華嚴經探玄記 1.98

1.98

Ninth, the branch streams: This means that this great sūtra was upheld according to people's capacity and divided into multiple works. The Dousha jing in one fascicle is the beginning of the second assembly. The Pusa benye jing in one fascicle is the 'Pure Conduct' chapter. The Xiao shizhu jing in one fascicle is the 'Ten Abodes' chapter. The Da shizhu jing in four fascicles and the Jianbei yiqie zhide jing in four fascicles are both the 'Ten Bhūmis' chapter. The Rulai xingqi weimi zang jing in two fascicles is the 'Nature Manifestation' chapter. The Xian wubian fotu jing in one fascicle is the 'Lifespan' chapter. The Dushi jing in six fascicles is the 'Leaving the World' chapter. The Luomoqie jing in three fascicles is the 'Entry into the Dharmadhātu' chapter. Recently in the Divine Capital (Luoyang), together with a Khotanese Tripiṭaka master, the 'Cultivating Compassion' section of the Avataṃsaka in one fascicle, the 'Inconceivable Realm' section in one fascicle, and the 'Vajramālā' section in ten fascicles were translated; before this section was finished, the Tripiṭaka master passed away. Now in the Divine Capital, an additional 50,000-verse recension of the Avataṃsaka presented by the kingdom of Khotan has been obtained, and the Tripiṭaka master has arrived at the Divine Capital and is currently translating it. The Sanskrit text at Cien Monastery is identical to the old Chinese recension without difference, whereas the newly arrived Sanskrit recension differs slightly in its chapters, assemblies, sentences, and phrases, which makes it clear that this great sūtra exists in several recensions. These are all branch streams of the great sūtra, flowing separately according to capacity.