Petition for the dharma convocation at Heungcheonsa興天寺法會踈
十玄玅旨。日先炤於高山。四事熏功。津輒流於甘蔗。念社稷民安寧之本。關佛法僧護攝之慈。矧玆三聖之靈編。實是一乘之圓敎。演揚無斁。霑潤叵涯。故自椒闈。肇廻於願轂。伻投蘭若。方展於覺場。凡諸檀越之營齋。揔爲縣官而奉福。若弟子叨國相者旣久。荷主恩之亦多。所乏非財。發乎心則便辦。孰居斯地。見其義而不爲。爰捨家貲。悉嚴梵供。披文句之奧蘊。際理事之交融。所締勝因。卽通他鑒。伏願邦君享大平之慶。國母膺難老之休。珠躔順常。莫現蒼天之譴告。膏澤應候。遄滋赤地之暵乾。
The ten hidden and mysterious meanings are like the sun that shines first upon the high mountains, and the merit of incense in the four offerings is like sweetness flowing from the sugarcane. I consider that the root of peace for the altars of the state and for the people lies in the compassion by which Buddha, Law and Sangha keep and gather us in. Still more, the numinous book of these three sages is truly the perfect teaching of the One Vehicle. It does not weary of being unfolded and sounded forth, and its moistening is without bound.
Therefore within the palace the wheel of the vow is first set turning, and men are sent to the monastery, where the seat of awakening is now spread. That the several donors provide the feast is in every case an upholding of blessing for the sake of the state.
A disciple such as I has long held, beyond his station, the seat of chief minister of the state, and has received much of his king's grace. What is lacking is not goods: raise it in the heart, and it is at once provided. Who, holding this seat, would know a thing to be right and yet not do it? And so I give out my household's goods and furnish with strict care every offering to the Buddha. The deep inner meaning of the text is unfolded, and we come to the place where principle and phenomena melt into one another. I pray that the excellent karmic bond thus bound may at once get through to that bright discernment.
Prostrate, I pray that the sovereign of the state enjoy the happiness of great peace and the mother of the state receive the blessing of not growing old; that the courses of the stars follow their constancy, so that no reproof of the blue heaven appears; and that rich grace come with the season and swiftly moisten the parched red earth.