[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 3.8 # 高僧傳 3.8 高僧傳 3.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.8) 既而附商人大舶，循海而還。舶有二百許人，值暴風水入，眾皆惶懅，即取雜物棄之。顯恐棄其經像，唯一心念觀世音，及歸命漢土眾僧，舶任風而去，得無傷壞。經十餘日，達耶婆提國，停五月，復隨他商，東適廣州，舉帆二十餘日，夜忽大風，合舶震懼，眾咸議曰：「坐載此沙門，使我等狼狽，不可以一人故，令一眾俱亡。」共欲推之，法顯檀越厲聲呵商人曰：「汝若下此沙門，亦應下我，不爾，便當見殺。漢地帝王奉佛敬僧，我至彼告王，必當罪汝。」商人相視失色，僶俛而止。既水盡糧竭，唯任風隨流，忽至岸，見藜藋菜依然，知是漢地，但未測何方，即乘船入浦尋村。見獵者二人，顯問：「此是何地耶？」獵人曰：「此是青州長廣郡牢山南岸。」獵人還，以告太守李嶷，嶷素敬信，忽聞沙門遠至，躬自迎勞。顯持經像隨還。 > Thereafter, he boarded a large merchant ship to return by sea. There were about two hundred people on the ship. When it encountered a violent storm and water rushed in, all were terrified, and immediately took miscellaneous goods and threw them overboard. Faxian feared they would throw his sūtras and images overboard, so he single-mindedly concentrated on Avalokiteśvara and took refuge in the saṃgha of the Han lands. The ship drifted with the wind and avoided damage. After more than ten days, they reached the country of Yavadvīpa, where he stayed for five months. He again followed other merchants, heading east toward Guangzhou. After hoisting sail for more than twenty days, a great wind suddenly arose at night, and the whole ship trembled with fear. The crowd all discussed: "Because we carry this śramaṇa, we have been thrown into dire straits; we cannot let the entire crowd perish on account of a single man!" They all wanted to push him into the sea. Faxian's dānapati shouted sternly at the merchants, saying: "If you put down this śramaṇa, you must also put me down; otherwise, you must kill me! The emperors and kings of the Han land revere the Buddha and respect the saṃgha; when I arrive there and report to the king, he will surely punish you!" The merchants looked at each other and turned pale, and reluctantly desisted. With water exhausted and provisions depleted, they only drifted with the wind and followed the currents. Suddenly they reached the shore. Seeing the goosefoot greens as familiar, they knew it was the Han land, but could not determine what region it was. They then took a small boat into an inlet to seek a village. Seeing two hunters, Faxian asked: "What land is this?" The hunters said: "This is the southern shore of Mount Lao in Changguang Commandery of Qingzhou." The hunters returned and reported this to the Grand Administrator Li Yi. Yi had always been reverent and faithful; suddenly hearing that a śramaṇa had arrived from afar, he personally welcomed and comforted him. Faxian took his sūtras and images and returned with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.7) - [Next: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.9) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.3.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.8) · Pramāṇa