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t45n1892 diagram and scripture of establishing ordination platform in guanzhong.g2.0f

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Chinese

吾祖之道,犹羲和升于隅夷,则何物不明矣!幸于早年寻师问津,探赜其奥旨,时为节度僧道,而传演之道难矣。遂守愚于开元昭庆,会证悟依止,重筑戒坛,忝预校量制度。坛将成,因思吾祖戒坛图经,真悟记主虽曾镂板,缘兵火煨烬,深虑湮没其道,遂遍募同袍,仍将旧本校刻流通,永彰不朽,使末代知坛制之殊胜耳。   旹绍兴二十二年十二月朔   卧龙景德院住持比丘(惟定)题 现代汉语译本: 我祖师的道,就像羲和(神话中掌管太阳的神)从隅夷(日出之处)升起一样,那么什么事物不会被照亮呢!我很幸运早年寻访老师,询问渡河的路径,探索其深奥的旨意。当时我作为节度僧道,但传扬此道非常困难。于是我在开元昭庆寺保持愚钝,恰逢证悟的依靠,重新修建戒坛,有幸参与校对衡量制度。戒坛将要建成时,我想到我祖师的戒坛图经,真悟记主虽然曾经雕刻成版,但因为战火烧毁,我深切担忧此道湮没,于是广泛募集同修,仍然将旧版本校对刻印流通,永远彰显其不朽,使得后世了解戒坛制度的殊胜之处。 时在绍兴二十二年十二月初一 卧龙景德院住持比丘(惟定)题

English

English version: The Way of our Patriarch is like Xihe (the sun goddess) rising from Yuyi (the place where the sun rises), so what would not be illuminated! I was fortunate to seek a teacher and inquire about the path early in my life, exploring its profound meaning. At that time, I was a monk-official under the Jiedushi (military governor), but it was difficult to propagate this Way. Therefore, I remained in ignorance at Kaiyuan Zhaoqing Temple, and coincidentally found a reliance for enlightenment, and rebuilt the ordination platform. I was fortunate to participate in proofreading and measuring the system. As the ordination platform was about to be completed, I thought of my Patriarch's Ordination Platform Diagram Sutra. Although Master Zhenwu once carved it into printing blocks, it was burned down by the flames of war. I deeply worried that this Way would be submerged, so I widely gathered fellow practitioners and still proofread and engraved the old version for circulation, forever demonstrating its immortality, so that later generations would know the excellence of the ordination platform system. The time was the first day of the twelfth month of the twenty-second year of Shaoxing (era name). Written by Bhiksu (Weiding), Abbot of Wolong Jingde Monastery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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