釋門歸敬儀 1.18

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《本起經》曰：「佛初誕降，周行十方，舉手指天地曰：『天上天下，唯我獨尊。（以時俗所重九十六部，號為大聖、人天師也。為絕邪歸正，故示此相，唯佛獨尊，餘皆邪道。既曰尊嚴，歸依弘護，非信敬之不成。）三界皆苦，無可樂者。』」（三界眾生，三苦交集，無思厭背，貪附更深，故立此言，令興厭離。有厭苦身，令思苦本，觀達業惑，深是苦因，不沒諸見，便得解脫，餘則以苦捨苦，長淪苦中。）

The Benqi Jing states: “When the Buddha first descended and was born, he walked around to the ten directions, raised his finger to point to heaven and earth, and said: ‘Above the heavens and beneath the heavens, I alone am the most honored. (Because the ninety-six non-Buddhist schools esteemed by the worldly were called great sages and Teachers of Gods and Humans; in order to sever heterodoxy and return to the correct, he manifested this sign: the Buddha alone is the most honored, and all the rest are heterodox paths. Since he is called venerable and solemn, taking refuge in him and propagating and protecting [his teaching] cannot be accomplished without faith and reverence.) The three realms are all suffering; there is nothing pleasurable.’” (Sentient beings of the three realms have the three sufferings converging upon them, yet they have no thought of wearying of or turning away from them, and their greedy attachment grows ever deeper; hence he uttered these words to cause them to give rise to revulsion. Having revulsion toward the body of suffering causes them to contemplate the root of suffering; observing and comprehending that karma and delusion are deeply the causes of suffering, by not drowning in various views they attain liberation; whereas others abandon suffering with suffering, long submerged in suffering.)