弘明集 10.43

10.43

辱告惠示。勅答臣下審神滅論。淵旨冲邈理窮幾奧。竊以。修因趣果神無兩識。由道得滅佛唯一性。殷人示民有知。孔子祭則神在。或理傳妙覺。或義闡生知。而楊墨紛綸徒然穿鑿。凝滯遂往特掩名教。聖情玄覽證無間然。振領持綱舒張毛目。抑揚三代汲引同歸實假雙法朗然無礙。伏奉循環疑吝俱盡。來告存及悲挹唯深。柳憕頓首白。

Graced by your notice and favored by your bestowal of the imperial response answering the ministers' examination of the Treatise on the Extinction of the Spirit: the profound intent is lofty and remote, and principle exhausts the subtle and arcane. I consider that in cultivating causes to tend toward fruits, the spirit does not have two consciousnesses; attaining extinction through the Dao, the Buddha has only one nature. The people of Yin showed the folk to possess sentience; Confucius said that when sacrificing, the spirits are present. In some cases, principle transmits wondrous awakening; in other cases, meaning expounds innate knowledge. Yet Yang and Mo argued in confusion, drilling holes in vain; their stagnant rigidity persisted, especially obscuring the teaching of names. The holy mind's profound insight confirms this without gap. Grasping the collar and holding the main cord, he spreads open the hairs and meshes. Moderating the Three Dynasties, drawing them toward the same destination, he truly borrows both Dharmas, bright and unhindered. Prostratively receiving and pondering it, doubts and parsimony are both exhausted. That your coming notice reached me makes me deeply moved with sorrow and gratitude. Liu Deng bows his head and speaks.