One of the original texts of the Preface of the Sacred Teachings is as follows:

1, the cover is heard: the two instruments have the image, show the overlay in order to contain the birth of the four seasons are invisible, the submerged summer and cold to compounds. The first is that, to see the sky and identify the earth, the mediocre fools all know its end; Ming Yin hole Yang, the wise and philosophical rare number of its.

2, however, the heaven and earth are in the yin and yang and easy to recognize, in order to its image; yin and yang in heaven and earth and difficult to poor, in order to its invisible also. Therefore, like the obvious can be characterized, although fools are not confused; the shape of the submerged can not be seen, in the wisdom is still confused. Moreover, the Buddha Road is a sublime emptiness, by the quiet control of silence, the promotion of all kinds of, the ten-fold. Lift the mighty spirit and supreme, suppression of the divine power and no lower; the big one is in the universe, the fine one is taken in the millimeters.

3. There is no extinction, no birth, after thousands of years and not ancient; if hidden, if apparent, the transportation of a hundred blessings and long now. The wonderful way to condense the mystery, comply with the unknown its intersection; the flow of the law Cham silent, dip into the unknown its source. Therefore, I know that the stupid fools, the vulgar people, to cast their interest, can not be doubtful!

4, however, the rise of the great religion, based on the West, Teng Hanting and bright dreams, light East and flow of mercy. In the past, when the shape of the split trace of time, the words have not been sped up and into the chemical; when often the world of the present, the people of Germany to know to comply with. And then, the shadow of the obscure return to the true, move the instrument to cross the world. The golden face covers the color, not mirror three thousand light; Li Xiang open map, empty end of the four or eight of the phase.

5. So, the words were widely spoken, saving the class from the three coats of justice; the legacy was proclaimed, guiding the group to be born in the ten lands. However, the true teachings are difficult to admire, and no one can one of its purpose; the study is easy to comply with, and the evil and the positive are not in a dispute. Therefore, the empty theory, or custom but not; size of the multiplier, at first along the time and the Longtai.

6, there are Xuanzang master, the leader of the Dharma also. Young with chaste and sensitive, early realization of the heart of the three empty; long with the divine feeling, the first Pod four patience line. Pine wind, water and moon, not enough than its clear; fairy dew pearl, how can square its Langrun. Therefore, the intellect is not tired, the spirit is not shaped, beyond the six dusts and out of the world, only a thousand years and no right. I would like to analyze the reasoning, broaden their former hearings; cut off the pseudo-continuation of the true, after the opening of the study. Therefore, the heart of the Pure Land, traveled to the Western Region; riding the danger of far away, staff to the lonely expedition. The snow flies in the morning, and the land is lost in the way; the sand rises at night, and the sky is lost in the air. The mountains and rivers of 10,000 miles, the smoke and shadow into the shadow; a hundred weight of cold and summer, and the front track of frost and rain.

8, sincere heavy labor light, seek deep wish to reach; travel around the West, ten seven years. The poor experience of the Taoist state, inquiring about the correct teaching; double forest eight water, flavor meal wind; deer park vulture peak, look at the strange and admire the different. He received the words of the sages and the true teachings from the sages, explored the wonderful doors, and refined the mystery of the industry. The Way of the Five Rhythms of the One Vehicle is in the heart of the world, and the Eight Treasures of the Three Suits of the Eight Tibetans are in the sea of the mouth.

9. I have traveled from the country I visited, totaling six hundred and fifty-seven of the three main texts of the Tripitaka, translating and spreading them in China and preaching victory. Citing the clouds of mercy in the west pole, injection of rain in the east; the lack of sacred teachings and restore the whole, the sins of the people and the blessings. The dry flames of the wet house of fire are plucked from the lost path; the dim waves of the water of love are brought to the other shore. It is known that evil falls because of karma, good rises because of destiny; the end of the rise and fall, but the person entrusted.

