[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) › [三寶感應要略錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084) › 3.3 # 三寶感應要略錄 3.3 三寶感應要略錄 3.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.3.3) 文殊師利。舊云妙德新云妙吉祥。立名有二。初就世俗。因瑞彰名。此菩薩有大慈悲。生舍衛國多羅聚洛梵德婆羅門家。其生之時。家內屋宅。凡如蓮花。從母右脇而生。身紫金色。墮地能語如天童子。有七寶蓋。隨覆其上。具有十種感應事。故名妙吉祥。一天降甘露。二地涌伏藏。三倉變金粟。四庭生金蓮。五光明滿室。六雞生鸞鳳。七馬產騏驎。八牛生白𤞌。九猪誕龍豚。十六牙象現所以菩薩。因瑞彰名。二依勝義立名。如金剛頂經說。由菩薩身。普攝一切法界等如來身。一切如來智惠等。及一切如來神變遊戲。已由極妙吉祥故。名妙吉祥也。 > Mañjuśrī was formerly translated as Miaode ("Wondrous Virtue") and newly translated as Miaojixiang ("Wondrous Auspiciousness"). There are two aspects to establishing his name. First, in terms of conventional reality, his name is revealed through auspicious signs. This bodhisattva possesses great compassion and was born in the house of the brahman Brahmavajra (Fande) in the village of Tāro in the kingdom of Śrāvastī. At the time of his birth, the rooms inside the house transformed entirely like lotuses. He was born from his mother's right side, his body was purple-golden, and when he fell to the ground he was able to speak like a divine boy. A canopy of seven jewels followed and covered him from above. He possessed ten kinds of sympathetic response events, and so was named Miaojixiang: first, the heavens rained sweet dew; second, hidden treasures welled up from the earth; third, the granaries turned into golden grain; fourth, golden lotuses grew in the courtyard; fifth, bright light filled the chambers; sixth, chickens gave birth to phoenixes; seventh, horses gave birth to qilin; eighth, cows gave birth to white yaks; ninth, pigs gave birth to dragon piglets; tenth, a six-tusked elephant appeared. Thus, the bodhisattva's name was revealed through auspicious signs. Second, the name is established according to ultimate truth: as the Vajraśekhara-sūtra says, because the bodhisattva's body universally gathers the Tathāgata-bodies equal to the entire Dharma-realm, all Tathāgatas' wisdom, and all Tathāgatas' supernormal transformations and sports, and is already exceedingly wondrous and auspicious, he is called Miaojixiang ("Wondrous Auspiciousness"). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.3.4) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084~en-mt.3.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.3.3) · Pramāṇa