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Sudden Enlightenment Mahayana Political Principles Decision Sutra (頓悟大乘政理決)

About 頓悟大乘政理決

by 王錫著

19,297 · about 64 min

Wang Xi was a renowned Buddhist thinker of the Tang Dynasty, and his work *The Resolution on Sudden Enlightenment in Mahayana Governance* stands as one of the key texts of the Chan school. Written in the 8th century, the book reflects the development of the sudden enlightenment doctrine within Tang-era Chan Buddhism, emphasizing the practice of directly pointing to the mind and realizing one’s inherent Buddha-nature. It systematically expounds the sudden enlightenment approach of Mahayana Buddhism, advocating a path that transcends reliance on written texts and delves straight into the source of the mind. This work profoundly influenced later Chan traditions. As an early Chan classic, it is not only a crucial text for studying the evolution of Chinese Chan thought but also provides important insights into the interactions between Buddhism, politics, and culture in the Tang Dynasty, holding a significant place in the history of Buddhist philosophy.


一、早期漢蕃佛教關係之史實
漢僧之入吐蕃,自文成公主以來,絡繹於途,若玄照、玄太,其著者也。是時適天竺者,取途吐蕃,每經泥波羅,今之尼泊爾也。義淨所記,如并州之道方、道生法師。京兆之末底僧訶,俱曾至泥波羅國。又言:
「復有二人,在泥波羅國,是吐蕃公主嬭母之息也。
初并出家,後一歸俗,住大王寺,善梵語并梵書,年三十五二十五矣。」
嬭母或指文成公主之乳母,其子且自藏至尼泊爾習梵文,此亦吐蕃早期佛教一趣事也。
大王寺或作天王寺。是時漢僧經吐蕃赴印,多得文成公主之庇護。《衛藏通志》卷六大招寺條記建寺緣起云:
「西藏第一番王,傳七世至曲結松贊噶木布,迎唐公主。又差頭人倫布噶爾迎巴勒布王鄂特巴爾郭恰之女拜木薩為妾。唐公主帶來釋迦牟尼佛像,拜木薩帶來墨居多爾濟佛,白木薩欲修廟宇,藏王擇地興修。」
大招寺建於拉薩,發議於尼泊爾(即巴勒布)公主,而設計則出於文成公主。傳說謂文成公主帶來釋迦像,是佛教傳入吐蕃,公主與有功焉。此寺,Bu Ston書稱 "Rasa hphrul snaṅ",漢人稱為大召寺。
《衛藏通志》又稱「小昭寺,大昭寺北半里許,番名喇木契……乃唐公主所建。因唐公主悲思中國,故東向其門。」按吐蕃乞黎蘇籠獵贊時所立碑文,直稱此寺建自唐國,蓋指文成公主也。
桑鳶寺碑文第一詔勅則云 "ra mo che" 乃唐人所建。ra mo che 譯音即「喇木昭」矣。
大昭、小昭二寺之建,皆與文成公主有關。公主入藏,下嫁吐蕃王松贊干布,在太宗貞觀十五年。(六四一)今拉薩布達拉宮尚有松贊與文成公主洞房舊址。大昭寺前圍牆中有柳二株,俗稱唐柳,又稱「公主柳」,傳說謂公主手植者也。
義淨述《南海寄歸傳》、《求法高僧傳》,在武后永昌元年,對於文成公主佚事多所熟聞,故備記之。此為吐蕃松贊干布王朝漢蕃佛教關係之大略。

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二、吐蕃之延聘漢僧說法

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