[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 6.21 # 高僧傳 6.21 高僧傳 6.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.21) 什答書曰：「鳩摩羅耆婆和南。既未言面，又文辭殊隔，導心之路不通，得意之緣圮絕。傳驛來況，粗承風德，比復如何，必備聞一途，可以蔽百。經言：末後東方當有護法菩薩。勗哉仁者，善弘其事。夫財有五備，福、戒、博聞、辯才、深智，兼之者道隆，未具者疑滯。仁者備之矣。所以寄心通好，因譯傳意，豈其能盡，粗酬來意耳。損所致比量衣裁，欲令登法座時著，當如來意，但人不稱物，以為愧耳。今往常所用鍮石雙口澡灌，可備法物之數也，并遺偈一章曰：『既已捨染樂，心得善攝不？若得不馳散，深入實相不？畢竟空相中，其心無所樂。若悅禪智慧，是法性無照。虛誑等無實，亦非停心處。仁者所得法，幸願示其要。』」 > Kumārajīva replied with a letter, saying: 'Kumārajīva makes obeisance. Not having spoken face to face, and separated by written expressions, the path guiding our minds does not connect, and the condition for obtaining understanding is severed. From what the couriers brought, I have roughly learned of your moral influence; how have you been lately? Having fully heard of one aspect, one can encompass a hundred. A sūtra says: In the final period, there will be a Dharma-protecting bodhisattva in the east. Exert yourself, benevolent one, and properly propagate this matter! As for wealth, there are five provisions: merit, precepts, broad learning, eloquence, and deep wisdom. He who combines them will have a flourishing Way; he who lacks them will suffer doubt and stagnation. You, benevolent one, possess them all. The reason I send my mind to establish friendly ties and convey my thoughts through translation—how could it exhaust them? I merely roughly reciprocate your incoming intention. You took the trouble to send cut cloth for a monastic robe, wishing me to wear it when ascending the Dharma seat; I shall comply with your intention, but only feel ashamed that the person does not match the object. I now send a brass twin-spouted water vessel that I regularly use, which may be counted among Dharma objects, and also present a stanza of verses, saying: > "Having already abandoned defiled pleasures, > has the mind attained good control or not? > If it has attained freedom from scattering, > has it penetrated deeply into the true mark or not? > Within the mark of ultimate emptiness, > its mind finds nothing to take pleasure in. > If one delights in the wisdom of dhyāna, > this nature of phenomena lacks illumination. > Illusory, deceitful, and equally without reality, > it is also no resting place for the mind. > Whatever Dharma you have attained, > kindly deign to show its essentials."' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.20) - [Next: 6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.22) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.6.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [歷代三寶紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.208) — Classical Chinese - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.3.7.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.21) · Pramāṇa