[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [集沙門不應拜俗等事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108) › 2.30 # 集沙門不應拜俗等事 2.30 集沙門不應拜俗等事 2.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.30) 三啟　侍中祭酒臣嗣之言。重被詔如右　陛下至得圓虛使吹萬自己。九流各殉其美。顯昧並極其致。靈澤幽流無思不懷。群方所以資通。天人所以交暢。臣聞。佛教以神慧為本。道達為功。自斯以還蓋是斂麁之用耳。神理緬邈。求之於自形。而上者虔肅拜起無虧於持戒。若行道不失其為恭王法齊敬於率土。道憲兼隆內外咸得矣。臣前受外任。聽承疎短。乃不知去春已有明論。近在直被詔。便率其愚情不懼允合還此方見斯事。屢經神筆。宗致悠邈理析微遠。非臣駑鈍所能擊讚。沙門禮已行之前代。今大明既昇道化無外。經國大倫不可有闕。請如先所啟。攝外施行。謹啟。 > Third Memorial: Palace Attendant and Libationer, your subject Sizhi, says: We have repeatedly received the edict as above. Your Majesty has attained the perfection of ultimate emptiness, allowing all things to blow of themselves, letting the nine schools of thought each pursue their excellence, and letting the manifest and the obscure both exhaust their attainments. Spiritual moisture flows in secret, leaving no thought that is not cherished. It is that by which the myriad realms rely on communication, and by which Heaven and man commune with ease. Your subject has heard that the Buddha's teaching takes spiritual wisdom as its root and penetrating the Way as its efficacy; anything below this is merely the function of gathering the coarse. The spiritual principle is far-reaching; seeking it in what is above form, reverently bowing and rising in prostration does not detract from upholding the precepts. If practicing the Way does not lose respectfulness, and the king's law ensures equal reverence throughout the realm, then the standards of the Way will both flourish and both inside and outside will attain their proper place. Your subject previously accepted an outside appointment, and my hearing was dull and limited; thus I did not know that last spring there had already been an enlightened discussion. Recently, while on duty, I received the edict, and directly followed my foolish sentiments without fear of appropriateness; returning here, I only then saw this matter. It has repeatedly passed beneath the divine brush; its central purport is far-reaching, and its analysis of principle is subtle and profound, not something my dull incompetence could praise or evaluate. The rites of the śramaṇas were already practiced in the previous dynasty; now that the Great Light has arisen and the transformative Dao has no outside, the great cardinal principles for administering the state cannot be deficient. We request that, as previously memorialized, instructions be given to external authorities to put this into effect. Respectfully submitted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.29) - [Next: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.31) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108~en-mt.2.30) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2102.12.99) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2108.2.30) · Pramāṇa