三寶感應要略錄 2.5

2.5

日照三藏云。南天竺近占波城。有一僧伽藍。名毘瑟奴。於中有諸小乘師而住。後有一大乘法師。持花嚴經一袟來至其所。小乘諸師。更不相敬。彼大乘師。乃留經一袟而去。諸小乘學者。情盡不信。投之井內。後見井中。光明如烈火。雖久在水中。都不霑溫。便信此經是佛所說。猶尚不及小乘。遂置在阿含等經律之下。及明旦輒見在上。乃訶若群小。誰後輒移。對云。無人動經。乃還置下。明又如初。復在其上。若此者數焉。小乘諸師。咸大教驚歎。方知此經過於己學。以身投於地。宛轉號泣。懺謝迴心。專共受持花嚴一經。盛于此國矣。

Tripiṭaka Master Rizhao [Divākara] said: 'In South India near the city of Campā, there was a saṅghārāma named Viṣṇu where Hīnayāna masters dwelt. Later, a Mahāyāna Dharma master carrying one case of the Avataṃsaka-sūtra came to that place. The Hīnayāna masters showed him no respect at all. The Mahāyāna master then left the one case of the sūtra behind and departed. The Hīnayāna scholars, utterly faithless in their hearts, threw it into a well. Later they saw that inside the well there was light like blazing fire; though submerged in water for a long time, it was neither moistened nor warm. They then believed that this sūtra was preached by the Buddha, yet they still considered it inferior to the Hīnayāna, and so placed it beneath sūtras and vinaya texts such as the Āgamas. At dawn, it was suddenly seen on top. They scolded the novices, asking, "Who moved it without permission?" The reply was, "No one moved the sūtra." They placed it beneath again. The next morning it was as before, once more on top. This occurred several times. The Hīnayāna masters were all greatly astonished and marveled at the teaching, only then realizing that this sūtra surpassed their own study. Throwing their bodies to the ground, they rolled about weeping and wailing, repented and apologized, converted their hearts, and together devoted themselves exclusively to accepting and upholding the single sūtra of the Avataṃsaka, which flourished in this country.'