華嚴經傳記 4.11

4.11

日照三藏又說。甞遊南天竺國。止一伽藍。名堀忧遮。此名雁也。見彼寺諸德。竝受持華嚴。因問。此伽藍何因取名於鳥。彼僧對曰。昔有一比丘飲噉。同俗每誦華嚴。以為己業。命終之後。由破戒故。生南海作一雁。身大可三丈。猶作人語。誦經不輟。時有一清信士。泛海採寶。忽值惡風飄船覆沒。唯執片版。遇止一洲。衣糧俱絕。懷憂而住。忽聞樹上有誦經聲。即便候聽。乃見一雁誦華嚴經。怪歎良久。遂讚言。善誦善誦。雁聞讚聲。即下樹語人云。汝能為我。造僧伽藍不。答云。我身命不濟。何能造寺。雁曰。汝若能作。當附貴寶送爾還鄉。人曰。如言甚善。雁遂負人於背。飛至寶山。此人識寶。乃多採諸珍。同附雁背。飛空越海。送於天竺。至岸而下。雁云。願君為我。造僧伽藍。還用我名。以題寺號。信士既媿深恩。銜悲而別。奉其珍物。以事啟王。王乃封邑五百戶。令為造寺。由是以雁為名也。

The Tripiṭaka Master Divākara also related that he once traveled in South India and stayed at a saṅghārāma named *Kroñca*, which means 'wild goose'. Seeing that all the virtuous monks of that monastery upheld the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, he asked, 'For what reason was this monastery named after a bird?' A monk there answered him, saying: 'Long ago there was a monk who drank and ate [meat] like a layperson, yet he always recited the Avataṃsaka Sūtra as his personal practice. After his life ended, because of his breaking the precepts he was reborn in the Southern Sea as a wild goose. His body was about thirty feet long, and he could still speak in a human tongue, reciting the sūtra without ceasing. At that time, a pure faithful layman set out to sea to gather jewels, but suddenly met with a foul wind; his boat overturned and sank. Grasping only a single plank, he happened to land on an islet. His clothing and provisions were all gone, and he stayed there in sorrow. Suddenly he heard the sound of sūtra recitation from above in a tree, and he immediately listened attentively. He then saw a wild goose reciting the Avataṃsaka Sūtra. Marveling in admiration for a long while, he praised it, saying, "Splendidly recited! Splendidly recited!" Hearing his praise, the wild goose flew down from the tree and spoke to the man, saying, "Could you build a saṅghārāma for me, or not?" The man replied, "I cannot even preserve my own life, so how could I build a monastery?" The goose said, "If you can do it, I will convey precious treasures and send you back to your homeland." The man said, "If it be as you say, that would be very good." The wild goose then carried the man on its back and flew to a jewel mountain. The man, knowing jewels, gathered many treasures, and together they were loaded on the goose's back. Flying through the sky and crossing the sea, it conveyed him back to India. Coming ashore, it set him down, and the goose said, "I pray that you build a saṅghārāma for me, and use my name as the title of the monastery." The faithful layman, feeling deep indebtedness and choked with sorrow, bade it farewell. He offered those precious goods and reported the matter to the king. The king then enfeoffed him with five hundred households and ordered him to build the monastery. For this reason it was named after the wild goose.'