攝大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經入蓮華胎藏海會悲生曼荼攞廣大念誦儀軌供養方便會 1.2

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Now, one who wishes to make a stream flow long must deepen its source; one who wishes to make a family endure must solidify its foundations. In the past, our patriarch, the Great Master Kōbō, brought back several hundred scrolls of the esoteric scriptures, which are indeed the foundation of the single school of Tō-ji and the source of the two streams of the Southern Pond. Therefore, my late teacher disciplined his person and exerted his strength, sparing neither day nor night, swearing in his heart to investigate and verify them, not daring to be idle or negligent. Whenever he lowered the curtain of collating and reading, or opened the seat of teaching and instruction, his singular devotion, purity, and mastery were beyond compare. In former days he said to his disciples: "In the present age, we meet the decadent final times; people grow increasingly lazy and timorous. Who could transcribe several hundred scrolls? What I hope is to preserve them on printing blocks to assist in their broad dissemination. Having heard that the printing blocks of the Mount Obaku Tripitaka have been completed, upon examining the esoteric section, nine out of ten are present. My vow is roughly fulfilled; what joy could surpass this? There remain only several tens of scrolls that can be carved to fulfill our hopes." Alas! My late teacher's allotted lifespan was bounded; before achieving this aspiration, he entered nirvāṇa. Although I am unworthy, my deep sorrow lies here; I therefore undertake the carving work to fulfill his bequeathed intention. At the time,