakening. Coming from afar out of India, he disseminated the true words. Recently, We have taken refuge [in him] and personally received the transmission. Precedence belongs to the ritual protocols for extolling and venerating [him]. May this increase the honour of the seal and ribbons, so as to give weight to the reverence between master and disciple, while extending imperial favors to manifest posthumous glory.
From the translation of the authentic scripture of the Humane Kings and the request for its inclusion in the catalogue, then the presentation of the Sūtra on the Meritorious Adornments of the Buddhakṣetra of Mañjuśrī, up to the year of his passing, the scriptures he translated are as follows:
One fascicle: *Abridged Recitation Ritual of Mahāsukha Vajrasattva from the Vajraśekhara Sūtra of Superior Primal Yoga*, eleven sheets;
One fascicle: *Ritual for Accomplishing the Practice of Mahāsukha Vajrasattva*, fifteen sheets;
One fascicle: *Sādhana of the Great Yakṣī Hārītī and Her Beloved Son*, twelve sheets;
Two fascicles: *Sūtra of the Great Pratyaṅgirā Dhāraṇī of Universal Light*, thirty-two sheets;
One fascicle: *Superior Signs of the Five-Syllable True Word of Mañjuśrī Expounded in the Vajraśekhara Sūtra Transcending the Three Realms*, three sheets;
One fascicle: *Verses on the Five-Syllable Dhāraṇī*, eight sheets;
One fascicle: *Instantly Effective, Greatly Efficacious Recitation Ritual of the Noble Yamāntaka, King of Awe and Wrath*, eight sheets;
One fascicle: *Chapter of the Garuḍa King from the Fundamental Great King of Teachings of Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva*, one sheet;
One fascicle: *Great Light Dhāraṇī of the Abhiṣeka of Vairocana Buddha in Amoghapāśa*, two sheets;
The above nine works, totaling ten fascicles of scriptures and rituals, form the eleventh case.
Three fascicles: *Sūtra of the Ritual for Accomplishing the Noble Krodha-vajrakumāra Bodhisattva*, forty-eight sheets;
One fascicle: *Ritual for Accomplishing the Great Awe and Wrath Ucchuṣma*, ten sheets;
One fascicle: *Sūtra of Mārīcī Devī Expounded by the Buddha*, four sheets;
One fascicle: *Ritual for Achieving Buddhahood through the Ekākṣara Uṣṇīṣacakra from the Vajraśekhara Sūtra*, eight sheets;
One fascicle: *Sūtra on the Discourse of Royal Policy and Governance Expounded by the Buddha for King Udayana*, nine sheets;
One fascicle: *Mahāvaipulya Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra*, eighteen sheets;
One fascicle: *Ekajaṭā Dhāraṇī Sūtra Expounded by the Buddha*, fourteen sheets;
One fascicle: *Instantly Effective Garuḍa-āveśa Ritual Expounded by Maheśvara*, six sheets;
The above eight works of scriptures and rituals, totaling ten fascicles, form the twelfth case.
One fascicle: *Abridged Practice Accompanying Recitation from the Mahāvairocana Sūtra* (also called *Abridged Essential Practice Accompanying Recitation in Five Limbs*), two sheets;
One fascicle: *Practice Accompanying Recitation Briefly Demonstrating the Seven Limbs from the Scripture of the Divine Transformation and Empowerment of the Great Vairocana's Attainment of Buddhahood*, three sheets;
One fascicle: *Soapberry Seed Sūtra*, one sheet;
One fascicle: *Five-Syllable Recitation Ritual of Mañjuśrī* (titled *A Chapter on the Ritual and Offering Method of Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva in the Yoga of the Vajraśekhara Sūtra*), seven sheets;
Together with the Sanskrit text, fourteen sheets;
One fascicle: *Five-Syllable Yoga Method of Mañjuśrī Kumārabhūta Bodhisattva*, together with the Sanskrit text, two sheets;
One fascicle: *Great Ritual of Trailokyavijaya from the Vajraśekhara* (also called *Chapter of the Avalokiteśvara Heart-Mantra and the Great Lotus Maṇḍala of All Tathāgatas*), four sheets;
Two fascicles: *Sūtra on Auspicious and Inauspicious Times, Days, Good and Evil Constellations and Planets Expounded by Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva and the Sages* (the first fascicle was translated earlier, the second fascicle later; with a preface, forty sheets in total);
One fascicle: *Practice of Avalokiteśvararāja Tathāgata from the Vajraśekhara Sūtra*, six sheets;
One fascicle: *Treatise on Generating the Bodhicitta of Anuttarasamyaksaṃbodhi in the Yoga of the Vajraśekhara* (also called *Yoga School of Dhāraṇī: Meaning of the Contemplative Practice of Bodhicitta*), seven sheets;
The above nine works of scriptures, treatises, and rituals, totaling ten fascicles, form the thirteenth case.
