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大師唐時初從南海上至曹溪。韶州刺史韋璩等。請於大梵寺講堂中。為眾開緣授無相戒。說摩訶般若波羅蜜法。
At the beginning of the Tang dynasty, the Master first came from the South Sea to Caoxi. Wei Qu, the prefect of Shaozhou, and others invited him to the lecture hall of Dafan Temple, where he opened the conditions for the assembly, conferred the Formless Precepts, and taught the Maha Prajna Paramita Dharma.
大師是日說頓教法。直了見性無礙。普告僧俗。令言下各悟本心。現成佛道。
The Master taught the sudden teaching that day—directly realizing one's own nature without hindrance. He addressed monks and laypeople alike, so that at his very words each might awaken to their original mind and attain the Buddha's path right where they stood.
座下僧尼道俗一千餘人。刺史官僚等三十餘人。儒宗學士三十餘人。同請大師說是法門。
More than a thousand monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen were seated beneath the throne. Over thirty officials, including the Prefect, and over thirty Confucian scholars and learned gentlemen all together requested that the Great Master expound this Dharma teaching.
刺史韋璩。令門人法海。抄錄流行。傳示後代。
The Prefect Wei Qu instructed his disciple Fahai to write it down and circulate it, so that it could be passed on to later generations.
若承此宗旨。學道者遞相教授。有所依憑耳。
If one receives and upholds this essential teaching, students of the Path can pass it down to one another in instruction, and thus have something to rely upon.