[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) › 3.33 # 佛祖統紀 3.33 佛祖統紀 3.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.33) 華嚴性起品（舊譯）譬如日出先照諸大山王。次照一切大山。次照金剛寶山。然後普照一切大地。日光不作是念。我當先照諸大山王。次第乃至普照大地。但山有高下照有先後。如來亦復如是。成就無量無邊法界智光。先照菩薩。次照緣覺。次照聲聞。次照決定善根眾生。隨應受化（三藏菩薩）然後普照一切眾生云云。又云。譬如日月出現世間。乃至深山幽谷無不普照（玄文合大山寶山為幽谷。其文出此）涅槃經云。佛說二十五三昧。無垢藏菩薩白佛言。如佛所說。諸佛菩薩成就智慧功德。百千萬億。實不可說。我意猶謂不如此經能出阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。佛言譬如從牛出乳。從乳出酪。從酪出生酥。從生酥出熟酥。從熟酥出醍醐。醍醐最上。佛亦如是。從佛出十二部經。從十二部經出九部修多羅。從修多羅出方等典。從般若出大涅槃。醍醐譬於佛性。佛性即是如來。釋籤云。涅槃五味。轉變而秖是一乳。華嚴三照。不同而秖是一日。今演華嚴平地之譬。以對涅槃後之三昧。數雖不等其義宛齊云云。又云。華嚴但云平地。今離彼平地。以譬方等般若法華。方等如食時。般若如禺中。法華如正中。 > The "Nature-Arising Chapter" of the Avataṃsaka (older translation) says: "For example, when the sun rises, it first illuminates the kings of great mountains, next illuminates all great mountains, next illuminates the vajra-jewel mountains, and afterwards universally illuminates all the flat earth. The sunlight does not think, 'I shall first illuminate the kings of great mountains, and in sequence down to universally illuminating the flat earth.' It is just that the mountains have heights and lows, so the illumination has earlier and later. The Tathāgata is also like this: having accomplished the light of wisdom of the immeasurable and boundless Dharma-realm, he first illuminates the bodhisattvas, next illuminates the pratyekabuddhas, next illuminates the śrāvakas, next illuminates the sentient beings of determined good roots who should be converted in accordance with their capacities (bodhisattvas of the Tripiṭaka), and afterwards universally illuminates all sentient beings," and so forth. It also says, "For example, when the sun and moon appear in the world, down to the deep mountains and dark valleys, there is nowhere they do not universally illuminate." (The text of the Miaoxuan combines the great mountains and jewel mountains into the dark valleys; its wording comes from this.) The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: When the Buddha taught the twenty-five samādhis, Bodhisattva Vimalagarbha said to the Buddha, "As the Buddha has spoken, the wisdom and merits accomplished by all Buddhas and bodhisattvas are hundred-thousand-myriad-kotis, truly ineffable. In my view, they are still not like this sutra, which can produce anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi." The Buddha said, "For example, from cows comes milk, from milk comes curd, from curd comes raw curd, from raw curd comes cooked curd, and from cooked curd comes clarified butter. Clarified butter is supreme. The Buddha is also like this: from the Buddha emerge the twelve divisions of scriptures; from the twelve divisions of scriptures emerge the nine divisions of sūtras; from the sūtras emerge the vaipulya scriptures; from prajñā emerges the Mahānirvāṇa. Clarified butter is a metaphor for Buddha-nature; Buddha-nature is none other than the Tathāgata." The Shiqian says: "In the Nirvāṇa's five flavours, transformations occur, yet it is just a single milk. In the Avataṃsaka's three illuminations, differences exist, yet it is just a single sun. Now, elaborating the Avataṃsaka's metaphor of the flat earth to correspond to the latter three of the Nirvāṇa, although the numbers are not equal, their meanings are neatly aligned," and so forth. It also says: "The Avataṃsaka mentions only the flat earth. Now, dividing that flat earth to serve as metaphors for Vaipulya, Prajñā, and the Lotus: Vaipulya is like mealtime; Prajñā is like mid-morning; the Lotus is like midday." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.32) - [Next: 3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.34) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.3.33) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.11.59) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.3.33) · Pramāṇa