大乘瑜伽金剛性海曼殊室利千臂千鉢大教王經卷第一(并序)
大興善寺三藏沙門大廣智不空奉 詔譯
Translated by Master Amoghavajra of the Tripitaka, from Daxingshan Temple, under Imperial Edict
敘曰：大唐開元二十一年歲次癸酉正月一日辰時，於薦福寺道場內，金剛三藏與僧慧超授大乘瑜伽金剛五頂五智尊千臂千手千鉢千佛釋迦曼殊室利菩薩祕密菩提三摩地法教。遂於過後受持法已，不離三藏奉事經于八載。後至開元二十八年歲次庚辰四月十五日，聞奏開元聖上皇於薦福寺御道場內。至五月五日，奉詔譯經，卯時焚燒香火起首翻譯。三藏演梵本，慧超筆授大乘瑜伽千臂千鉢曼殊室利經法教，後到十二月十五日翻譯將訖。至天寶一年二月十九日，金剛三藏將此經梵本及五天竺阿闍梨書，並總分付與梵僧目叉難陀婆伽，令送此經梵本并書將與五印度南天竺師子國本師寶覺阿闍梨，經今不迴。後於
Preface: In the first year of the Kaiyuan era of the great Tang dynasty (733 CE), during the Chen hour on the first day of the first month, Vajra Master and the monk Huichao were at the Daochang of Jianfu Temple, where they received the teachings of the Great Yoga Vajra Five Peaks and Five Wisdom Lords, the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Bowl, Thousand-Buddha Manjushri Bodhisattva Secret Bodhi Samadhi Dharma. After receiving and practicing that Dharma, Huichao served the Master for eight years.
Later, on the fifteenth day of the fourth month in the twentieth year of the Kaiyuan era (740 CE), the Emperor Kaiyuan was informed, and the practice was performed at the imperial daochang within Jianfu Temple. On the fifth day of the fifth month, an imperial decree commanded the translation of the scriptures. The translation began at the Mao hour, during a burning of incense and offering of fire. Vajra Master recited the Sanskrit text, and Huichao wrote down the teachings of the Great Yoga Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Bowl Manjushri Sutra. The translation was completed by the fifteenth day of the twelfth month.
On the nineteenth day of the second month in the first year of the Tianbao era (742 CE), Vajra Master entrusted this sutra's Sanskrit recension, along with a letter from the teachers of the Five Indias, to the Indian monk Mokuseya Bokṣa, with instructions to deliver the Sanskrit text and the letter to the original teacher, Precious Enlightenment, a Master in Southern India, Ceylon, and the Five Indias. That text has never returned.
唐大曆九年十月，於大興善寺大師大廣智三藏和尚邊更重諮啟決擇大教瑜伽心地祕密法門。後則將千鉢曼殊經本至唐建中元年四月十五日到五臺山乾元菩提寺，遂將得舊翻譯唐言漢音經本在寺。至五月五日，沙門慧超起首再錄，寫出一切如來大教王經瑜伽祕密金剛三摩地三密聖教法門，述經祕義。諸佛出世應物隨形，志求者智鏡玄通、念之者無幽不入，根緣感赴必藉此經。登菩提山、除去邪執，契傳三密，得究瑜伽祕要法門。窮理微妙身口意業，用智修持戒定慧學，顯現通達證如來地，以信為首，乘般若舟速超彼岸。今述曼殊之德，靈跡恒沙，聖覺無方、神力潛運，以多塵劫悲願，不住菩提一主無二尊見。為菩薩自茲金色世界來期忍土之中，於清涼之山導引群品，而即現燈現雲，及萬菩薩信生奇特現光現相之身，皆發正智，為因利益三世蒼生有趣願到菩提。次略舉經都題序目大乘瑜伽金剛性海總攝一切法金剛五頂五智尊現大聖曼殊室利菩薩顯千臂千手千鉢化千釋迦灌頂曼荼羅一切諸佛修證如來金剛菩提，具足一切法，入毘盧遮那五金剛界聖智玄通，入如來佛心三密三十支金剛智鏡聖道性海故。
In the tenth month of the ninth year of the Dali era of the Tang Dynasty, I consulted again with the Great Master Tripitaka Daguangzhi at the Da Xingshan Temple, seeking clarification on the secret teachings of the Mahayana yoga mind ground. Subsequently, I brought the sutra text of the Thousand-Bowl Manjushri with me. In the fourth month of the first year of the Jianzhong era of the Tang Dynasty, on the fifteenth day, I arrived at the Gan Yuan Bodhi Temple on Mount Wutai, where I obtained an old Chinese translation of this sutra in the Tang language.
On the fifth day of the fifth month, the monk Huichao began once more to compile and transcribe this text, producing the Great King of Teachings Sutra of All Tathagatas, the secret teaching of the three secrets in vajra samadhi yoga, and expounding its hidden meaning.
All Buddhas appear in the world, adapting forms to suit sentient beings. Those who sincerely seek will see their wisdom mirror penetrate the profound; those who contemplate this teaching will have nothing hidden from their vision. All beings whose karmic conditions respond will surely rely on this sutra. It enables one to ascend the mountain of enlightenment, remove false attachments and biases, connect with the three secrets, and fully realize the essential methods of yoga. It thoroughly investigates the subtle principles of body, speech, and mind. Through wisdom, one cultivates the three trainings of discipline, concentration, and wisdom, clearly realizing and penetrating to the state of enlightenment itself. With faith as the foundation, one takes the boat of prajna to swiftly cross to the other shore.