10, for example, Gui born in the high mountains, clouds and dew can be hyun its Hua; lotus out of the clear waves, dust can not be stained its leaves, not the nature of the lotus from the clean and Gui quality of this chaste, good by, attached to the high, then the micro-objects can not be tired; by virtue of the purity of the turbid can not be stained. If the flowers and trees are ignorant, they are good and become good; not to mention that people have knowledge, not to celebrate and seek to celebrate. Fang Ji, this scripture flow Shi, will be the sun and the moon and infinite; S blessings, with the Qiankun and eternal great.

11, I, only Xie Guizhang. Words ashamed of the broad; as for the internal code, especially not free. Yesterday's preamble, y despicable. I am afraid, dirty ink in the golden brief; labeled rubble in the pearl forest. Suddenly came to the book, fallacy to receive praise; follow the bow to save thinking. I am not good enough to say that I am not good enough to thank you. The emperor in the Spring Palace to describe the Sanzang Sacred Records.

12, Fu! Showing the correct teachings, non-intelligent to broaden its text. Sublime elucidation of the subtle words, non-sage can not determine its purpose. Covering the true teachings of the Holy, the law of the mystery, the track of the scriptures also. It is a comprehensive and far-reaching, profound and profound, extremely subtle of emptiness and existence, and the body of the mechanism of birth and death.

13, the word Mao Road, seekers do not look into its source; the text is obvious and righteousness of the ghost, to fulfill the people who do not know its boundaries. Therefore, I know that the holy mercy. The first thing I want to say is that I'm not going to be able to do anything about it, but I'm going to be able to do something about it. The Dharma Net is a framework for the propagation of the Six Degrees of Righteousness; it saves the lives of the people, and opens the Bibibliotheca Sancta.

14. The name of the world has no wings, and the way has no roots. The name of the Buddha has been celebrated in the world for a long time, and he has been immortalized in the world through the world's history. Morning bell and evening Brahman, handing over two sounds in the vulture peaks; Wise Sun Dharma flow, turning two wheels in the Ivory Coast; empty cover, catching the clouds and **** fly; Zhuang wild spring forest, and the sky Hua and the color.

15, Fu Wei Emperor. On the Xuanzifu, hanging arch and rule the eight wilderness; Germany was Qianli, convergence of obeisance and dynasty of nations. Grace plus rotten bones, the stone room to Baye's text; Zephyr and insects, the Golden Pavilion flow of Sanskrit said the gatha.

16, so that, hoe water, through the eight rivers of the Shendian; Jaintia Hills, connected to the Songhua Cuiling. In my opinion, the nature of the moral condensed silence, the elk return to the heart and do not pass; wisdom of the mystery, the sense of sincerity and then show. It is said that on the night of the heavy dusk, the light of the candle torch of wisdom; on the day of the house of fire, the rain of the Dharma is lowered. Thus, a hundred rivers of different streams, the same will be in the sea, ten thousand distinctions of righteousness, totaled in the real. The truth of the matter is that it is not the same as that of Tang and Wu, but the same as that of Yao and Shun! The first is that the first is the first to be a member of the family, and the second is the first to be a member of the family!

17. The Venerable Master Xuanzang, who had been harboring Cong Ling's ambition to be simple and clear, and who had been replacing his milk teeth for years, had been plucked out of the world of pomp and circumstance. He was a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, a great man, and a great man. He was able to transcend the realm of the six dusts and walk alone in Gavi; he was able to randomly transform things with the purpose of a single journey. With the unadulterated quality of China, he searched for the true text of India. He traveled far from the Ganges River and ended up with full words; he frequently climbed the snowy mountains and gained half a pearl. He has been traveling back and forth for seven years; he is well versed in the interpretation of the classics, and he has a heart for the benefit of the world.

18. On September 6 of the 19th year of Zhenguan, by order of the Hongfu Temple, the translation of the main text of the Holy Religion, where 657 parts. The Dharma flows from the ocean, washing away dust and labor; the long flame of the lamp of wisdom is transmitted, and the darkness is brightened. How could this be realized if it were not for the long cultivation of the right destiny? As the saying goes, "The Dharma is everlasting, the brightness of the three lights; the blessings of our Emperor are as solid as those of the two ceremonies".

