廬山蓮宗寶鑑 10.67

10.67

結蓮社以開宗，遠祖垂範於千載之上；集法寶以為鑑，優曇示現於像季之時。以蓮為名，顯一心□本淨；其為宗也，攝三根圓證，真□以寶為喻，濟萬有以無窮；其為鑑也，爍群昏洞超□劫，卓然為一家正論，廓然破諸宗異說。披文三復，實非小補。甞觀□□集中禪經序有所謂「千載之下，優曇再證。」可不圻乎祖師遠記，果符於今日。信而有徵矣。

Forming the Lotus Society to initiate the school, the founding Patriarch Yuan handed down the model a thousand years ago; gathering the treasures of the Dharma to serve as a mirror, Youtan manifests in the age of the Semblance Dharma. Using 'Lotus' as the name reveals that the one mind is […] fundamentally pure; taking it as a school integrates the three capacities to achieve perfect realization, truly […] Taking 'Precious' as a metaphor, it delivers the myriad existences inexhaustibly; serving as a 'Mirror', it illuminates all dimness and thoroughly transcends […] kalpas, standing preeminent as the orthodox discourse of a single school, vastly shattering the disparate theories of various lineages. Having perused its text thrice, it is truly no small contribution. I have seen in the preface to the *Dhyāna Sūtra* in the […] collection what is called, 'A thousand years hence, Youtan will verify it again.' How could it not be marvelled that the patriarch's prophecy from afar has indeed matched today? It is trustworthy and confirmed by evidence.