[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) › 7.84 # 佛祖歷代通載 7.84 佛祖歷代通載 7.84 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.84) （二十一　丙午）　天竺尊者佛馱跋陀。自義熙二年至長安。什公倒屣迎之。以相得遲暮為恨。議論多發藥。跋陀曰。公所譯未出人意。乃有高名何耶。什曰。吾以年運已往。為學者妄相粉飾。公雷同以為高可乎。從容決未了之義。彌增誠敬。秦太子姚泓。延至東宮。對什論法。什問曰。法云何空。答曰。眾微成色。色無自性。故色即空。又問。既以極微破色空。復云何破一微。答曰以一微故眾微空。以眾微故一微空。沙門寶雲譯出此語。不省其意。皆謂跋陀所計微塵是常。更申請之。跋陀曰。法不自生。緣會故生。緣一微故有眾微。微無自性則是空矣。寧當言不破一微乎。時秦尚玄化沙門出入宮闕者數千。跋陀隤然而已。偶謂弟子曰。昨見天竺五舶俱發。應合至矣。又其徒自言得初果。僧正道䂮曰。佛不許言自所得法。五舶之論何所窮詰。弟子輕言誑惑。於律有違義不同處。跋陀遂渡江入匡山見遠公。議論不為遠屈。遠高之。遣書關中雪其枉。後於江都謝司空寺譯華嚴經六十卷。感二青衣童子每旦自庭沼中出。炷香添瓶不離座右。暮夜則潛入治中。日以為常。至譯經畢。遂絕迹不見。 > (Twenty-first year, bingwu \[406 CE\]) The Venerable Buddhabhadra of Tianzhu arrived in Chang'an from the second year of Yixi. Kumārajīva welcomed him with his shoes on backward, regretting that they had met so late in life. Their discussions frequently provided remedies for understanding. Buddhabhadra asked, 'Your translations do not surpass ordinary expectations, yet you have such high renown; why is that?' Kumārajīva replied, 'Because my years have passed, students falsely adorn my work. Could you merely echo their praise as exalted?' In an unhurried manner, they resolved unresolved meanings, and mutual sincerity and respect grew even greater. The Qin Crown Prince Yao Hong invited him to the Eastern Palace to discuss the Dharma with Kumārajīva. Kumārajīva asked, 'How are dharmas empty?' He replied, 'Many subtle atoms form matter; matter has no intrinsic nature, so matter is empty.' He asked again, 'Since you destroy matter into emptiness by means of subtle atoms, how do you further destroy a single atom?' He replied, 'Because of one atom, many atoms are empty; because of many atoms, one atom is empty.' When the monk Baoyun translated these words, the assembly did not understand their meaning and all said that Buddhabhadra considered the subtle atom to be permanent. They petitioned him to explain further. Buddhabhadra said, 'Dharmas do not arise of themselves; they arise through the conjunction of conditions. Because of one atom, there are many atoms; since an atom has no intrinsic nature, it is therefore empty. How could one say that a single atom is not destroyed?' At that time, the Qin court favored metaphysical cultivation, and several thousand monks frequented the palace precincts. Buddhabhadra alone remained calm and aloof. He once casually told his disciples, 'Yesterday I saw five ships set sail together from Tianzhu; they should arrive in due time.' Furthermore, one of his disciples claimed on his own to have attained the first fruit \[srotāpanna\]. The Monastic Rector Daoheng said, 'The Buddha does not permit one to speak of the dharmas one has attained oneself. And how can this claim of five ships be verified? Your disciple speaks rashly to deceive and confuse, which violates the vinaya; in principle, we cannot reside together.' Buddhabhadra subsequently crossed the river and entered Mount Kuang to meet Master Huiyuan. In their discussions, he did not yield to Huiyuan, and Huiyuan held him in high esteem. Huiyuan sent a letter to Guanzhong to clear him of the false accusations. Later, at the Xie Sikong Monastery in Jiangdu, he translated the sixty-fascicle Avataṃsaka Sūtra. This moved two boys in blue robes to emerge every morning from the courtyard pond; they burned incense and refilled the vases, never leaving the right side of his seat, and in the evening, they would submerge back into the pond, making this a daily routine. When the translation of the scripture was completed, they disappeared without a trace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.83) - [Next: 7.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.85) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.7.84) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.77) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.84) · Pramāṇa