翻刻
洛外尋ケルニ四条通リ柳ノ馬場ニ栢翁居士ト
云ヘル俗人アリ往昔ハ叡山ノ南院ニ住シ衆徒
ナリケレトモ頭風ノ煩ニテ頭ヲ剃ルヿ能ハス束
髪シテ隠者ト成アリケルヲ尋得テ淀ヘ招キ寄
セ梅庵方ヘ斯ト申送リケレハ梅庵即入来ス時
ニ天正十二年九月十二日ナリ梅庵出坐ノ形像
緋縮緬ノ上ニ北高麗ノ織物鼠色ノ衣花色羅紗
ノ頭巾ヲ著ス栢翁居士同間ニ入テ梅庵ニ謁ス
梅庵カ召仕墨塗ノ高蒔絵金銀ノ金具打タル筥
ヲ座ノ右ニ置ク其時栢翁問テ曰天帝宗崇ル所
ノ本尊ハ何ト号スル仏ナルヤ梅庵彼筥ノ蓋ヲ
開キ浄土ノ三部経且法華経八巻ヲ取出シ蓋ノ
上ニ置テ膝立直シ答曰我宗本尊ト崇ル所ハ天
地開闢ノ始出現シ玉フ所ノ神霊号シテ天帝如
来ト崇奉ル是世界一般ノ境界此仏ノ外ニ仏ナ
シ既ニ天帝如来混沌ノ始メ此世界ニ出現シ給
ヒ此仏ノ智慧ヲ以テ天ニ日月星辰明ラカニ地
ニ山海草木人間鳥獣迄悉ク造リ出シ玉フ其代
ハ人心正直ニシテ仏意ニ叶ヒ願ハスシテ天上ノ
果ヲ得ト雖トモ末世ニ至テハ恣ニ人欲起リ執著
現代語訳
洛外を尋ねたところ、四条通りの柳の馬場に栢翁居士という俗人がいた。往昔は叡山の南院に住む衆徒であったが、頭風の患いで頭を剃ることができず、束髪して隠者となっていたのを探し出して淀へ招き寄せ、梅庵方へそのように申し送ったところ、梅庵は即座にやって来た。時に天正十二年九月十二日であった。梅庵の出座の姿は、緋縮緬の上に北高麗の織物の鼠色の衣、花色羅紗の頭巾を着けていた。栢翁居士は同じ間に入って梅庵に謁見した。梅庵の召使いが墨塗りの高蒔絵で金銀の金具を打った箱を座の右に置いた。その時栢翁が問うて言うには「天帝宗が崇める本尊は何と号する仏であるか」。梅庵はかの箱の蓋を開き、浄土の三部経ならびに法華経八巻を取り出し、蓋の上に置いて膝を立て直し、答えて言うには「我が宗で本尊として崇めるところは、天地開闢の始めに出現された神霊で、天帝如来と号して崇め奉る。これは世界一般の境界で、この仏の外に仏はない。既に天帝如来は混沌の始めにこの世界に出現され、この仏の智慧をもって天に日月星辰を明らかにし、地に山海草木から人間鳥獣まで悉く造り出された。その時代は人心が正直で仏意に叶い、願わずして天上の果を得たけれども、末世に至っては恣に人欲が起こり執着が
英語訳
Searching in and around the capital, they found a layman called Hakuō Koji who lived at Yanagi-no-baba on Shijō Street. In the past, he had been a monk residing at the Nan'in of Mount Hiei, but due to an illness affecting his head, he could not shave his head, so he bound his hair and became a hermit. Having found him, they invited him to Yodo and sent word to Baian accordingly. Baian came immediately. The time was the twelfth day of the ninth month of Tenshō 12 (1584). Baian's appearance when he took his seat was striking: over crimson crepe silk, he wore a mouse-colored robe of North Korean weave and a flower-colored woolen hood. Hakuō Koji entered the same room and met with Baian. Baian's attendant placed a black-lacquered box decorated with raised gold and silver designs and metal fittings to the right of his seat. At that time, Hakuō asked: "What is the name of the Buddha that serves as the principal object of worship in the Tentai sect?" Baian opened the lid of the box, took out the three Pure Land sutras as well as the eight volumes of the Lotus Sutra, placed them on the lid, straightened his kneeling posture, and answered: "What our sect reveres as its principal object of worship is the divine spirit who appeared at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth, whom we honor and worship as Tentai Nyorai (Heavenly Emperor Tathagata). This encompasses the entire realm of the world - there is no Buddha outside of this Buddha. Already, Tentai Nyorai appeared in this world at the beginning of chaos, and through this Buddha's wisdom made the sun, moon, and stars shine clearly in heaven, and created everything on earth from mountains, seas, and plants to humans, birds, and beasts. In that era, human hearts were upright and in accordance with the Buddha's intent, gaining heavenly rewards without seeking them, but in the latter age, human desires arose freely and attachment