[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) › 36.96 # 佛祖統紀 36.96 佛祖統紀 36.96 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.96) 七年。訶羅陀國入貢。其表曰。伏承聖上信重三寶。興立塔寺周滿世界。今故遣使表此微心○初帝聞罽賓三藏求那跋摩名（此云功德鎧）詔交州遣沙門道敏。杭海邀之。跋摩忻然。附舶至廣州。上遣使迎至金陵。命居祇洹寺。僕射何尚之等並師事之。請講華嚴（前覺賢譯六十卷者）以未通華言禱於觀音。夜夢力士易其首。旦起猶覺微疼。遂遍曉東語。帝嘗問曰。朕欲齋戒不殺。迫於狥物不獲於志。對曰。帝王匹夫所修各異。匹夫身賤名劣。言令不威。若不克己將何以濟。帝王以四海為家。兆民為子。出一嘉言士民咸說。布一善政人神以和。則風雨應時百穀滋茂。如此持齋德亦大矣。寧在輟半日之餐全一禽之命然後弘濟耶。帝歎曰。俗迷遠理僧滯近教如法師之言。可謂盡天人際。師在祇洹講華嚴十地品。帝率公卿日集座下。法門稱榮。 > In the seventh year, the state of Kalāda offered tribute. Its memorial said, 'We prostrate and hear that Your Sagely Majesty faithfully reveres the Three Jewels, raising stūpas and monasteries that fill the world. We now specially dispatch an envoy to express this slight intention.' > Also, earlier, the Emperor heard of the renown of the Kaśmīra Tripiṭaka Guṇavarman (which means 'Armor of Merit'). An imperial edict ordered Jiaozhou to dispatch the monk Daomin to cross the sea and invite him. Varman was delighted, boarded a ship, and arrived in Guangzhou. The Emperor sent an envoy to welcome him to Jinling, ordering him to reside at Jiyuan Monastery. Vice Director of the Right He Shangzhi and others all served him as their master, requesting him to lecture on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (the sixty-fascicle version translated earlier by Buddhabhadra). Because he was not yet fluent in Chinese, he prayed to Avalokiteśvara. At night he dreamed of a strongman replacing his head; when he woke up in the morning he still felt a slight ache, but then he fully understood the eastern language. The Emperor once asked, 'I wish to observe the fast and refrain from killing, but constrained by worldly duties, I cannot attain my desire.' He replied, 'The practices of an emperor and a commoner are each different. A commoner's person is lowly and his reputation slight, his words and orders carry no awe; if he does not overcome himself, how can he succeed? An emperor takes the four seas as his home and the myriad people as his children. If he utters one good word, scholars and commoners are all delighted; if he institutes one good policy, humanity and the spirits harmonize. Then wind and rain come in season, and the hundred grains flourish. Upholding the fast in this way, its virtue is also great! Why must one discontinue half a day's meal or preserve the life of a single bird before it counts as vast succor?' The Emperor sighed, saying, 'Commoners are confused about the distant principle, while monks are stuck in the proximate teaching. As for the Dharma Master's words, they can be said to exhaust the bounds of heaven and humanity.' While the Master was lecturing on the Ten Grounds chapter of the Avataṃsaka at Jiyuan, the Emperor led the dukes and ministers to assemble daily beneath his seat; the Dharma gate was acclaimed for its glory. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.95) - [Next: 36.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.97) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.36.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.36.96) · Pramāṇa