國清百錄 2.7

2.7

"[Chen] Yuan prostrates himself. Respectfully I reflect that the way of transformation is without fixed form, saving beings according to their capacities, protecting the realm, guiding devas and humans, shining brilliantly, and lodging its traces among friends. The sign of the monk entering dreams has long been manifested; the upādhyāya's arrival and the virtue of the high seat shine forth. Therefore, I turn my mind toward the seven purifications and thirst for the four reliances, hoping that the three self-refuges may be extended and the five precepts may be made permanently firm. I have observed that in both inner and outer teachings, Great and Small Vehicles, honoring the Way and respecting the teacher has long been esteemed. I prostrate myself in the hope that you will deign to grant my request and form a karmic connection lifetime after lifetime, fulfilling this original vow so that it grows day by day. On the fifteenth day of this month, a Dharma assembly for one thousand monks will be held in the Chongzheng Hall, reverently inviting you to be the bodhisattva precept master. I respectfully dispatch Clerk Liu Xuan to convey briefly my sincerity, which is far from being fully expressed. Disciple Yuan prostrates himself. Thirteenth day of the first month."