[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) › [華嚴經傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073) › 2.12 # 華嚴經傳記 2.12 華嚴經傳記 2.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.2.12) 釋慧藏。姓郝氏。趙國平棘人。十一出家。未登具戒。則講涅槃。後聽智論十地華嚴般若等。博見之舉。罕不伏焉。年踰不惑。乃潛千鵲山。枕石漱流。澄心玄奧。每研味群典。而以華嚴為本。雖洞盡幽微。而謙虛自退。仰詫聖助。希示是非。登時夜降靈感。空中有聲。言是是。既聞斯告。因撰義疏。躬自傳揚。往預學流。普皆飡攝。齊主武成降書。邀請於大極殿。開闡此經。法侶雲繁。士族咸集。時共榮之。為大觀盛也。自爾專弘此部。傳習彌布。屬周毀經道。剗迹人間。拪息煙霞。保護玄納。隋初開法則預出家。文帝曩敬德音。遠遣徵請。蒲輪既降。謁帝承明。遂陳玄奧。允副天旨。則六大德之一也。有勅。加之殊禮。故二紀之內。四時不墜焉。以大業元年十一月二十九日。遘疾卒于空觀寺。春秋八十有四。臨終屬使露骸。弟子奉遵遺訣。陳屍林麓。掩骸修塔。樹于終南至相寺之前峯焉。 > Shi Huizang, whose secular surname was Hao, was a native of Pingji in Zhao State. He left the household at eleven, and before receiving the full precepts, he had already lectured on the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra. Later, he listened to the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa, the Daśabhūmika \[Śāstra\], the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, the Prajñāpāramitā, and other texts; among those of broad learning, few failed to yield to him. When his age exceeded forty, he went into seclusion in the Qianque Mountains, pillowing his head on stones and rinsing his mouth with streams, purifying his mind in the profound mystery. He constantly studied and savored the various scriptures, taking the Avataṃsaka as his foundation. Although he thoroughly penetrated its hidden subtleties, he remained humble and modest; looking up to the sacred assistance, he hoped for a sign indicating whether he was right or wrong. Immediately, a spiritual response descended during the night: a voice in the sky said, "Right! Right!" Having heard this proclamation, he accordingly composed a commentary on the meanings and propagated it in person. Those who came to join his school were all nourished and absorbed by it. Emperor Wucheng of Qi issued a letter inviting him to the Daji Hall to expound this scripture. The Dharma companions gathered like dense clouds, and the gentry all assembled; contemporaries shared in the honour, regarding it as a grand and magnificent sight. From then on, he focused exclusively on propagating this text, and its transmission and practice spread even further. During the Zhou's destruction of the scriptures and the Way, he wiped away his traces from the human realm, resting amid mists and clouds, safeguarding his dark monastic robes. At the beginning of the Sui, when the Dharma was revived, he resumed his monastic status. Emperor Wen had long revered the reputation of his virtue, and dispatched an envoy from afar to summon him. The carriage with rushes wrapped around the wheels having descended, he was granted audience with the Emperor in the Chengming Hall, where he set forth the profound mystery, fully according with the imperial intention; he was thus made one of the Six Great Virtues. An imperial decree bestowed special honors upon him, which continued through the four seasons without interruption for two decades. On the twenty-ninth day of the eleventh month of the first year of Daye, he fell ill and passed away at Kongguansi. He was eighty-four years old. Facing death, he instructed that his corpse be left exposed. His disciples respectfully observed his final instructions, placing his body in the forest at the foot of the mountains; they then interred his bones, constructed a stūpa, and erected it on the peak in front of Zhixiangsi on Mount Zhongnan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.2.11) - [Next: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.2.13) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073~en-mt.2.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.9.25) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.2.12) · Pramāṇa