Text for the preaching of the Golden Light Sutra at Jungheungsa in the same Seogyeong同京重興寺。說金經文。
Dongguk Isangguk Jip (Collected Works of Minister Yi of the Eastern Country) 東國李相國集 · Yi Gyubo · Compiled 1241 (Goryeo, 28th year of King Gojong); revised and enlarged 1251 · 1 passages · 112 Chinese characters · reading time 1.1 min
Dongguk Isangguk Jip (Collected Works of Minister Yi of the Eastern Country) Former Collection, Book 39 The collected writings of Yi Gyubo of Goryeo, gathered and cut in woodblock by his son Yi Ham in 1241 and revised and enlarged by his grandson Yi Ikbae in 1251. It holds poems and rhapsodies, memorials and reports sent up to the king, records written for temples and pagodas, stele and tomb inscriptions, letters and prefaces, and the state letters that passed to and from the Mongols during the invasions. The Lay of King Dongmyeong, which sings the founder of Goguryeo, stands in volume 3 of the first collection, and the daily life of a man who called himself the White Cloud Layman — with his wine, his zither and his verse — fills the later collection. The book closes with the last poem he wrote as his eyes failed and he laid down the brush, and with the dirge and tomb inscription others made for him after his death.
It is the true source of the two marvels and the utmost principle of the one vehicle (一乘). Broad, deep and hidden, it receives the protection of the four Buddhas; and when it is unrolled and sent abroad, the host of dragons rejoices everywhere.
I consider that with a body thin in virtue I have presumed to tread the great foundation. Long have I been diligent in the sincerity that turns inward, taking refuge in the Law, and I wait to receive boundless blessing and so bring this people safely across. So, following the plan my forebears handed down, I have chosen a good day in early winter and sent an envoy hurrying there especially, reverently to seek out the monastery. We call monks in quilted robes from all around to unroll the words written on pattra leaves.
Prostrate, I pray that the dragons in the waters may send up blessing and lead wind and rain so that they are not disordered; and that the people may delight in their lives, so that every household rejoices with the others.