註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.88

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《西域記》說：葱嶺東有胡國，至五印土數萬餘里，非佛生處。此方凡外相習，呼佛為西胡人也。然《華嚴經．如來名號品》云「此娑婆世界有百億四天下，如來於彼有百億萬種種名號，令諸眾生各別知見而為說法。」今大師順俗呼佛為老胡，有何不可？

The Records of the Western Regions says: East of the Congling mountains there are barbarian kingdoms, several tens of thousands of li from the five regions of India; it is not the Buddha's birthplace. Mundane people and outsiders in this land have grown accustomed to calling the Buddha a western barbarian. Yet the "Tathāgata's Names Chapter" of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra states: "This Sahā world contains one billion four-continent worlds, and the Tathāgata has tens of billions of various names therein, causing sentient beings to have individual understanding and vision as he preaches the Dharma for them." Now, what could be wrong with the Great Master following popular custom to call the Buddha an old barbarian?