[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) › 4.24 # 華嚴經傳記 4.24 華嚴經傳記 4.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.24) 文明元年。天竺梵僧三藏法師日照。在京師西太原寺翻經之。次云。至南天竺國。近占波城。有一僧伽藍。名毘瑟奴（人名也）於中有諸頭陀僧等。竝小乘學。後忽有一大乘法師。持華嚴經一帙。來至其處。小乘諸師。既不相敬。彼大乘師。乃留帙而去。不知所適。諸小乘學者。情盡不信。遂持此經帙。投之井內。後數見井中。光輝煥赫。上衝於外。有同烈火。以物鉤漉。果得華嚴。雖久在水中。都不霑濕。小乘學等。便信此經是佛所說。猶將不及小乘。遂置在小乘經律之下。及至明旦。輒見在上。乃訶諸群小。誰復輒移。對云元無人動。乃還置下。明又如初。復在其上。若此者數焉。小乘諸德。咸大驚嗟。方知此經過於己學。以身投於地。宛轉號泣。懺謝迴心。專共授持。華嚴一經。盛于此國。諸小乘輩舉宗歸敬。同深信焉。 > In the first year of the Wenming era, the Indian Sanskrit monk and Tripiṭaka Master Divākara was translating sūtras at the West Taiyuansi in the capital. On that occasion, he said: "When I reached South India, near the city of Campā, there was a monastery named Viṣṇu (a personal name). Within it were various dhūta monks, all students of the Hīnayāna. Later, a Mahāyāna Dharma master suddenly arrived there holding a case of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra. As the Hīnayāna masters did not show respect to him, that Mahāyāna master left the case and departed, no one knowing where he went. The Hīnayāna students were entirely unbelieving, so they took this scripture case and threw it into a well. Afterward, they repeatedly saw within the well a brilliant radiance blazing intensely and surging upward out of it, like a fierce fire. When they dredged it out with a hook, they indeed retrieved the Avataṃsaka. Although it had been in the water for a long time, it was not wet at all. The Hīnayāna students then believed that this sūtra was preached by the Buddha, but still thought it inferior to the Hīnayāna; consequently, they placed it beneath the Hīnayāna sūtras and Vinaya texts. When the next morning came, it was always found on top. They then reprimanded the junior disciples, asking, 'Who moved it without permission?' They answered, 'No one touched it from the start.' They then placed it beneath again, and the next morning it was as before, once more on top. After this happened several times, the Hīnayāna masters were all greatly astonished and sighed, only then knowing that this sūtra surpassed their own study. Throwing themselves to the ground, they rolled and wailed, repenting, apologizing, and turning their minds, focusing together on receiving and upholding it. The single sūtra of the Avataṃsaka flourished in this country, and those of the Hīnayāna, as an entire tradition, turned their allegiance in reverence and shared in deep faith." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.23) - [Next: 4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.25) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073~en-mt.4.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.24) · Pramāṇa