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Catalog of Sutras Requested by the Venerable Monk Chōgy (常曉和尚請來目錄)

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Japan · by 常曉撰

3,286 · about 11 min

Venerable Monk Chōgyō was one of the Eight Masters of the Heian period who traveled to Tang China. He entered the Tang dynasty in the third year of the Kaicheng era under Emperor Wenzong to seek the Dharma. After returning to Japan, he compiled this catalog. *The Catalog of Items Brought Back by Venerable Monk Chōgyō* systematically records the precious items he brought from China, including Buddhist scriptures, ritual implements, and images, with a particular emphasis on esoteric texts and ritual manuals. This catalog is not only an important document for studying the eastward transmission of Tang dynasty Buddhism, but also one of the key texts in the establishment of Japanese Shingon Buddhism. It provides first-hand historical material for the history of Sino-Japanese Buddhist exchange, holding immense historical and religious value.


常曉和尚請來目錄
入唐學法沙門常曉言。常曉以去承和三年五月。銜命留學遠期萬里之外。其年漂迴。四年亦不果渡海。五年六月進發。同年八月到淮南城廣綾舘安置。孟冬使等入朝。常曉不得隨使入京。徒留舘裏。空經多日。至于歲盡勅命未有爰。則周遊郡內訪擇師依。幸遇栖靈寺灌頂阿闍梨法號文㻮和尚。并華林寺三教講論大德元照座主。其文㻮和尚則不空三藏弟子。兼惠應阿闍梨付法人也。妙鉤經律深通密藏。法之棟梁。國之所歸。同年臘月。請節度使處分。配住栖靈寺。文㻮和尚以為師主。始學法儀。兼往花林寺。元照座主邊問本宗義。并得文書也。然大師尚佛法之流轉。歎生民之可拔。授我以金剛大法。許我以阿闍梨位也。膝步知未知。接足得不得。幸賴國家之大造大師之慈悲。學金剛海瑜伽。習大元帥祕法。斯法也則如來之肝心。眾生之父母。於國城塹。於人筋脈。是大元帥者。都內不傳於十供奉以外。諸州無出於節度使宅。以表緣其靈驗不可思議也。諸佛菩薩金剛天等像雖在前來。此像未曾請來。今則大元帥諸身曼荼羅并諸靈像所要文書等請來見到。雖云濤波猛沷。新羅賊畔。越彼厄難平達聖境。是則聖力之所能也。伏惟皇帝陛下。極德如天。佛日高轉。人之父。佛之化悲群生而濡足。助佛囑而垂衣。以陛下慈育効。祥靈像教希自遠新來。恰似符契。非聖誰測矣。常曉本謂。果三十年經歷漢里。求佛法來。事護國家。而緣唐朝不聽留住。隨使迴歸。竊以一喜此法教生而請來。不任一喜一懼之至。謹附准判官藤原朝臣貞敏。奉表以聞。并請來法門等目錄一通且以奉進。輕黷威嚴伏增戰越。常曉誠恐誠惶謹言。
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