Now I describe the virtues of Manjushri, whose miraculous signs are as countless as the sands of the Ganges. His sacred realization is boundless, his spiritual power works unseen. Through many eons of compassion and vows, he never abides in enlightenment alone; there is only one principal teacher, no second. As a bodhisattva, he came from his golden world to this realm of endurance. On Mount Clear-and-Cool, he guides all beings, manifesting as lamps and clouds, and appearing in forms that inspire faith through radiant light and wondrous signs. All who witness this give rise to correct wisdom, seeking benefits for sentient beings throughout the past, present, and future, wishing to lead all to enlightenment.
Next, I briefly present the general title and preface of this sutra: The Great Yoga Vajra Nature Ocean, Which Completely Contains All Dharmas, the Vajra Five Peaks and Five Wisdom Lords, Manifesting as the Great Sage Manjushri Bodhisattva, the Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Handed, Thousand-Bowl Transformations of a Thousand Shakyamunis, the Empowerment Mandala, the Vajra Enlightenment Cultivated and Realized by All Buddhas, Fully Containing All Dharmas, Entering the Five Vajra Realms of Vairocana's Sacred Wisdom and Mystic Penetration, and the Nature Ocean of the Thirty-Branch Vajra Wisdom Mirror of the Tathagata's Buddha Mind.
爾時如來說示經教，法本五門，演有九品。云何法本立為五門？
At that time, the Tathagata expounded the teachings of the sutras. The fundamental Dharma has five approaches, revealing nine levels. Why is the fundamental Dharma established through five approaches?
一者無生門、二者無動門、三者平等門、四者淨土門、五者解脫門。
1. The Gate of Non-Arising 2. The Gate of Imperturbability 3. The Gate of Equality 4. The Gate of the Pure Land 5. The Gate of Liberation
云何經教說有九品？
Why do the scriptures speak of the nine grades?
一者一切如來金剛祕密根本聖教品、二者諸佛出現證修金剛菩提殊勝品、三者十方大菩薩出助證悟聖力品、四者一切賢聖入法見道顯教修持品、五者祕密歸止觀照法性決擇心地品、六者一切菩薩修學如來三摩地聖性潛通加被品、七者不思議法界聖道如來真如法藏自在聖智品、八者三賢菩薩入法位次第修行迴向菩提品、九者十聖菩薩入地等妙二位修學進入聖道成佛菩提解脫品。
First, the sacred Vajra Secret Root Teaching of All Tathagatas. Second, the Supreme Chapter on the Realization and Practice of Vajra Enlightenment by the Buddhas. Third, the Chapter on the Empowered Support from the Great Bodhisattvas of the Ten Directions for Realization. Fourth, the Chapter on the Entry into Dharma and Insight through the Teaching and Practice of All Sages. Fifth, the Chapter on the Secret Stillness for Contemplating Reality and Discerning the Nature of Mind. Sixth, the Chapter on the Subtle Communion with the Essence of the Tathagatas’ Samadhi for All Bodhisattvas. Seventh, the Chapter on the Inconceivable Realm of the Dharma and the Free, Supreme Wisdom of the Tathagata’s True Nature Treasury. Eighth, the Chapter on the Stages of Practice for Bodhisattvas of the Three Virtues, Progressing Toward Enlightenment. Ninth, the Chapter on the Ten Grounds and the Two Stages of Skill and Sublime Attainment, Leading to Full Buddhahood and Liberation.
就此五門之中，從第一門云何次第得入無生門？一者入阿字觀本寂無生義，毘盧遮那如來說根本清淨無生門。就此門中演有二品：一者先說一切如來金剛祕密根本聖教品、二者後演諸佛出現證修金剛菩提殊勝品。次說經頌：
Within these five approaches, beginning with the first: How does one progressively enter the gate of non-arising? First, one contemplates the letter "A" — the fundamental principle of tranquil and non-arising nature. This is the pure and non-arising gate taught by Vairocana Buddha as the source. Within this gate, two chapters are expounded: first, the primal chapter on the secret vajra essence teachings of all Tathagatas; second, the subsequent chapter on the extraordinary realization and cultivation of vajra enlightenment by all buddhas. Next, the verses are spoken:
稽首如來法性身， 毘盧遮那清淨體，
報化應現等如空， 般若無邊得自在。
四智神用密加持， 慧海無窮遍一切，
法界真如空無相， 本在有情體性裏。
聖智力入識種中， 金剛迅疾同等體，
如來法經囑曼殊， 祕密流通無障礙。
曼荼灌頂授職位， 一切如來摩頂記，
瑜伽三密志求成， 速達本源登佛地。
千臂曼殊蓮華會， 金剛等持付一切，
五智潛通加被心， 出到菩提證實際。
I bow to the Tathāgata's Dharmakāya, Vairocana’s pure and clear true nature—
His Reward and Manifestation bodies, vast as space, Transcendent Prajñā, free and self-possessed.
The Four Wisdoms’ mysterious power secretly empowers, The ocean of wisdom fills all, without exception.
The Dharmadhātu’s Suchness is empty and formless, Yet dwells inherently within all sentient beings.
The Sage’s wisdom enters the seeds of consciousness, Swift as the vajra, with the same essential body.
The Tathāgata’s Dharma-sūtras entrust to Mañjuśrī, For secret propagation, unobstructed.
Maṇḍala initiation, conferring the rank— All Tathāgatas touch the crown and prophesy.
Yoga’s three secrets, with resolute seeking— Swiftly reach the source and attain Buddhahood.
The thousand-armed Mañjuśrī lotus assembly— Vajra samādhi entrusted to all.
The Five Wisdoms secretly penetrate, blessing the mind, Emerging into enlightenment, realizing ultimate reality.