No. 1232-A
Sutra No. 1232-A
永明壽禪師顯跡五代宋初。我世宗憲皇帝嘉其專修淨業。普利眾生。錫封妙圓正修智覺禪師。標為佛門正宗。其書如宗鏡錄．萬善同歸集．心賦。已入大藏。武林黃君松石搜訪散佚。又得師山居詩及永明道蹟。既梓於維揚。而自行錄一編為師百八實修。尤下學上達之津筏。甞𢹂之京師。雲間大司𭁵張公以見之晚。不及奏列藏函為憾。公薨。任子伯耕請校刊流布。以資公冥福。讀是編者。敬信持行。人人如獲師印彌陀塔。其亦公之神所默啟夫。西原居士蔣恭棐為識其緣起。時乾隆十年夏五月朔日。
Master Yongming Yanshou, a Chan master of the late Tang and early Song dynasties, was honored posthumously by our Shizong Xian Emperor for his dedicated practice of Pure Land teachings and for broadly benefiting sentient beings. He was conferred the title "Wondrous and Perfect, Right and Cultivated, Wisdom-Awakening Chan Master," and was established as an orthodox figure in the Buddhist tradition. His works, such as *The Mirror of the Source-Mind*, *The Collected Treatises on the Myriad Good Deeds Returned to the One*, and *The Mind-Verse*, have already been included in the Buddhist canon.
Mr. Huang Songshi of Wulin searched for scattered writings and also found the master's *Mountain-Dwelling Poems* and *Traces of Yongming's Way*. These were already printed in Weiyang. Additionally, the *Record of Self-Practice*, a text detailing the master's 108 actual practices, serves especially as a raft for ascending from lower learning to higher understanding.
Mr. Huang once brought this text to the capital. The Grand Minister of Justice, Mr. Zhang of Yunjian, regretted that he discovered it too late to submit it for inclusion in the canon. After Mr. Zhang passed away, his son, Mr. Ren Bojing, requested that the text be edited, printed, and distributed to help accumulate merit for his father's afterlife.
Those who read this text with reverence, faith, and a commitment to practice will each receive the master's seal of the Amitabha tower. This may well be the subtle guidance of Mr. Zhang's spirit.
Respectfully recorded by the Western Hermitage Layman Jiang Gongfei, on the first day of the fifth month of the summer of the tenth year of the Qianlong reign.