[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 27.54 # 佛祖統紀 27.54 佛祖統紀 27.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.54) 慧日。汎舶南海至天竺諸國。訪善知識。問何國何方有樂無苦。何法何行速得見佛。天竺三藏皆讚淨土。日聞喜躍。至健陀羅國山有觀音像。祈請者或現身。日絕食七日畢命為請。七日之夜觀音於空中現紫金相長丈餘。手摩日頂曰。汝欲傳法利人。又願生極樂國。當如汝志。開元七年東歸達長安。進佛真容梵夾。帝旌其德賜號慈愍三藏著淨土文行於世。天寶七年將終。見蓮華在前狀如日輪。 > Huiri sailed by ship across the South Seas to the various realms of Tianzhu to visit spiritual friends. He asked, 'In which land and which direction is there joy without suffering? Through what method and what practice may one quickly see the Buddha?' The Tripiṭaka masters of Tianzhu all praised the Pure Land. Hearing this, Huiri leaped for joy. In the realm of Gandhāra, there was an Avalokiteśvara image on a mountain; to those who prayed, the Bodhisattva would sometimes manifest his body. Huiri fasted for seven days, putting his life on the line in supplication. On the night of the seventh day, Avalokiteśvara appeared in mid-air with a purple-golden body more than a zhang tall. Stroking Huiri's crown with his hand, he said, 'You wish to transmit the Dharma to benefit people, and you also vow to be born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. It shall be as you aspire.' In the seventh year of the Kaiyuan reign, he returned east and arrived in Chang'an, presenting a true likeness of the Buddha and Sanskrit palm-leaf manuscripts. The emperor commended his virtue, bestowed on him the title Tripiṭaka Master Cimin, and he composed writings on the Pure Land that circulated widely in the world. When he was about to pass away in the seventh year of the Tianbao reign, he saw a lotus flower appear before him, shaped like the disc of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.53) - [Next: 27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.55) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.27.54) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [淨土往生傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.54) · Pramāṇa