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多寶臺讚
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多寶臺讚 The Bodhisattva at the Jeweled Platform

這zhè菩pú薩sà直zhí至zhì多duō寶bǎo臺tái邊biān，果guǒ然rán是shì明míng智zhì金jīn蟬chán之zhī相xiàng。詩shī曰yuē：这zhè菩pú萨sà直zhí至zhì多duō宝bǎo台tái边biān，果guǒ然rán是shì明míng智zhì金jīn蝉chán之zhī相xiàng。诗shī曰yuē：

萬wàn象xiàng澄chéng明míng絕jué點diǎn埃āi，大dà典diǎn玄xuán奘zàng坐zuò高gāo臺tái。万wàn象xiàng澄chéng明míng绝jué点diǎn埃āi，大dà典diǎn玄xuán奘zàng坐zuò高gāo台tái。
超chāo生shēng孤gū魂hún暗àn中zhōng到dào，聽tīng法fǎ高gāo流liú市shì上shàng來lái。超chāo生shēng孤gū魂hún暗àn中zhōng到dào，听tīng法fǎ高gāo流liú市shì上shàng来lái。
施shī物wù應yìng機jī心xīn路lù遠yuǎn，出chū生shēng隨suí意yì藏zàng門mén開kāi。施shī物wù应yìng机jī心xīn路lù远yuǎn，出chū生shēng随suí意yì藏zàng门mén开kāi。
對duì看kàn講jiǎng出chū無wú量liàng法fǎ，老lǎo幼yòu人rén人rén放fàng喜xǐ懷huái。对duì看kàn讲jiǎng出chū无wú量liàng法fǎ，老lǎo幼yòu人rén人rén放fàng喜xǐ怀huái。

又yòu詩shī曰yuē：又yòu诗shī曰yuē：

因yīn遊yóu法fǎ界jiè講jiǎng堂táng中zhōng，逢féng見jiàn相xiāng知zhī不bù俗sú同tóng。因yīn游yóu法fǎ界jiè讲jiǎng堂táng中zhōng，逢féng见jiàn相xiāng知zhī不bù俗sú同tóng。
盡jìn說shuō目mù前qián千qiān萬wàn事shì，又yòu談tán塵chén劫jié許xǔ多duō功gōng。尽jìn说shuō目mù前qián千qiān万wàn事shì，又yòu谈tán尘chén劫jié许xǔ多duō功gōng。
法fǎ雲yún容róng曳yè舒shū群qún岳yuè，教jiào網wǎng張zhāng羅luó滿mǎn太tài空kōng。法fǎ云yún容róng曳yè舒shū群qún岳yuè，教jiào网wǎng张zhāng罗luó满mǎn太tài空kōng。
檢jiǎn點diǎn人rén生shēng歸guī善shàn念niàn，紛fēn紛fēn天tiān雨yǔ落luò花huā紅hóng。检jiǎn点diǎn人rén生shēng归guī善shàn念niàn，纷fēn纷fēn天tiān雨yǔ落luò花huā红hóng。

逐句解 Line by line

這zhè菩pú薩sà直zhí至zhì多duō寶bǎo臺tái邊biān，果guǒ然rán是shì明míng智zhì金jīn蟬chán之zhī相xiàng。詩shī曰yuē： 这zhè菩pú萨sà直zhí至zhì多duō宝bǎo台tái边biān，果guǒ然rán是shì明míng智zhì金jīn蝉chán之zhī相xiàng。诗shī曰yuē：

This Bodhisattva came right up to the side of the Jeweled Platform, and there indeed was the aspect of the wise Golden Cicada. The poem says:

The 多寶臺, Jewelled Platform, is the raised seat of the presiding monk. 相 in 金蟬之相, the aspect of the Golden Cicada, is xiàng, appearance — and the point of the line is that she can see it and nobody else in the hall can.

萬wàn象xiàng澄chéng明míng絕jué點diǎn埃āi，大dà典diǎn玄xuán奘zàng坐zuò高gāo臺tái。 万wàn象xiàng澄chéng明míng绝jué点diǎn埃āi，大dà典diǎn玄xuán奘zàng坐zuò高gāo台tái。

All phenomena clear and bright, without a mote of dust; at the great rite, Xuanzang sits upon the high platform.

奘 is zàng in the pilgrim's name. 澄明絕點埃, clear and without a mote of dust, opens the quatrain on the very dustlessness the platform ritual exists to produce.