19. The preface of the Imperial Scriptures, the light of the past and the present. The rationale, including the sound of gold and stone; text, hold the wind and clouds of Run. The rule is always light dust foot Yue, falling dew add stream, slightly outline, for the record.

20, the rule of vegetarian no talent, sex is not smart. The internal text, not viewed; made the preface of the discussion, clumsy, especially complicated. Suddenly, I saw the book, praise and praise; bowing to self-examination, ashamed and creepy. The teacher and other far to reach, y ashamed. Therefore, by observing and experiencing the changes of heaven and earth, even an ordinary and foolish person can know some of its signs; and to understand the changes of yin and yang, even a wise and intelligent person can seldom study through its laws of change.

2. But the reason why it is easy to understand that heaven and earth contain the changes of yin and yang is because heaven and earth have shapes; and the reason why the changes of yin and yang between heaven and earth are difficult to be studied is because the changes of yin and yang have no shapes. Therefore, when the image of heaven and earth is revealed and can be verified, even the foolish will understand it; but when the changes of yin and yang are hidden and no one can see them, even the wise will still be perplexed.

In addition, the Buddha's way of life promotes emptiness, and it rides on secrecy to manipulate the realm of the transcendent, and it also advocates the widespread relief of many living beings, and uses Buddhist theories to govern the world. There is no upper limit to the divine power of Buddhism once it is exerted, and there is no lower limit to the power of restraining the magical. The Buddha's Way in a large sense it spreads throughout the universe, and in a small sense it collects every bit of it.

3. Because the Buddha's Way advocates immortality and transcendence, it has never declined despite its long history. It is sometimes hidden, sometimes revealed, and transmits countless blessings in many different forms up to the present day. The Buddha's way contains the subtle truth and profound mystery, even if you follow it, no one knows its boundaries;

The flow of Buddhism, deep and quiet, even if you promote it, no one to explore its roots. So can the multitude of ordinary and ignorant people, as well as those who are mediocre and shallow, not be puzzled when confronted with the profound tenets of Buddhism?

4. Buddhism originated in the West, and was spread in the Middle Kingdom during the Eastern Han Dynasty. So about the Buddha divided into forms and signs, when always present Nirvana Buddha, the golden body of the light of the three thousand worlds. Universal sentient beings, from the four or eight phases of suffering and other sutra legacy, in the East to promote, by many monks and nuns to follow, so that all beings are saved from the Three Paths of the hijacking, and to achieve the birth of the merits of the Ten Lands.

5, however, the authentic Buddhist doctrine is profound, difficult to understand, coupled with the incorrect scriptures mixed with them, the truth and falsehood are entangled together, empty, there are two schools of thought, people with different customs, or that this is the right and the wrong; Mahayana, Hinayana, the two doctrines, in the debate on the rights and wrongs of the two, from time to time, this is the rise of the other decline, there is a diversity of opinion and disagreement.

6. There was a man named Xuanzang who was the leader of the Dharma sect. He grew up very smart, loyal, long understood the "three empty" doctrine; grew up his look, character and the requirements of Buddhism is very compatible, he always insisted on including the "four patience" realm of Buddhist practice.

7. Even the breeze of the pine forest stream and the moon in the lake cannot compare with his beauty;

7. Even the morning dew of the immortal drink and the bright pearl can't compare with his brightness and moistness. Therefore, he is wise and unattached, and his spirit is clear and unobtrusive; he is beyond the "six emptinesses," different from ordinary people, and no one can compare with him for many years.

