御請來目錄
Imperial Request Catalog
上新請來經等目錄表
Newly Requested Sutra Catalog Table
入唐學法沙門空海言。空海以去延曆二十三年。銜命留學之末。問津萬里之外。其年臘月得到長安。二十四年二月十日。准勅配住西明寺。爰則周遊諸寺。訪擇師依。幸遇青龍寺灌頂阿闍梨法號惠果和尚。以為師主。其大德則大興善寺大廣智不空三藏之付法弟子也。弋鈎經律該通密藏。法之綱紀。國之所師。大師尚佛法之流布。歎生民之可拔。授我以發菩提心戒。許我以入灌頂道場。沐受明灌頂再三焉。受阿闍梨位一度也。肘行膝步學未學。稽首接足聞不聞。幸賴國家之大造大師之慈悲。學兩部之大法。習諸尊之瑜伽。斯法也則諸佛之肝心。成佛之徑路。於國城墎於人膏膄。是故薄命不聞名。重垢不能入。印度則輸婆三藏脫躧負扆振旦則玄宗皇帝景仰忘味。從爾已還。一人三公接武耽翫。四眾萬民稽首皷篋。密藏之宗自茲稱帝。半珠顯教靡旗面縛。夫以。鳳凰于飛必窺堯舜。佛法行藏逐時卷舒。今則一百餘部金剛乘教。兩部大曼荼羅海會請來見到。雖云波濤湲漠風雨漂舶。越彼鯨海平達聖境。是則聖力之所能也。伏惟皇帝陛下至德如天。佛日高轉。人之父佛之化。悲蒼生而濡足。鍾佛囑而垂衣。以陛下新御旋璣。新譯之經自遠新戾。以陛下慈育海內。海會之像過海而來也。恰似符契。非聖誰測矣。空海雖闕期之罪死而有餘。竊喜難得之法生而請來。不任一懼一喜之至。謹附判官正六位上行大宰大監高階真人遠成。奉表以聞。并請來新譯經等目錄一卷。且以奉進輕黷威嚴。伏增戰越。沙門空海誠恐誠惶謹言。
I, the monk Kūkai who studied the Dharma in Tang China, was dispatched in the 23rd year of the Enryaku era with a mission to study abroad. After traveling tens of thousands of miles, I arrived in Chang'an in the twelfth month of that year. On the tenth day of the second month of the 24th year, by imperial decree, I was assigned to reside at Ximing Temple. Thereupon, I traveled to various temples, seeking out teachers and masters. Fortunately, I encountered the abbot Huiguo of Qinglong Temple, an Acharya of the Abhiseka tradition, and took him as my primary teacher. This great master was a disciple of the Tripitaka Master Amoghavajra of Daxingshan Temple, a wielder of vast wisdom. He was thoroughly versed in the scriptures and codes, proficient in the esoteric teachings, a pillar of the Dharma, and a teacher to the nation.
The great master cherished the spread of the Buddha's Dharma and lamented that sentient beings could be liberated. He bestowed upon me the precepts for arousing the Bodhi mind and allowed me to enter the Abhiseka mandala. I received the water and wisdom initiation three times and the Acharya initiation once. On my knees and elbows, I diligently studied what I had not learned. Prostrating and touching my head to his feet, I heard what I had never heard. Thanks to the profound grace of the nation and the great compassion of the master, I learned the two great mandala systems and practiced the yogas of various deities.
This Dharma is the very heart of all Buddhas and the direct path to enlightenment. It is like a city wall to a kingdom and nourishing marrow to a person. Therefore, those with little merit never hear its name; those burdened by heavy karma cannot enter it. In India, the Tripitaka Master Subhakarasimha took off his shoes and humbly served; in China, Emperor Xuanzong gazed upon it with reverence and forgot all else. From then on, rulers and ministers eagerly engaged with it, and people from all walks of life prostrated and studied it diligently. The esoteric tradition thus came to be revered as supreme, while the exoteric teachings, like half a jewel, were humbled before it.
Now, consider how the phoenix flies only under wise rulers like Yao and Shun—the Buddha's teachings similarly unfold or withdraw according to the times. At present, I have brought back over one hundred texts of the Vajrayana teachings and the sacred assemblies of the two great mandalas. Though I had to cross vast, stormy seas on drift-tossed ships, I safely reached this sacred land—this is surely due to the power of the sacred teachings.
Humbly I reflect: Your Majesty, the Emperor, your supreme virtue is like heaven itself, and the sun of the Buddha shines high. You are a father to the people and an embodiment of the Buddha's teaching. Compassionate toward all beings, you wet your feet in their suffering; mindful of the Buddha's trust, you rule with serenity. As Your Majesty newly ascends the throne, new scriptures arrive here from afar. As Your Majesty nurtures the world with compassion, the sacred images of the great assembly have crossed the sea to reach us. This is like a perfect seal—who but a sage could fathom it?
Though I, Kūkai, deserve death for failing in my duties, I privately rejoice that in this life I have been able to seek out and bring back such rare and precious teachings. Overcome with both awe and joy, I humbly submit this report through the Deputy Officer, Senior Sixth Rank Upper, Dazaifu Supervisor, Takasada no Mahito Tōnari. I present it along with a scroll listing the newly translated sutras I have brought. I dare to lightly impose upon your majesty's dignity, trembling all the more with fear. Your servant, the monk Kūkai, in utmost reverence and awe, humbly speaks.
大同元年十月二十二日
On the twenty-second day of the tenth month in the first year of the Datong era.
入唐學法沙門空海上表
Your Majesty,
I, the Buddhist monk Kūkai, who traveled to Tang China to study the Dharma, humbly submit this memorial.
入唐學法沙門空海大同元年請來經律論疏章傳記。并佛菩薩金剛天等像。三昧耶曼陀羅。法曼陀羅。傳法阿闍梨等影及道具。竝阿闍梨付囑物等目錄都合六種。就中。
A catalog of six categories in total, brought to Japan by the Dharma-seeking monk Kūkai during the Daidō era (806 CE), including: sutras, vinaya, commentaries, treatises, and biographies; images of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Vajra beings, and celestial deities; samaya mandalas; dharma mandalas; portraits and ritual implements of the ācāryas who transmitted the teaching; and the items entrusted by the ācāryas. Among these:
新譯等經都一百四十二部二百四十七卷。
There are one hundred forty-two newly translated sutras in total, consisting of two hundred forty-seven scrolls.
梵字真言讚等都四十二部四十四卷。
Forty-two works in forty-four volumes: these include Sanskrit mantras, dharanis, and texts of praise.
論疏章等都三十二部一百七十卷。
Thirty-two scriptures and commentaries, totaling one hundred seventy volumes.
已上三種總二百一十六部四百六十一卷。
佛菩薩金剛天等像。法曼陀羅。三昧耶曼陀羅。并傳法阿闍梨等影共一十鋪。
The images of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Vajra Beings, and Devas; the Dharma Mandalas and Samaya Mandalas, along with the portraits of the Acharya who transmitted the Dharma—these total ten scrolls.
道具九種。
The Nine Kinds of Dharmas.
阿闍梨付囑物一十三種。