弘明集 10.136

10.136

辱告。惠示勅難滅性論。竊以慈波洪被道冠眾。靈智照淵凝理絕群。古七禪八惠之辯。三空四諦之微。故以煥乎載籍炳於通誥也。所以優陀云。喻如百首齊音同讚妙覺。尚不能言萬分之一矣。夫業生則報起因往則果來。雖義微而事著。亦理幽而證顯。自近可以知遠。尋迹可以探遐。譬如日月懸天。無假離婁之目。鳴鍾在耳。不勞子期之聽。而議者自昏迷途難曉。苟侚所懷坐顛坑穽。伏覽。

You have condescended to inform me, kindly showing the imperial edict refuting the Treatise on the Extinction of the Nature. I humbly consider that the vast waves of compassion spread widely, and the Dao crowns all spiritual beings; his wisdom illuminates the deep and serene, and his principles surpass all peers. The eloquence of the seven dhyānas and eight wisdoms, and the subtleties of the three emptinesses and four truths, have ever shone in records and blazed in universal proclamations. Thus Udāyi said: 'Even if a hundred heads united their voices to praise the Marvelous Awakening with one accord, they still could not utter one ten-thousandth of it.' Now, when karma arises, retribution follows; when causes depart, effects arrive. Although the meaning is subtle, the matters are evident; though the principle is abstruse, the proofs are manifest. From what is near one can know what is far; by following traces one can search into the distant. It is like the sun and moon suspended in heaven, which require no eyes like Li Lou's; or the sounding of a bell in one's ears, which demands no hearing like Zhong Ziqi's. Yet the disputants are self-deluded and find the lost path difficult to perceive; obstinately clinging to their conceits, they fall into pits and trenches. Reverently reading it,