[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) › [華嚴經探玄記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733) › 3.77 # 華嚴經探玄記 3.77 華嚴經探玄記 3.77 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.77) 第四香海嚴中長行別內十四句：一香寶岸；二寶網覆；三寶水流；四眾華敷；五末香其水；六出佛音；七香普熏，謂教法所及也；八寶階道，謂入法階梯也；九珠欄楯，謂防外非守內德；十潮浪聲；十一華閣圍；十二華城周外；十三香華布水；十四香樹為嚴。竝即事即法，可准思之。頌中十偈：初一頌海；二頌岸；三頌水及佛音；四頌階及欄；五頌寶樹；六頌華布，分陀利，此云白蓮華也；七頌寶網；八頌華城；九一頌以周其外；十舉因結成。 > Fourth, within the prose's specific \[exposition\] of the adornment of the fragrant sea, there are fourteen phrases: 1. fragrant precious shores; 2. precious nets covering above; 3. precious waters flowing; 4. various flowers blooming; 5. powdered incense in its water; 6. emitting the sounds of buddhas; 7. fragrance pervasively perfuming, meaning what the doctrinal teachings reach; 8. precious steps and paths, meaning staircases for entering the Dharma; 9. pearl balustrades, meaning guarding against external wrongs and preserving internal virtues; 10. the sound of tide-waves; 11. flower pavilions surrounding; 12. flower ramparts encompassing the exterior; 13. fragrant flowers spread upon the water; 14. fragrant trees serving as adornment. All are simultaneously phenomena and Dharma; one should reflect and understand them accordingly. In the verses, there are ten stanzas: the first versifies the sea; the second versifies the shores; the third versifies the water and the sounds of buddhas; the fourth versifies the steps and balustrades; the fifth versifies the precious trees; the sixth versifies the flowers spread out—\*puṇḍarīka\*, which is translated here as white lotus; the seventh versifies the precious nets; the eighth versifies the flower ramparts; the ninth is a single stanza on encompassing their exterior; the tenth brings up the causes to conclude the accomplishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.76) - [Next: 3.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.78) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733~en-mt.3.77) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.3.77) · Pramāṇa