[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) › [觀音義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728) › 1.86 # 觀音義疏 1.86 觀音義疏 1.86 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.1.86) 今言觀音勢力既大，加護亦曠，豈止七難而已？當知遍法界皆能救護，故言巍巍。巍巍者，重明高累之辭也。明觀音之力出於分段之外，豎應二土，故言重明；載沐神應，故言高累。以是義故，故言巍巍如是也。二、約事證者，《應驗傳》云：「慧達以晉隆安二年，北隴上掘甘草。于時羌餓，捕人食之。達為羌所得，閉在柵中，擇肥者先食。達急，一心稱名誦經，食餘人稍盡，唯達并一小兒，次擬明日，達竟夜誦，猶冀一感，向曉羌來取之，忽見一虎從草透出咆哮，諸羌散走，虎因齧柵，作一穴而去，達將小兒走叛得免。又，裴安起從虜叛還，南至河邊不能得過，望見追騎在後，死至須臾，於是稱觀世音，見一白狼，安起透抱，一擲便過南岸，即失狼所，追騎共在北岸望之，歎惋無極。道明於武原劫奪船道，往徑遇賊難等。」 > Now it is said that since Avalokiteśvara's might is great and the protection extended is vast, how could it be limited to the seven perils alone? One should know that he can rescue and protect throughout the entire dharma realm, hence it is said 'towering' (weiwei). 'Towering' is an expression of repeatedly clarifying lofty accumulation. It clarifies that Avalokiteśvara's power transcends fragmentary \[birth and death\] and responds vertically to the two lands, hence it says 'repeatedly clarifying'; repeatedly receiving his spiritual response, hence it says 'lofty accumulation'. By this meaning, it is said 'towering like this'. Second, according with factual evidence: The Accounts of Efficacy says: 'In the second year of the Long'an era of the Jin, Huida was digging licorice on the northern ridge. At that time, the Qiang were starving and captured people to eat them. Huida was captured by the Qiang and locked inside a palisade, where they selected the fat ones to eat first. In desperate straits, Huida single-mindedly recited the name and chanted the sūtra. The remaining people having been nearly all consumed, only Huida and a young child remained, scheduled next for the following day. Huida chanted throughout the night, still hoping for a spiritual resonance. Towards dawn, the Qiang came to fetch him, when suddenly they saw a tiger leap out from the grass roaring; the Qiang scattered and fled. The tiger then gnawed the palisade, made a hole, and left. Huida took the young child, escaped, and was spared. Furthermore, Pei Anqi rebelled against the barbarians and was returning; arriving south at the riverbank, he was unable to cross. Seeing the pursuing cavalry behind him, death was only moments away. Thereupon he recited Avalokiteśvara and saw a white wolf; Anqi leapt and embraced it, and in a single bound he was over to the southern bank, where the wolf immediately vanished. The pursuing cavalry looked on together from the northern bank, endlessly sighing in marvel. Daoming was robbed on the boat route at Wuyuan, and on his path encountered the peril of bandits, etc.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.1.85) - [Next: 1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.1.87) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728~en-mt.1.86) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1728.1.86) · Pramāṇa