[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) › 8.4 # 華嚴經探玄記 8.4 華嚴經探玄記 8.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.8.4) 二辨相者，先辨輪寶，依《涅槃經》，頂生王於十五日處在高樓沐浴受齊，即於東方有金輪，千輻轂輞具足，非工匠造。「我當試之。」以左手擎此金輪、右手執香爐，右膝著地而發願言：「若是輪寶不虛，應如過去轉輪聖王所行道去。」作是誓已，是金輪寶飛昇虛空，遍四天下已還來住在王左手。依《俱舍論》，但閻浮提有輪王出，以福力故，令帝釋宮內地熱。帝釋即知有輪王出，遣守宮門五百夜叉扶一輪寶下應輪王。以得輪寶，故曰輪王。又有小論說：輪王未出，此輪寶等在鐵圍山間，諸大力鬼神守護，輪王亦出即送至王所。是故先有住處。若準此經，上文云「譬如轉輪王，成就勝七寶，彼無所從來。」明知但由業力所起，無別來處。然此輪有四種：一鐵輪，二百五十輻；二銅輪，五百輻；三銀輪，七百五十輻；四金輪，千輻。《菩薩本行經》輪有千輻，縱廣四十里、周匝百二十里，王欲行時輪在前導。不賓伏者，金輪自然在頭上旋，自然降伏，不用兵仗。二象寶者，七支至地、六瘤成滿如白蓮華，行疾如風。王乘其上，一念之頃周四天下。三馬寶，其色紺炎、髦尾金色，行不𩣺驟、迅踰疾風，致遠不疲、乘者安豫，巡遊四方不失主意，一念之頃遍四天下。四神珠寶，依《涅槃經》，於王宮內自然有摩尼珠，大如人䏶，能於闇中照一由旬。此珠力故，為天雨渧如車軸，能作蓋覆一由旬，遮此大雨不令下過。此珠依《觀佛三昧經》說，是金翅鳥心。依《智論》是佛舍利，於末法後變作摩尼珠。又依《賢愚經》，有三品，上者置高幢頭，王燒香請，隨王意雨諸財寶及飲食等滿八十由旬、中者雨四十由旬、下者雨二十由旬，其光常明及遮雨亦爾。又《菩薩本行經》中，珠寶晝夜常照千六百里。又真諦三藏云：「如意珠有三種。一如意珠，能隨人意所欲從心；二清水珠，令濁水變清；三吐金珠，自有三品：一下品投一兩金得千倍、二中品投一兩金得萬倍、三上品投一兩金得無量倍。」五主藏臣寶，依《俱舍》，主藏臣寶得眼根力，能見一切地中伏藏，以手攬海，寶隨五指現。又《菩薩本行經》典藏臣王意欲須金銀七寶衣被飲食，披其兩手，七寶財產一切所須，隨意所欲從手中出而無有盡。六兵寶，未伏之處，立計平論，無斯不伏。又《菩薩本行經》典兵臣寶，王意欲得百千萬兵自然而至。七玉女寶，不長不短不黑不白，身諸毛孔出栴檀香，其目視一由旬，耳聞鼻嗅亦爾，其舌覆面。以手觸王衣，即知王身安樂病患，亦知王心。此女定從蓮華化生。又依《菩薩本行經》，女香潔如優曇華，王意欲得清涼之時身自然冷，王欲得溫時身自然溫，聲如梵聲常使王喜。 > Second, distinguishing their characteristics: First, distinguishing the wheel jewel, according to the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, King Mūrdhagata, being in a high tower on the fifteenth day, having bathed and undertaken the purification fast, saw in the east a golden wheel, complete with a thousand spokes, hub, and rim, not fashioned by any artisan. \[Thinking,\] "I ought to test it," he held up this golden wheel with his left hand, held an incense burner in his right hand, knelt with his right knee on the ground, and made this vow: "If this wheel jewel is not false, it should go according to the path trodden by past wheel-turning sage kings." Having made this vow, this golden wheel jewel flew up into empty space, went all around the four continents, and then returned to rest in the king's left hand. According to the Abhidharmakośa-bhāṣya, whenever a wheel-turning king appears in Jambudvīpa, by the power of his merit the ground in the palace of Śakra heats up. Śakra then knows that a wheel-turning king has appeared, and dispatches five hundred yakṣas who guard the palace gates to escort a wheel jewel down to respond to the wheel-turning king. Because he obtains the wheel jewel, he is called a "wheel-turning king." There is also a Minor Treatise which states that before the wheel-turning king appears, this wheel jewel and the others dwell between the Iron Ring Mountains, guarded by spirits and deities of great power; as soon as the wheel-turning king appears, they deliver them to the king's dwelling. Thus they have a prior abiding place. If judged by this sūtra, the earlier text says: "Just as a wheel-turning king achieves the superior seven jewels, and they come from nowhere." Thus one clearly knows that they arise solely due to karmic power and have no other place of origin. However, there are four kinds of these wheels: first, an iron wheel with two hundred and fifty spokes; second, a copper wheel with five hundred spokes; third, a silver wheel with seven hundred and fifty spokes; fourth, a golden wheel with one thousand spokes. In the Sūtra on the Bodhisattva's Past Practices, the wheel has a thousand spokes, is forty li in length and breadth and one hundred and twenty li in circumference; when the king wishes to travel, the wheel leads the way before him. Those who do not submit will find the golden wheel revolving spontaneously above their heads, and they naturally submit without the use of weapons. Second, the elephant jewel: its seven limbs touch the ground, and its six tusks are complete and full like white lotuses; it travels as swift as the wind. When the king rides upon it, in the space of a single thought-moment he circles the four continents. Third, the horse jewel: its color is dark-blue fire, with a golden mane and tail; its gait is not jolting or galloping, and its swiftness surpasses