[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) › [辯正論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110) › 8.78 # 辯正論 8.78 辯正論 8.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.78) 天監三年四月八日。梁國皇帝蘭陵蕭衍稽首和南十方諸佛十方尊法十方菩薩僧。伏見經文玄義理必須詮云。發菩提心者即是佛心。其餘諸善不得為喻。能使眾生出三界之苦門。入無為之勝路。標空察理淵玄微妙。就義立談因用致顯。故如來漏盡智凝成覺。至道通機德圓取聖。發慧炬以照迷。鏡法流以澄垢。啟瑞迹於天中。爍靈儀於像外。度眾生於苦海。引含識而趣涅槃。登常樂之高山。出愛河之深際。言乖四句論絕百非。應迹娑婆示生淨飯。王宮誕相。步三界而為尊。道樹成光。普大千而流照。此土根情淺薄好生厭怠。自期二月當至雙林。亦是湛說圓常。且復潛輝鶴樹。闍王滅罪婆藪除殃。若不逢遇大聖法王。誰能救接。在迹雖隱其道無虧。弟子經遲迷荒耽事老子。歷葉相承染此邪法。習因善發棄迷知反。今捨舊醫歸憑正覺。願使未來世中童男出家。廣弘經教化度眾生共取成佛。入諸地獄普濟群萌。寧可在正法中長淪惡道。不樂依老子教暫得生天。涉大乘心離一乘念。正願諸佛證明菩薩攝受。蕭衍和南。 > On the eighth day of the fourth month in the third year of the Tianjian era \[504 CE\], Xiao Yan, Emperor of the Liang State, from Lanling, bows his head and makes prostration to the Buddhas of the ten directions, the revered Dharma of the ten directions, and the Bodhisattva-Saṃgha of the ten directions. Humbly observing the profound principles of the scripture texts, which must be elucidated, it is said that generating the bodhicitta is indeed the mind of the Buddha, to which no other goodness can be compared. It can cause sentient beings to leave the painful gates of the three realms and enter the superior path of wuwei. It marks out emptiness and investigates principle, being abstruse, profound, and subtle; establishing discourse on the basis of meaning, it is manifested through function. Therefore, the Tathāgata's defilements were exhausted and his wisdom concentrated to attain awakening; his supreme Dao penetrated the springs of action, and his virtue was perfected to grasp sagehood. He raised the torch of wisdom to illumine the deluded, and mirrored the stream of Dharma to clarify defilements. He revealed auspicious traces in heaven, and radiated spiritual deportment beyond forms. He crossed sentient beings over the sea of suffering, and led conscious beings to hasten toward nirvāṇa. He ascended the lofty mountain of permanence and bliss, and emerged from the deep boundaries of the river of craving. Words go beyond the four propositions; discourse cuts off the hundred negations. Responding with traces in the Sahā world, he manifested birth to Śuddhodana. When he was born with marks in the royal palace, he stepped across the three realms as supreme; when he attained brilliance beneath the Bodhi tree, he shone universally throughout the great chiliocosm. The roots and inclinations of this land are shallow and slight, prone to disgust and indolence; he designated the second month as the time to arrive at the Twin Trees, which was both to serenely expound the complete and eternal, and to temporarily conceal his radiance beneath the Crane Trees. King Ajātaśatru eliminated his guilt, and Vasu removed his calamity. Had they not encountered the Great Sage Dharma King, who could have rescued them? Although he is hidden in his traces, his Dao is without flaw. I, your disciple, long wandered in delusion and waste, indulging in the service of Laozi; inherited through successive generations, we were dyed by this heterodox dharma. With the arousal of good roots from habit, I cast off delusion and know to return. Now renouncing the former physician, I take refuge in the True Awakened One. I vow that in future lifetimes I will leave home as a young lad, widely propagate the scriptural teachings, convert and liberate sentient beings, and together attain Buddhahood. Entering all hells, I will universally deliver all beings. I would rather sink forever into the evil destinies within the true Dharma than wish to temporarily attain birth in heaven by relying on the teachings of Laozi. Aspiring to the Mahāyāna mind, I depart from thoughts of the One Vehicle. I pray that the Buddhas bear witness and the Bodhisattvas gather me in. Xiao Yan makes prostration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.77) - [Next: 8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.79) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110~en-mt.8.78) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集古今佛道論衡](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2104.1.33) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2110.8.78) · Pramāṇa