高僧傳 3.46

3.46

跋陀前到師子諸國，皆傳送資供，既有緣東方，乃隨舶汎海。中途風止，淡水復竭，舉舶憂惶，跋陀曰：「可同心并力念十方佛，稱觀世音，何往不感。」乃密誦呪經，懇到禮懺。俄而，信風暴至，密雲降雨，一舶蒙濟，其誠感如此，元嘉十二年至廣州，刺史車朗表聞，宋太祖遣信迎接。既至京都，勅名僧慧嚴、慧觀於新亭郊勞，見其神情朗徹，莫不虔仰，雖因譯交言，而欣若傾蓋。初住祇洹寺，俄而，太祖延請，深加崇敬。瑯瑘顏延之通才碩學，束帶造門，於是京師遠近，冠蓋相望，大將軍彭城王義康、丞相南譙王義宣，並師事焉。頃之，眾僧共請出經，於祇洹寺集義學諸僧，譯出《雜阿含經》，東安寺出《法鼓經》，後於丹陽郡譯出《勝鬘》、《楞伽經》，徒眾七百餘人，寶雲傳譯，慧觀執筆，往復諮析，妙得本旨。後譙王鎮荊州，請與俱行，安止辛寺，更創房殿。即於辛寺出《無憂王》、《過去現在因果經》一卷、《無量壽》一卷、《泥洹》、《央掘魔羅》、《相續解脫波羅蜜了義》、《現在佛名經》三卷、《第一義五相略》、《八吉祥》等諸經，并前所出凡百餘卷，常令弟子法勇傳譯度語。譙王欲請講《華嚴》等經，而跋陀自忖，未善宋言，有懷愧歎，即旦夕禮懺，請觀世音，乞求冥應。遂夢有人白服持劍，擎一人首來至其前，曰：「何故憂耶？」跋陀具以事對，答曰：「無所多憂。」即以劍易首，更安新頭。語令迴轉，曰：「得無痛耶？」答曰：「不痛。」豁然便覺，心神悅懌。旦起，道義皆備領宋言，於是就講。

Guṇabhadra traveled onward to Siṃhala and other kingdoms, where he was everywhere provided with supplies. Since he had karmic affinities with the East, he boarded a merchant vessel and sailed across the sea. Midway through the journey, the wind ceased and the fresh water was depleted; everyone on board was terrified. Guṇabhadra said, "Let us unite our hearts and minds to be mindful of the Buddhas of the ten directions and call upon Avalokiteśvara; how could we fail to elicit a response?" He then secretly recited dhāraṇī-sūtras, making sincere prostrations and repentances. Soon, favorable winds suddenly arose, dense clouds brought down rain, and the whole ship was saved; such was the efficacy of his sincere response. In the twelfth year of the Yuanjia era, he arrived in Guangzhou. The regional inspector Che Lang memorialized the throne, and Emperor Taizu of the Song dispatched messengers to welcome him. After he arrived at the capital, the emperor ordered the famed monks Huiyan and Huiguan to greet and comfort him at Xinting outside the city. Seeing his bright and penetrating spirit, all revered him; though conversing through translators, they were as joyful as lifelong friends meeting by chance. At first he resided at the Qihuan Temple. Soon, Taizu invited him and treated him with profound reverence. Yan Yanzhi of Langye, a man of versatile talent and erudite learning, adjusted his robes and called upon him at his gate; thereupon, carriages and canopies of high officials from throughout the capital followed one after another. Grand General Prince Yikang of Pengcheng and Chancellor Prince Yixuan of Nanchao both served him as their master. Before long, the Saṃgha jointly requested him to produce sūtras; gathering monks who studied the doctrine at Qihuan Temple, he translated the Saṃyuktāgama, produced the Mahābherī-sūtra at Dong'an Temple, and later translated the Śrīmālādevī-sūtra and the Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra in Danyang Commandery, with a congregation of over seven hundred monks, Baoyun interpreting the language and Huiguan holding the brush; they inquired, analyzed back and forth, and exquisitely grasped the original meaning. Later, when the Prince of Chao was stationed in Jingzhou, he invited him to go along and settled him at Xin Temple, constructing additional chambers and halls. At Xin Temple, he translated the Aśokarāja-sūtra, the Sūtra on Cause and Effect in the Past and Present in one fascicle, the Amitāyus[-sūtra] in one fascicle, the Nirvāṇa, the Aṅgulimāla, the Sandhinirmocana, the Sūtra of the Names of Present Buddhas in three fascicles, the Abbreviated Five Marks of the Ultimate Truth, the Eight Auspicious Sūtra, and other sūtras, totaling over one hundred fascicles together with his previous translations, consistently having his disciple Fayong translate and interpret the words. The Prince of Chao wished to invite him to lecture on the Avataṃsaka and other sūtras, but Guṇabhadra reflected that he was not yet skilled in the language of the Song and felt ashamed and regretful. Thereupon, he performed repentance day and night, entreating Avalokiteśvara and praying for unseen aid. He then dreamt of a person in white garments holding a sword and carrying a human head, who came before him and said, "Why do you worry?" Guṇabhadra replied fully with the matter, and the person said, "Do not worry excessively." He then used the sword to exchange the head, affixing a new one. Bidding him to turn it around, he said, "Does it hurt?" Guṇabhadra answered, "It does not hurt." He awoke with a start, feeling joyful and delighted in spirit. When he rose at dawn, he understood all the doctrinal principles in the Song language, and thereupon began his lectures.