三教平心論 2.28

2.28

明道曰。佛老其言近理。又非楊墨之比所以為禍害甚於楊墨之害。抑不思。萬形皆有弊惟理獨不朽。既曰近理。而復謂其為害。可乎。

Mingdao said: "The words of the Buddha and Laozi approach principle, and are not to be compared to Yang [Zhu] and Mo [Di]; therefore, the disaster and harm they cause are worse than the harm of Yang and Mo." But does he not consider: All ten thousand forms suffer decay; principle alone is imperishable. Having already said that they approach principle, to claim again that they cause harm—can that be right?