[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [唐護法沙門法琳別傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051) › 3.3 # 唐護法沙門法琳別傳 3.3 唐護法沙門法琳別傳 3.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.3) 聖上欽明。歸心覺路。揆竹園而興梵宇。陵祇樹以起禪龕。造無著尊度降魔眾。恩覃馬岸道被龍堆。凡是人倫孰不霑賴。琳豈敢妄陳妖𭒯指斥國家。但為對彼仲卿。因興此論。威等又問法師曰。論第八云。出道偽謬良有以焉鹿馬殊形。秦人一其貌麟麕異質。魯俗迷其容。欲示後昆考其虛詐者。但紫氣浮關。尹喜啟二篇之奧。青牛出境。老子述重玄之微。所以洪漢景文。修之匪懈。我皇繼踵。親自依行。今乃謗黷浮華難希禹泣。驗之詭詐故觸湯羅。當今。 > His Majesty is reverent and brilliant, turning his heart toward the path of awakening. Measuring the Bamboo Grove, he raises Buddhist sanctuaries; surpassing the Jetavana, he erects meditation niches. He creates images of the Asanga Honored One and delivers crowds that subdue demons. His benevolence extends to the shores of Ma and his teaching covers Longdui. Among all human beings, who is not soaked in his favor? How would I, Falin, dare to falsely set forth portents and omens to reproach the state? It was merely to counter that Zhongqing that I consequently composed this treatise." Li Wei and others further questioned the Dharma Master, saying: "Fascicle Eight of your treatise states: 'The falsity and error of Daoism truly has its reasons: the stag and the horse differ in form, yet the man of Qin made their appearances one; the qilin and the hornless roe differ in substance, yet the customs of Lu were confused by their likeness. Wishing to demonstrate this to later generations, I examine its falsehood.' But when the purple vapor hovered over the Pass, Yin Xi opened the profundity of the two chapters; when the green ox departed the frontier, Laozi expounded the subtlety of the double mystery. Therefore, Emperors Jing and Wen of the great Han cultivated it without indolence; our Emperor follows in their footsteps, personally practicing it. Now you slander and revile it as superficial and ostentatious, making it hard to emulate Yu's weeping; when examined, your deceit willfully incurs the net of Tang. In the present age, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.4) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051~en-mt.3.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2051.3.3) · Pramāṇa