[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) › 6.10 # 弘明集 6.10 弘明集 6.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.10) 云繫影捕風莫知端緒。夫偽辯亂真。大聖之所悲。嗟時不識寶。卞和所以慟哭。然妙旨希夷而體之者道。沖虛簡詣而會之者德。用遠能津梁頹溺。拔幽拯滯美濟。當時化流無外故。神暉一振則感動大千。惠澤暫灑則九州蒙潤。是以釋梵悟幽旨而歸誠。帝王望玄宗而委質。八部挹靈化而洗心。士庶觀真儀而奔至。落落焉故非域中之名教。肅肅焉殆是方外之冥軌。然垣牆峭峻故罕得其門。器宇幽邃希入其室。是以道濟彌淪而理與之乖。德苞無際而事與之隔。子執迷自畢。沒齒不悟。蓋有以也。夫日月麗天而瞽者不覩其明。雷電振地而聾者不聞其響。是誰之過與。而方欲議宮商之音。蔑文章之觀。真過之甚者。昔文鱗改視於初曜。須跋開聽於後緣。子何辜之不幸。獨懷疑以終年。比眾人所悲。最可悲之所先。於是逡巡退席。悵然自失。良久曰。聞大道之說。彌貫古今大制因緣。窮理盡性立履不為。當年弘道不期一世。可謂原始會終歸於命矣。僕實滯寢長夜未達其旨。故每造有封。今幸聞大夫之餘論。結解疑散豁然醒覺。若披重霄以覩朗日。發蒙蓋而悟真慧。僕誠不敏。敬奉嘉誨矣。 > You say that they tie down shadows and chase the wind, with no one knowing the clue. Now, false eloquence confusing the genuine is what the Great Sage grieved over; lamenting that the times did not recognize jade was why Bian He wept bitterly. However, the wondrous purport is subtle and serene, and only the Dao can embody it; it is empty, serene, simple, and direct, and only virtue can tally with it. Its function is far-reaching: it can serve as a bridge for the fallen and drowning, extricate those in darkness, save those who are obstructed, finely rescue the contemporary age, and its transformation flows without bounds. Therefore, when its spiritual brilliance once radiates, it stirs the great chiliocosm; when its moistening benevolence is momentarily sprinkled, the nine provinces receive moisture. Thus Indra and Brahmā awakened to its subtle purport and turned their sincere devotion to it; emperors and kings looked up to the profound doctrine and pledged their allegiance; the eight classes of beings partook of the spiritual transformation and purified their minds; scholars and commoners gazed upon its true demeanor and rushed forward. Eminent and loftily detached, it is indeed not the nominal teaching within the realm; solemn and reverent, it is truly the unseen track beyond this world. Yet its surrounding walls are steep and sheer, so that few find its gate; its inner chambers are profound and secluded, so that rare are those who enter its halls. Thus, though the Dao rescues everything across the vast expanse, your principles conflict with it; though virtue embraces the boundless, your deeds are separated from it. That you, sir, cling to delusion and finish your life in it, never awakening until your teeth fall out, truly has its reason. Now, when the sun and moon shine gloriously in the sky, the blind do not behold their brilliance; when thunder and lightning shake the earth, the deaf do not hear their sound. Whose fault is this? Yet you are now about to debate the notes of gong and shang while despising the beauty of literature—truly this is the height of error! Formerly, the Wenlin fish changed its sight at the first dawning of light, and Subhadra opened his hearing at the final condition. What sin have you committed, what misfortune is yours, that you alone harbor doubts to the end of your years? Compared to what ordinary men lament, this is foremost among what is most lamentable! Thereupon, \[the questioner\] hesitated, withdrew from his mat, and despondently lost his composure. After a long while, he said: 'I have heard the explanation of the Great Dao: it spans antiquity and the present, broadly establishing causes and conditions, exhausting principle and fulfilling nature, standing firm in non-action; propagating the Dao in the present age does not expect results within a single lifetime. It can be said to trace beginnings and meet ends, ultimately returning to destiny. I was truly stranded in slumber through the long night, failing to comprehend its purport, and therefore always fashioned boundaries. Now, having had the fortune to hear your leftover discourse, the knots are untied, doubts are dispersed, and I am wide awake as if parting the layered clouds to behold the bright sun, or removing a blindfold to awaken to true wisdom. I am truly undiscerning, and respectfully accept your fine instruction.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.9) - [Next: 6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.11) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102~en-mt.6.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.6.10) · Pramāṇa