One fascicle: *Chapter Explaining the Alphabet from the Yoga Vajraśekhara Sūtra*, two sheets;
One fascicle: *Ritual for Contemplative Practice and Recitation of the Bodhisattva Practicing the Perfection of Wisdom*, seven sheets;
One fascicle: *Explanation of the Humane Kings Prajñā Dhāraṇī*, seven sheets;
One fascicle: *Teaching on the Yoga Recitation Method of the Lotus Section of Avalokiteśvara of Great Compassion for Attainment* (also called *Attainment Yoga of Avalokiteśvara of Great Compassion*), twelve sheets;
One fascicle: *Altar Ritual for Painting the Icon of Mahāmāyūrī Vidyārājñī*, over four sheets;
One fascicle: *Ritual and Offering Chapter on the Recitation of the Most Supreme Seal of the Noble Acala, the Great King of Awe and Wrath, from the Vajrapāṇi Radiance Abhiṣeka Sūtra*, eleven sheets;
One fascicle: *Mārīcī-devā-mālā Sūtra*, eleven sheets;
One fascicle: *Ritual of the Great Holy Deva, the Joyful Dual-Bodied Vināyaka*, three sheets;
One fascicle: *Cintāmaṇicakra Yoga of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva*, nine sheets;
One fascicle: *Abridged Recitation Ritual of the Golden Wheel King Uṣṇīṣa*, three sheets;
One fascicle: *Profound and Esoteric Gate of Attainment through Trailokyavijaya in the Yoga of the Vajraśekhara*, three sheets;
The above eleven works of scriptures and rituals, totaling eleven fascicles, form the fourteenth case.
The Upādhyāya, the Tripiṭaka Master of Great Broad Wisdom Amoghavajra, was originally named Zhizang, and called Amoghavajra; in Sanskrit, Amoghavajra. He was originally a native of the Western Regions. In the past, he served the Upādhyāya, the Tripiṭaka Master of Great Propagation of the Teaching Vajrabodhi, and received the true words. For twenty-four years, he lifted his robes to request instruction. After the Great Master passed away, he returned to the Five Indias, where he thoroughly read through the Sanskrit texts of Yoga. Having traveled everywhere and examined everything, he returned to the imperial capital. At times he converted Hexi; at times he resided south of the ranges; at times he dwelt in Guannei; at times he stayed in the imperial palace. In translating the true scriptures, he had no leisure to sleep or eat. Toward the final years of the Tianbao era, barbarian cavalry entered the passes. In the second year of the Zhide era, the two capitals were recovered. The Upādhyāya personally received the imperial decree to act as the abhiṣeka master. Consorts and princesses descended the steps, and the ladies of the six palaces bowed in rows. Receiving imperial favors throughout three reigns, he constantly established bodhimaṇḍas. Scrutinizing the profound and subtle, the scrolls never left his hand. As for those translated inside the palace, as soon as they were completed, they were presented to the emperor; some were already promulgated, while others were retained within the forbidden palace. Those that have been obtained are fully catalogued as above; those that have not yet been acquired will be sought out wholeheartedly.
The Upādhyāya was diligent and tireless across many years. When it came to the ninth year of the Dali era, he manifested a slight illness. Imperial commissioners were sent with solicitous inquiries, and the court dispatched famous physicians; acupuncture and medicines were administered continually from morning to night. As the illness showed no sign of abating, the Emperor was uneasy. Imperial grace was specially extended, conferring an official title upon him. The imperial edict stated: "The operation of the Great Way joins together in extraordinary manifestations; the supreme governance of monarchs converges entirely within the Right Dharma. Just as the Parable of the Conjured City leads to the same destination, how could Confucianism and Buddhism take divergent paths? Therefore, the emperors and monarchs of past generations have never failed to esteem and revere them; the great promulgation of the teaching of the Dharma proceeds hand in hand with the times. The Specially Advanced, Probationary Chamberlain for the Court of State Ceremonial, Tripiṭaka Śramaṇa of Daxingshan Temple, Great Broad Wisdom, Amoghavajra, is our ancestral master, a ferryboat to humankind. He has transcendently awakened to the three trainings and sits apart from views…"