弘明集 10.136

10.136

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,