辯正論 8.80

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勅門下。大經中說。道有九十六種。唯佛一道是於正道。其餘九十五種皆是外道。朕捨外道以事如來。若有公卿能入此誓者。各可發菩提心。老子周公孔子等。雖是如來弟子。而為化既邪。止是世間之善。不能隔凡成聖。公卿百官侯王宗室。宜反偽就真捨邪入正。經教成實論說云。若事外道心重佛法心輕。即是邪見。若心一等是無記。不當善惡。事佛心強老子心少者。乃是清信言清信者。清是表裏俱淨。垢穢惑累皆盡。信是信正不邪。故言清信佛弟子。其餘諸善皆是邪見。不得稱清信也。門下速施行。

Imperial Edict to the Chancellery: The Great Sūtra says that there are ninety-six kinds of paths, and only the single path of the Buddha is the correct path; the remaining ninety-five kinds are all heterodox paths. I renounce heterodox paths to serve the Tathāgata. If there are ministers and officials who can join this vow, each may generate the bodhicitta. Although Laozi, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius, and others were disciples of the Tathāgata, their teachings are already heterodox, being merely mundane good that cannot transcend the ordinary to attain sagehood. Ministers, the hundred officials, lords, kings, and imperial clansmen should turn away from falsehood and approach truth, abandon heterodoxy and enter correctness. The scriptural teachings of the *Tattvasiddhi-śāstra* state: If one's mind serving heterodox paths is heavy and one's mind toward the Buddha-Dharma is light, that is wrong views. If the mind is impartial, it is indeterminate (avyākṛta), belonging neither to good nor evil. One whose mind serving the Buddha is strong and whose mind toward Laozi is slight is indeed a 'pure believer'. 'Pure' means being clean both within and without, with all defilements, impurities, delusions, and entanglements exhausted. 'Faith' means believing in the correct and not the heterodox. Therefore, one is called a 'pure and faithful Buddhist disciple'. All other forms of goodness are wrong views and cannot be called 'pure faith'. Let the Chancellery swiftly execute this.