弘明集 10.35

10.35

Humbly favored with your transmission, I have prostratively seen the Supreme One's answer to the ministers' examination of the Treatise on the Extinction of the Spirit. Looking up and bowing down in prostration, I hesitate and bow my head to the ground. I have heard that sagely principle is of a single measure; Tang and Yu had no prior words for knowing the subtle springs that are spiritual. Today, alone receiving the Liang edict, the Dao carries forth so that the myriad beings are rescued from their sinking delusions; virtue endures so that the nine realms extol its illuminating divination. Only thus can the people be aroused and virtue nurtured, their reception and guidance being equal for a hundred years; the toiling people and moving creatures can all be subdued for a thousand ages. The Dharma Master's wisdom is deep and decisive; your upholding of the transmission is universally approved. Your intention is harmonious, penetrative, and acute; bearing the spirit of the spiritual, you achieve success. Lu Xu pays homage.