弘明集 12.71

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12.71

You objected: 'If, because merit is profound and benevolence heavy, one must dispense with gratitude, then as for the virtue of Śākya, is it profound or is it shallow? If it is shallow, one ought not to disrupt the great human relationships with a minor path. If it is profound, how could one show austere reverence to him while severing one's reverence toward this [sovereign]?'

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弘明集 — 僧祐, Classical Chinese