超chāo生shēng孤gū魂hún暗àn中zhōng到dào，聽tīng法fǎ高gāo流liú市shì上shàng來lái。 超chāo生shēng孤gū魂hún暗àn中zhōng到dào，听tīng法fǎ高gāo流liú市shì上shàng来lái。

Orphaned souls seeking rebirth arrive unseen in the dark; lofty spirits come to hear the Law, up from the marketplace.

中 reads zhōng in 暗中. The couplet pairs an arrival nobody can see with one everybody can: orphaned souls coming in the dark, the crowd coming up from the market.

施shī物wù應yìng機jī心xīn路lù遠yuǎn，出chū生shēng隨suí意yì藏zàng門mén開kāi。 施shī物wù应yìng机jī心xīn路lù远yuǎn，出chū生shēng随suí意yì藏zàng门mén开kāi。

Giving things as the occasion requires, the mind's road runs far; bringing forth life at will, the storehouse-gate stands open.

應 in 應機, to meet the occasion as it comes, is yìng; 藏 in 藏門, the storehouse-gate, is zàng.

對duì看kàn講jiǎng出chū無wú量liàng法fǎ，老lǎo幼yòu人rén人rén放fàng喜xǐ懷huái。 对duì看kàn讲jiǎng出chū无wú量liàng法fǎ，老lǎo幼yòu人rén人rén放fàng喜xǐ怀huái。

Facing all, he expounds the measureless Law; old and young, every one, opens a joyful heart.

看 is kàn, and 量 is liàng in 無量, the boundless. 對看 is to face one another, so the measureless Dharma is expounded across a gaze — and what comes back is ordinary human gladness, from old and young alike.

又yòu詩shī曰yuē： 又yòu诗shī曰yuē：

And another poem says:

A second 詩曰, and a second quatrain — this one seen from where the Bodhisattva is standing.

因yīn遊yóu法fǎ界jiè講jiǎng堂táng中zhōng，逢féng見jiàn相xiāng知zhī不bù俗sú同tóng。 因yīn游yóu法fǎ界jiè讲jiǎng堂táng中zhōng，逢féng见jiàn相xiāng知zhī不bù俗sú同tóng。

Roaming the dharma-realm, within the lecture-hall, she met one who knew her, no common fellow.

相 in 相知, one who knows her, is xiāng. The line is about the recognition running between Guanyin and the Golden Cicada.

盡jìn說shuō目mù前qián千qiān萬wàn事shì，又yòu談tán塵chén劫jié許xǔ多duō功gōng。 尽jìn说shuō目mù前qián千qiān万wàn事shì，又yòu谈tán尘chén劫jié许xǔ多duō功gōng。

Fully she told of a myriad present things, and spoke too of the merit of dusty kalpas.

盡 in 盡說, fully told, is jìn; 塵劫, dusty kalpas, are the countless ages of past existence — dust being a measure of time here as much as of dirt.

法fǎ雲yún容róng曳yè舒shū群qún岳yuè，教jiào網wǎng張zhāng羅luó滿mǎn太tài空kōng。 法fǎ云yún容róng曳yè舒shū群qún岳yuè，教jiào网wǎng张zhāng罗luó满mǎn太tài空kōng。

The dharma-cloud, trailing loose, unfurls over the ranged peaks; the teaching-net, spread wide, fills the vast void.

法雲, the dharma-cloud, and 教網, the teaching-net, are both figures for how far the teaching reaches. One covers; the other catches.

檢jiǎn點diǎn人rén生shēng歸guī善shàn念niàn，紛fēn紛fēn天tiān雨yǔ落luò花huā紅hóng。 检jiǎn点diǎn人rén生shēng归guī善shàn念niàn，纷fēn纷fēn天tiān雨yǔ落luò花huā红hóng。

Reckoning up human life, it turns to thoughts of good; profuse, the heavens rain down red falling flowers.

Flowers raining from the sky, 天雨落花, is the traditional sign that heaven approves of a holy exposition.

總評 Commentary

Two poems frame the moment before the confrontation. The first celebrates the assembly at its height — the dust-free clarity of the rite, the unseen arrival of the orphaned dead, the marketplace crowd drawn up to hear the Law, and heaven's flowers raining down in approval.

The second shifts to the Bodhisattva's own vantage: roaming the dharma-realm, she met one who knew her, the recognition between Guanyin and the Golden Cicada that underlies the whole encounter. Together the poems poise the scene between its outward splendour and its hidden significance — a magnificent rite that is nonetheless incomplete, and a disguised Bodhisattva who alone knows what it lacks.