弘明集 10.39

10.39

Graced by your letter and having received for perusal the imperial response answering the ministers' examination of the Treatise on the Extinction of the Spirit, the sacred intent mysteriously illuminates, enlightening the ignorant multitudes; the meanings reveal the obscure and subtle, and principle declares the quiescent and dark. Indeed, the sutras expound the doctrine of the past body, and the Appended Statements narrate the discourse on the wandering soul; what the foolish and shallow have discerned is already not extinction, how much more so when sagely thought is grand and far-reaching, exhausting principle and probing the subtle! Adducing texts and verifying them by classics, it is as brilliant as melting ice. Those with physical eyes devoutly and respectfully redirect their minds; the crowds of deluded and burdened amend their frivolous hearts. It clarifies the past and instructs the future. Prostratively receiving this profound teaching, my leaping with joy knows no end. Wang Jian pays homage.