[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) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 15.13 # 佛祖歷代通載 15.13 佛祖歷代通載 15.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.13) （九　庚寅）　帝問國師澄觀曰。華嚴所詮何謂法界。奏曰。法界者一切眾生之身心本體也。從本以來靈明廓徹廣大虛寂。唯一真境而已。無有形貌而森羅大千。無有邊際而含容萬有。昭昭於心目之間。而相不可覩。晃晃於色塵之內。而理不可分。非徹法之慧目。離念之明智。不能見自心如此之靈通也。故世尊初成正覺。歎曰。奇哉我今普見一切眾生。具有如來智慧德相。但以妄想執著而不能證得。於是稱法界性說華嚴經。全以真空簡情。事理融攝周遍凝寂。帝天縱聖明。一聽玄談廓然自得。於是勅有司備禮鑄印。遷國師統冠天下緇徒。號僧統清涼國師。 > (9. Gengyin) The Emperor asked National Teacher Chengguan: "What is meant by the 'Dharma realm' explained in the \*Avataṃsaka\*?" He memorialized: "The Dharma realm is the fundamental substance of the body and mind of all sentient beings. From the very beginning, it is spiritually luminous, vast, and distinct, expansive, empty, and silent—it is simply the single realm of reality. Having no form or appearance, yet the great chiliocosm is densely arrayed within it; having no boundaries, yet it contains the myriad existences. It is brilliantly manifest between mind and eye, yet its form cannot be seen; it shines radiantly within sensory forms, yet its principle cannot be divided. Except through the eye of wisdom that penetrates phenomena and the luminous intelligence freed from thoughts, one cannot see such spiritual permeability of one's own mind. Therefore, when the Bhagavān first realized right awakening, he sighed: 'How marvelous! I now everywhere see that all sentient beings possess the wisdom, virtuous qualities, and physical marks of a Tathāgata, but because of false thoughts and attachments they cannot realize and attain it.' Thereupon, matching the nature of the Dharma realm, he preached the \*Avataṃsaka Sūtra\*, entirely eliminating sentiments through true emptiness, fusing phenomena and principle, all-pervasive and frozen in silence." The Emperor was endowed by Heaven with sagely brilliance; once he heard this profound discourse, he was expansive and self-possessed. Thereupon, he ordered the authorities to prepare the rites and cast a seal, promoting the National Teacher to lead and head the clergy under heaven, with the title Buddhist Primate National Teacher Qingliang. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.12) - [Next: 15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.14) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.15.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.99.40) — Classical Chinese - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.139) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.13) · Pramāṇa