國清百錄 3.17

3.17

開府柳顧言宣教以法歲圓滿，爰降勞問。并施金色新製香罏奩一具，法衣一通，綿絹百段，燭三十挺，紙二千張，上厨果食等。剎那不住節序相催，老至易悲觀心難諦，幸憑弘建正法，省無戒慧實懼難銷，香罏起峯蓮華奪艶，忍辱離塵安行履躡，經稱受用無作恒住。燭俟夜燎，紙擬淨名，當機要施法事忘謝，果食縑綺道場同沾，歸福有在辭略言外。沙門某敬白。七月十五日。

Liu Guyan, Grand Master of the Opening of the Office, proclaimed your decree inquiring after my welfare on the occasion of the completion of the Dharma year. Furthermore, you bestowed a newly made gold-colored incense burner and box, a set of Dharma robes, one hundred bolts of floss-silk, thirty candles, two thousand sheets of paper, and superior kitchen fruits and food. Instant by instant does not abide, and seasonal changes hurry each other along; when old age arrives it is easy to grieve, and contemplating the mind it is difficult to perceive truth. Fortunately relying on the propagation and establishment of the correct Dharma, when I examine myself I lack precepts and wisdom, truly fearing it will be hard to digest [these gifts]. The incense burner raises peaks, the lotus flowers steal the show in elegance, one patiently endures insult and leaves defilement behind, safely walking and treading, as the sūtra calls use without exertion ever-abiding. The candles await burning at night, the paper is intended for the Vimalakīrti[-nirdeśa Sūtra]; bestowed as an essential requirement answering the need, this Dharma affair forgets all thanks. The fruits, food, and fine silks will be shared by the bodhimaṇḍa, and the dedication of merit has its focus, so my words are brief beyond words. The monk so-and-so respectfully states. Fifteenth day of the seventh month.