廣弘明集 8.54

8.54

Question: The Book of the Later Han states that the miraculous transformations of the Buddha's Way arose from Shendu. (According to the Shanhai jing, in the west there is the kingdom of Tiandu. Guo Jingchun's commentary states that it is the kingdom of Tianzhu. And the 'Account of the Western Regions' in the Book of the Han states that Tianzhu Kingdom is also called Shendu Kingdom.) Examining its teachings on purifying the mind and releasing entanglements, and its principle of simultaneously casting off emptiness and existence, it is of the same stream as Daoist texts. Deducing from this, Daoist teaching subsumes the Buddha. Furthermore, Buddhist sūtras state that all written words are spoken by the Buddha and are not texts of external paths. Yet you, sir, elevate the Buddhist teaching above Confucianism and Daoism; are you not limiting yourself and thereby coming close to slandering the sage?