8. He meditated on Buddhism, and sighed with emotion because of the fallacy of this profound theory; he thought of analyzing the scriptures in an orderly manner, expanding the ancient Buddhist scriptures; taking away the false ones and keeping the true ones, so that the scholars of the next generation would not be confused with the true ones from now on. Thus he aspired to the Pure Land and traveled to the West to pursue his studies. He risked his life traveling on a journey of ten thousand miles;

9. He traveled a long way alone on crutches. On the way to countless dangers, the morning of the flying snow, traveling sometimes can not find shelter; the evening of the rolling sand, covering the sky and the moon is difficult to discern the direction. In the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, there are he cleared the dangerous obstacles, set aside the fog forward figure; in how many seasons of cold and heat, leaving him to step on the frost and the rain and the footprints of the advance.

10, with the sincerity of the Buddha, he regarded the hard work as a small thing, and expected his wish to be realized. He traveled through the countries of the West for seventeen years. He traveled through all the places he passed through, inquiring after the right teachings. He traveled through Shuanglin; he went to Bashui and experienced the noble customs of the holy places of Buddhism; he went to Deer Park, climbed Vulture Peak, and visited the strange and exotic paths where the Buddha had lived. He received profound learning from the sages and sages. He quickly memorized the Buddhist teachings of the "One Vehicle" and the "Five Laws", and the Buddhist theories of the "Eight Treasures" and the "Three Suits". He quickly memorized the Buddhist teachings of the "Eight Tibetans" and the "Three Treasures", and spoke of them like waves of flowing water.

So Xuanzang from the size of the country he passed through, the total **** collection absorbed the main works of the three Tibetans, a **** six hundred and fifty-seven, translated into Chinese after the spread in the Central Plains, and since then this magnificent work can be proclaimed. The clouds of compassion and benevolence slowly drifted in from the western land, and the Buddha's teachings of immeasurable merit were sprinkled over the land of the Great Tang like timely rain.

11. The mutilated Buddhist teachings were at last restored to their fullness, and the people who had lived in misery were again blessed. The blazing fire burning in the firehouse was extinguished, (rescuing all the living beings from the depths of water and heat), and they were no longer lost from then on; the light of the Buddha shone brightly, dispersing the dimness, and illuminating all the living beings to reach the other side of the shore of transcendence of life and death.

12. Therefore, I know that if I do evil, I will fall into the sea of suffering, and if I do good, I will surely ascend to heaven by virtue of the Buddha's destiny. Why there will be rise and fall, that only depends on what people do. For example, if a laurel flower grows on a high mountain, the rain from the sky will be able to moisturize its flowers; if a lotus flower comes from a clear lake, the flying dust will not defile its leaves.

13. This is not to say that the lotus flower is originally clean and the osmanthus flower is originally chaste, but it is because the osmanthus flower is attached to a condition that is originally high, so that those lowly things can not harm it; and the lotus flower is attached to an originally clean, so that those dirty things can not defile it.

14. Flowers, plants and trees are not sentient, but can still achieve good things by virtue of good conditions, not to mention human beings have flesh and blood and thinking, but can not seek happiness by virtue of good conditions. I hope that this "Great Tang Three Tibet Sacred Teaching" scripture can be spread widely, like the sun and the moon, everlasting light; will be this blessed address spread on earth for a long time, and heaven and earth **** exist, and carry forward the vast.

15, my talent and moral character is far from being able to compare the quality of jade, I am ashamed to be unable to express the feelings of the poor article, as for the Buddhist scriptures, especially the lack of knowledge, yesterday's preface is very poor, for fear of defilement of the classics, but also as a rubble in the pearls on the classics. Thanks to the master's wrong love, come to the book praise. I am ashamed of myself, and I am ashamed of myself. I am y ashamed to have been so far away from the master. My preface is not worthy of praise and praise, empty labor master letter to thank.

