高雄山寺講天台法門勅
（別傳）
The Command to Lecture upon the Methods of Tiantai at the Takaosanji [Temple]
(JPN: Takaosanji Kō Tendai Hōmon Choku)
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| The Decree States: In the past Anāthapiṇḍada Sudatta brought the Śākyamuni to the park of Jeta (i.e. Jetavana). And in search of the Dharma, [the Bodhisattva] Sadāprarudita [travelled eastward] and heard the [Mahā]prajñāpāramitā [Sūtra] in the Land of the Gandharvas. For [the same] reasons, the Minister Waki no Ason [Irukamaro] invited two sets of six (i.e. 12) hastināgas (lit. ‘dragon elephants’), to organise a Dharma Assembly of the One Vehicle (Ekayāna), [in order to] explain and propagate Tiantai [Zhiyi’s] Profound Meaning of the Dharma Flower and so forth. And so the Sun of Mercy increased in its radiance, and the River of Dhyāna flowed clear. The Profound Way of the One Vehicle started opening-up within the city, and the Framework of the Three Trainings came to be received by gods and men. That the Lamp [of the Dharma would be] transmitted [towards the] end of the Semblance [Age], was unknown to past and present [generations, and so] we rejoice in [this] Dharma Assembly, and proclaim its merits! The Imperial Emmissary and Senior Minister of the Ministry of Governance, Waki no Ason Iruka[maro]. | 詔曰。昔者給孤須達。降能仁於祇陀之苑。求法常啼。聞般若於尋香之域。是以。和氣 朝臣延二六之龍象。設一乘之法筵。演暢天台法華玄義等。所以慈日増光。禪河澄流。一乘之玄猷始開於城内。三學之軌範遂被於人天。像季傳燈古今未聞。隨喜法筵稱歎功徳。 勅使治部大輔和氣朝臣入鹿。 | 詔曰: 昔者給孤須達，降能仁於祇陀之苑。 求法常啼，聞般若於尋香之域。 是以，和氣朝臣延二六之龍象，設一乘之法筵，演暢天台法華玄義等。所以慈日増光，禪河澄流。一乘之玄猷，始開於城内，三學之軌範，遂被於人天。像季傳燈，古、今未聞，隨喜法筵，稱歎功徳! 勅使治部大輔和氣朝臣入鹿。 |
| (SUPPLEMENT): The fourth [section] of the twenty-third [document] in the Genkō shakusho [called the] Letters Aiding Governance states: In the first month of the twenty-first year of Enryaku (802 A.D.), the nobleman and Ritual Officiator Waki [no] Hirose paid obeisance to the Dharma Master Saichō at Takaosanji [Temple while he was] lecturing upon the Methods of Tiantai. Additionally, more than ten famous bhadanta were invited [in all] and the Emperor sent Waki [no] Irukamaro of the Ministry of Rites to verbally announce [ the decree which] states: “In the past the elder Anāthapiṇḍada Sudatta…etc ” | （補）元亨釋書二十三資治表四曰。延暦二十一年正月國子祭主和弘世。屈最澄法師於高雄寺。講天台法門。又延十餘名徳。帝使和禮部。（入鹿）口宣曰。昔者給孤長 者（云云）。 | （補）: 《元亨釋書》二十三《資治表》四曰: 延暦二十一年正月，國子祭主和弘世，屈最澄法師於高雄寺，講天台法門。又延十餘名徳，帝使和禮部，（入鹿）口宣曰: 昔者給孤長者（云云）。 |