弘明集 10.15

10.15

That the spirit is fundamentally inexterminable is something to which I have long submitted with reverence; talk of the spirit's extinction truly caused me shock and dismay. Recently, when Dharma Master Yue came out from the palace, I also received a copy of the imperial reply to the ministers; I welcomed it with joy, placed it atop my head, and perused it without weariness. Not only does it subdue these heterodox paths, it can forever shatter the hosts of Māra. The simultaneous promotion of Confucius and the Buddha resides precisely herein. It is truly an unalterable wondrous purport, a boat and raft for myriad generations. I have also examined that treatise slightly, questioning and scrutinizing it; I shall soon present it in full. Shen Yue bows with folded hands.