國清百錄 2.52

2.52

Liu Guyan returned, reverently reporting that your decree instructed the six kinds of abandonment and donation, as well as the retention [of items] for personal use. The alms given by the disciple on that day were still mean and meager, not matching my long-held wish. Since your instructions are that redistributing them will make the merit even more supreme, the field of merit of compassion and respect is profoundly equal, which is indeed not something my obscured understanding could fully perceive; in every matter I reverently comply with what you retain. Since they are not numerous, I wish you will always retain and use them; hence I send this response. Respectfully, I bow in reverence.