the gale; it reaches faraway places without tiring, and the rider is secure and at ease; it patrols the four directions without failing its master's intent, and in the space of a single thought-moment traverses the four continents. Fourth, the divine wish-fulfilling jewel: according to the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, there is spontaneously in the king's palace a maṇi jewel as large as a human thigh, capable of illuminating one yojana in the dark. By the power of this jewel, when the heavens rain drops as thick as axle trees, it can form a canopy covering one yojana, shielding against this great rain so that it does not fall through. This jewel, according to the Sūtra on the Samādhi of Contemplating the Buddha, is the heart of a garuḍa bird. According to the Dà zhìdù lùn, it is relics of the Buddha that transform into a maṇi jewel after the degenerate age of the Dharma. Furthermore, according to the Sūtra of the Wise and the Foolish, there are three grades: the highest is placed atop a high banner, and when the king burns incense and makes a supplication, it rains down all treasures, food, drink, and so forth according to the king's wish over a full eighty yojanas; the medium grade rains over forty yojanas; the lowest grade rains over twenty yojanas; its constant illumination and its shielding of rain are also like this. Furthermore, in the Sūtra on the Bodhisattva's Past Practices, the jewel constantly illuminates sixteen hundred li day and night. Furthermore, Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha said: "Wish-fulfilling jewels are of three kinds: first, the wish-fulfilling jewel, which can conform to human desires according to the heart's wish; second, the water-clearing jewel, which causes turbid water to become clear; third, the gold-producing jewel, which itself has three grades: the lower grade yields a thousandfold when one liang of gold is cast in; the middle grade yields ten thousandfold when one liang of gold is cast in; the superior grade yields immeasurable-fold when one liang of gold is cast in." Fifth, the minister of the treasury jewel: according to the Abhidharmakośa, the minister of the treasury jewel obtains the power of the eye faculty, being able to see all hidden treasures within the earth; grasping the ocean with his hand, treasures appear in accordance with his five fingers. Furthermore, in the Sūtra on the Bodhisattva's Past Practices, when the king wishes for gold, silver, the seven treasures, clothing, bedding, food, or drink, the minister of the treasury stretches forth both his hands, and the seven treasures, property, and all that is needed issue forth inexhaustibly from his hands as desired. Sixth, the general jewel: wherever has not yet submitted, he sets up strategies and deliberates, and there is none who does not submit. Furthermore, in the Sūtra on the Bodhisattva's Past Practices, when the king wishes for hundreds of thousands of troops, the general jewel causes them to arrive spontaneously. Seventh, the jade woman jewel: neither tall nor short, neither black nor white, her pores emit sandalwood fragrance; her eyes can see for one yojana, and her hearing and smelling are likewise; her tongue covers her face. Touching the king's clothes with her hand, she immediately knows the comfort or illness of the king's body, and also knows the king's mind. This woman is definitely born transformationally from a lotus. Furthermore, according to the Sūtra on the Bodhisattva's Past Practices, the woman is fragrant and pure like an uḍumbara flower; when the king wishes for coolness, her body is naturally cool; when the king wishes for warmth, her body is naturally warm; her voice is like the Brahmā sound, constantly gladdening the king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.8.3) - [Next: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.8.5) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733~en-mt.8.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1733.8.4) · Pramāṇa