四明尊者教行錄 1.130

1.130

汝等眾生從無始來，不聞三寶、不解歸依，所以輪迴三有，今墮畜生，酬償夙債。我今為汝哀告三寶，求乞護念，令汝等輩心開意解能知妙義。我當授汝一體三寶甚深妙法，所謂三寶者，佛名曰覺、法名不覺、僧名和合。此三即一、此一即三，不縱不橫、不並不別、不可思議，名祕密藏。世出世間最尊最貴，名之曰寶，今以佛法僧為寶也。一切萬法莫不歸趣，故名三歸。理雖曠遠，即汝心性不遠而復。汝等應當深信此理而歸向之。大眾同心，授與眾生三歸依法。

“You sentient beings, from beginningless time, have not heard the Three Jewels nor understood taking refuge; hence you revolve in the three realms of existence, now falling among animals to repay former debts. For your sake I now pitifully appeal to the Three Jewels, begging for their protection and mindfulness, so that your minds may open and understanding unfold to comprehend the wondrous meaning. I shall now confer upon you the profound and wondrous Dharma of the Three Jewels of One Essence. As for what is called the Three Jewels: the Buddha is called Awakening, the Dharma is called Non-delusion, and the Saṅgha is called Harmony. These three are the one, and this one is the three; neither longitudinal nor latitudinal, neither identical nor distinct, inconceivable—this is called the Secret Treasury. Supreme and most noble in the mundane and supramundane worlds, they are named Jewels; now we take the Buddha, Dharma, and Saṅgha as the Jewels. All myriad dharmas without exception return and converge here; hence they are named the Three Refuges. Although the principle is expansive and distant, it is nothing other than your own mind-nature, returning from not far away. You should deeply believe in this principle and take refuge in it. Let the great assembly be of one mind to confer upon these sentient beings the Dharma of the Three Refuges.”