2月16日

楞嚴偈頌
唐 般剌密帝 譯 ( 約 656~706 )

願今得果成寶王，還度如是恆沙眾；
將此深心奉塵剎，是則名為報佛恩。
伏請世尊為證明，五濁惡世誓先入；
如一眾生未成佛，終不於此取泥洹。

──選自《大佛頂萬行首楞嚴經》

February 16th

A Verse from the Shurangama Sutra
Translated into Chinese by Pramiti (Approx. 656 - 706, Tang Dynasty)
English Translation: Miao Guang

I vow to gain the fruits of attainment now
    to become the precious king,
Who shall return to deliver sentient beings
    numbering as many as the sands of the Ganges;

I dedicate this body and mind to the worlds
    as numerous as dust-motes,
Such is called repaying Buddha’s kindness.

I prostrate in request for the Buddha
    to be my witness,
Of my vow to be the first to enter
    the evil world of the Five Turbidities;

Shall there be one unenlightened sentient being,
    then I will never attain nirvana in this place.

── from Shurangama Sutra