[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) › [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102) › 12.47 # 弘明集 12.47 弘明集 12.47 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.47) 沙門抗禮至尊。正自是情所不安。一代大事。宜共論盡之。今與八座書。向已送都。今付此信。君是宜任此理者。遲聞德音。 > The śramaṇas matching rituals with the Supreme Sovereign is precisely what is unsettling to human feelings. As a great matter of an era, we should discuss it thoroughly together. The letter to the Eight Ministers has just been dispatched to the capital. Now I send this with this courier. You are someone suitable to undertake this principle; I await hearing your virtuous voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.46) - [Next: 12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.48) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.12.47) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集沙門不應拜俗等事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.1.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.47) · Pramāṇa