經律異相 1.6

1.6

an imperial decree ordered the monk Sengmin and others to make an exhaustive compilation of the various scriptures, revealing the evidence of profound texts and bringing together the marvelous essentials. With succinct phrasing and clear meaning, it already provided more than half the benefit to those who study and investigate. Yet rare and extraordinary phenomena remained scattered among numerous works, and secret explanations hard to hear had not yet been highlighted. Furthermore, at the end of the fifteenth year,