弘明集 10.83

10.83

筠和南辱告。垂示上答臣下審神滅論。竊聞僾然有見禮典之格言。今則不滅法教之弘旨。但妙相虛玄神功凝靜。自非體道者。豈能默領其宗。不有知機者無由冥應其會。聖王迹洞萬機心遊七淨。哀愍群生嫗煦庶物。滌彼蓋纏勗以解慧。祛其蒙惑。躋之仁壽信大哉。為君善於智度者也。弟子世奉大法家傳道訓。而學淺行疎封累猶軫。既得餐稟聖教。豫聞弘誘。一音得解萬善可偕。抃躍之情無以譬說。弟子王筠和南。

Jun bows in reverence. You have condescended to inform me. Showing me His Majesty's reply to his subject's examination of the treatise on the extinction of the spirit: I have heard that "dimly, as if seeing them" is a standard maxim of the ritual classics; now, "non-extinction" is the vast purport of the Dharma teaching. Yet the wondrous marks are empty and dark, and spiritual function is concentrated and quiescent. Were one not someone who embodies the Dao, how could one silently grasp its ancestral principle? If there were none who understood the subtle workings, there would be no way to mysteriously respond to its convergence. The sagacious monarch's traces penetrate the myriad workings of affairs; his mind wanders in the seven purifications. Pitying all living beings, warming and nurturing the myriad creatures, he washes away their hindrances and entanglements, exhorts them with liberating wisdom, removes their ignorance and delusions, and raises them to benevolence and longevity. Truly great is he who, as ruler, excels in the perfection of wisdom! Your disciple has served the Great Dharma for generations, receiving the Dao's instruction handed down in the family; yet my learning is shallow and my conduct loose, and the fetters of attachment still distress me. Having been able to partake of the sagacious teaching and participate in hearing this broad encouragement, through one sound one obtains understanding, and the myriad virtues may be attained together. My feeling of dancing for joy cannot be expressed in words. Your disciple Wang Jun bows in reverence.