緇門警訓 4.21

4.21

十二部經（梵語一修多羅二祇夜三和伽那四伽陀五優陀那六尼陀那七阿波陀那八伊帝目多伽九闍陀伽十毘佛略十一阿浮達摩十二優波提舍唐言一契經二重頌三授記四孤起五無問六因緣七譬喻八本事九本生十方廣十一未曾有十二論議）上中下善義味清淨。自然具足開現梵行。最上第一。度於彼岸甚深實相。平等大慧自性清淨。心行處滅言語道斷。而此正法境界無礙。為眾生說不違實義。由是無上出世良藥。彼滅眾生無始煩惱。

"The twelvefold division of the scriptures (in Sanskrit: 1. sūtra, 2. geya, 3. vyākaraṇa, 4. gāthā, 5. udāna, 6. nidāna, 7. avadāna, 8. itivṛttaka, 9. jātaka, 10. vaipulya, 11. adbhutadharma, 12. upadeśa; in Tang speech: 1.契經 [scriptures], 2. 重頌 [metrical repetitions], 3. 授記 [prophecies], 4. 孤起 [isolated verses], 5. 無問 [unsolicited discourses], 6. 因緣 [causes and conditions], 7. 譬喻 [parables], 8. 本事 [past narratives], 9. 本生 [birth stories], 10. 方廣 [expanded discourses], 11. 未曾有 [unprecedented dharmas], 12. 論議 [treatises and discussions]) are good in the beginning, middle, and end, pure in meaning and flavor, naturally complete, revealing the brahmacarya, supreme and foremost, crossing over to the other shore, the profound real mark, equal great wisdom, pure in own-nature, where the pathways of the mind's operations cease and the path of speech is cut off. Yet the realm of this True Dharma is unobstructed, expounded for sentient beings without violating the real meaning; by this unsurpassed transcendent medicine, their beginningless afflictions are eradicated."