[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) › [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736) › 77.16 # 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 77.16 大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 77.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [77.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.16) 疏「乾陀羅國」，《西域記》第三云「健馱邏國有伽膩色迦王，以如來涅槃之後第四百年，應期撫運，王風遠被殊俗內附。機務餘暇每習佛經，日請一僧入宮說法，而法異儀部執不同，王用深疑無以去惑。時脇尊者曰：『如來去世，歲月逾遠，弟子部執，師資異論，各據聞見，共為矛盾。』時王聞已甚用感傷，悲歎良久，謂尊者曰：『猥以餘福幸遵前緒，去聖雖遠猶為有幸。敢亡庸鄙紹隆法教，隨其部執具釋三藏。』（下取意）遂召眾僧七日供養，欲議法事。宣先下令，去凡留聖。聖眾猶多，復去有學。無學猶多，次留具三明六通具者。猶多，次取內具閑三藏、外達五明，乃至四百九十九人。後一世友，未得羅漢等，廣集三藏凡三十萬頌，王以銅鍱鏤寫、石函封緘，全捨此國與僧，故多聖居也。」 > Regarding the Commentary's mention of the "Kingdom of Gandhāra": Fascicle three of the Record of the Western Regions states: "In the Kingdom of Gandhāra there was King Kaniṣka. In the four hundredth year after the Tathāgata's nirvāṇa, he responded to the opportune moment and held sway over the destiny \[of the state\]; his royal influence reached far and distant peoples submitted within. In his leisure from administrative affairs, he regularly studied the Buddhist scriptures, daily inviting one monk into the palace to preach the Dharma. However, the doctrines had differing rituals and the doctrinal schools held divergent tenets, so that the king conceived deep doubt and had no means to remove his confusion. At that time, the Venerable Pārśva said: 'The Tathāgata has passed away, and the years and months have grown far distant. The disciples hold to their schools, and teachers and disciples hold differing views, each relying on what they have heard and seen to contradict one another.' When the king heard this, he was deeply moved and grieved; after sighing sorrowfully for a long time, he said to the Venerable: 'Unworthy as I am, through remnant merit I have fortunately succeeded to the former lineage; though far from the Sage, I am still fortunate. Daring to forget my vulgar unworthiness, I shall carry on and exalt the teachings of the Dharma, fully explaining the Tripiṭaka according to each school's tenets.'" (The following is paraphrased in sense:) He then summoned the monastic assembly for seven days of offerings, wishing to deliberate on the matter of the Dharma. An order was first proclaimed to dismiss the ordinary and retain the noble. The noble ones were still numerous, so those in training (śaikṣa) were dismissed. The non-learners (aśaikṣa) were still numerous, so next those endowed with the three knowledges and six supernormal powers were retained. As they were still numerous, those who internally were thoroughly versed in the Tripiṭaka and externally proficient in the five sciences were chosen, totaling four hundred and ninety-nine persons. Later, Vasumitra, who had not yet attained arhatship, and others compiled the Tripiṭaka in full, amounting to three hundred thousand verses. The king engraved them on copper plates and sealed them in stone caskets, and relinquished this entire kingdom to the Saṅgha. Therefore, it has many dwellings of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 77.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.15) - [Next: 77.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.17) - [Up: 77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736~en-mt.77.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.77.16) · Pramāṇa