廣弘明集 22.83

22.83

還述曰。頃於望表預屬歸敬之詞。其文煥乎何偉麗也。詳其致誠哉。豈不然歟。悲夫愛海滔天邪山概日。封人我者顛墜其何已。恃慢結者漂淪而不窮。至於六十二見。爭翳薈而自處。九十五道。競扶服而無歸。如來以本願大悲忘緣俯應。內圓四智外顯六通。運十力以伏天魔。飛七辯而摧外道。竭茲愛海。濟稟識於三空。殄彼邪山。驅肖形於八正。指因示果反本還源。大矣哉。悲智妙用無德而稱矣。

The reply states: Recently, looking upon the exterior, I was favored to read the words of homage. How radiant and grandly beautiful is its prose! Examining its reach, it is sincere indeed; how could it be otherwise? Alas, the sea of craving reaches to heaven, and the mountain of falsity scrapes the sun. For those who cling to self and other, when will their falling ever end? For those who rely on the fetter of pride, their drifting is boundless. As for the sixty-two views, they vie to dwell in dense thickets; the ninety-five paths scramble on hands and knees without a place to return. The Tathāgata, by virtue of his original vow and great compassion, forgets conditions and leans down to respond. Internally, he perfects the four wisdoms; externally, he manifests the six superknowledges. He employs the ten powers to subdue the deva-māras, and unfolds the seven eloquences to shatter non-Buddhists. He dries up this sea of craving, rescuing those endowed with consciousness into the three kinds of emptiness; he destroys that mountain of falsity, driving those with forms onto the Eightfold Noble Path. Pointing out causes and revealing results, he brings them back to the root and source. Great indeed! The wondrous function of compassion and wisdom is beyond all virtue that can be praised.