16, to promote the Buddhist holy work, non-intelligent people can not be wide of its classics; Chong expound the subtle speech, non-character and knowledge of the people, can not affirm the purpose. The truth of the holy teachings is the source of all the sutras, its content is vast and far-reaching, the purpose of the teachings is profound, the theory of emptiness and existence is elaborated in a subtle way, and the purpose of birth and death is realized in a profound way. The words and chapters of the law are magnificent, and it is difficult for those who are searching to find out the source;

17. The scriptures are simple, the doctrine is profound, and those who are studying them cannot measure their boundaries. From this it is clear that the Buddha's teachings of compassion are widely spread, and that those who do good deeds will be rewarded with good results, and those who do evil deeds will be cut off from the Buddha's destiny. Lifting the outline to open the net of the Dharma, promoting the doctrine of the six degrees of enlightenment, saving all beings in the three realms from the quagmire and fire, and opening the door to the mysterious hall of Buddhist scriptures. Thus the fame of the holy religion spread all over the world, and the doctrine of the scriptures was always in the hearts of all beings.

18, the Buddhist way of compassion, happiness, joy for all time, devoutly believe in Buddha, induction benefit, although after a thousand calamities can also be a positive result. Morning bells, dusk chanting, symphony echoed in the foothills of the Lingvushi Mountain, the Buddha's light of wisdom, the Buddha's divine power to flow, the wheel of the law is always revolving in the holy land of Deer Park. The golden-bodied Buddha with his seven-hued treasure cover hanging high above his head flows with the flying colorful clouds;

19. In the sacred place of Shono Chunlin, the Buddha's sayings are like rain and clouds, and like the heavenly blossoms. His Majesty, the Emperor, the heavens blessed him, hanging down his clothes and arching his hand and governing the world, the benevolent government cloth line the people of ten thousand states, the envoys and ministers of the group of respectful pilgrimage to see the Son of Heaven. The Emperor's favor is bestowed on old women and old men, and on insects and animals, thus ushering in the Golden Pavilion of the True Scriptures of the Bay Leaves.

20, so that the Western Dharma A hoe water and the divine Yellow River, Yangtze River connection, Jain Hori Mountain and Song, Yue, Huashan connected. I think the Buddha's nature of condensed stillness and silence, the ministry of the Buddha, such as not Zen cultivation of the heart how to get the way, the Buddhist scriptures doctrine is subtle and profound, it must be honest and sensible, in order to cultivate the right fruit. The light of wisdom of the holy classics can illuminate the dark world, and the Buddha's teachings are like rain, moisturizing everything and saving people from being born in a house of fire.

21. Thus, the hundreds of rivers of different origins converge in the sea of Dharma, and the many sects of various places are finally unified in the holy scriptures. The emperor's great achievements and virtues, the world **** Yang, and why with Tang, Wu school of its merits and demerits, and Yao, Shun than its holy virtue?

22. Since his childhood, Venerable Xuanzang has been a man of great talent, good temperament and beauty, and has never been associated with the world of glitter and splendor. In order to make the Tang classics, can go to the pseudo-continuation of the real, in addition to the black, to achieve the text and quality, he was determined to the Western Dharma to seek the scriptures and ask, far away from the Ganges River, frequent snowy mountains, touring the size of the state, in the rock, Zen living in the temple, look at Shakyamuni's triumphs of the world.

23, worship Buddha preaching the holy land of Gavi, everywhere looking for the search for the Bayeux Sutra, after seventeen years, and finally obtained the desired interpretation of the classic, more precious relics beads, full of return to the capital of the Great Tang Chang'an. Zhen Guan 19 years on February 6, proficient in the Sanskrit classics of Venerable Xuan Zang, by the order of Emperor Taizong in Hongfu Temple translation of Buddhist scriptures.

24, these vast classics, can for all beings clean wash six dust, to the other shore of happiness, can make the dim earthly world, always bright. If you are not y attached to the Buddha for a long time, how can you usher in the six hundred and fifty-seven true sutras and preach the main points; it is really said that the light of the Dharma is as bright as the sun, the moon and the stars, and it is always shining brightly.

25, the rule of vegetarian no talent, and no clever endowment, especially many Buddhist scriptures have not been viewed, written by the preface of the rough and complicated. This time, I suddenly saw the master of the book, I praise and praise, I feel ashamed and fear, bother Sanzang masters and other long-distance delivery, really have a shame, have a shame.