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宋高僧傳 2.49

宋高僧傳 2.49

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2.49

釋極量,中印度人也,梵名般剌蜜帝,此言極量。懷道觀方,隨緣濟物,展轉遊化,漸達支那(印度俗呼廣府為支那,名帝京為摩訶支那也),乃於廣州制止道場駐錫。眾知博達,祈請頗多,量以利樂為心,因敷祕賾。

Śramaṇa Jiliang was a native of central India; his Sanskrit name was Pramiti, rendered here as Jiliang (Utmost Measure). Harboring the Dao, he observed different regions and aided beings according to circumstances. Travelling and proselytising by turns, he gradually reached Zhina (Indian custom calls Guangzhou "Zhina", and designates the imperial capital as "Mahā-zhina"). He then halted his staff at the Zhizhi Bodhimaṇḍa in Guangzhou. The assembly knew he was broadly erudite, and requests poured in. Pramiti, with benefiting and gladdening [beings] as his purpose, accordingly unfolded the esoteric mysteries.

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