法苑珠林 29.50

29.50

又南行千里至馱那羯磔迦國。屬南印度。都城東西據山間各有大寺。昔王為佛造。𠟃山疏石列極華博。賢聖遊息。佛滅未有千年前。其處有千凡僧。安居罷日皆證無學。陵空飛去。今寂無人。其處有婆毘吠伽論師（唐云明辯）即是般若燈論主也。於觀自在前絕粒而飲水三年立志祈請。待見彌勒。觀自在乃為現色身。今在城南大山巖執金剛神所誦金剛呪三年。神授方云。此巖石內有阿素洛宮。如法行請石壁當開。可即入中待彌勒出。我當相報。又經三年。然呪芥子擊於石壁。豁即洞開。時百千眾觀覩驚歎。論師跨。門再三顧命。唯有六人從入。餘者謂是毒蛇窟也。當即石門還合如壁。又復南行六千餘里至秣羅矩吒國。即贍部最南際海濱境也。山出龍腦香及有白檀香樹。又有羯薩羅香樹。松身無葉香如氷雪。即龍腦香也。從此南大海中有天宮。觀自在菩薩常所住處（舊云觀世音菩薩也）臨海有城。即是古師子國。入海中可三千里。非結大伴則不可至。自此西北四千餘里。中途經國具諸神異。國東南隅數千里那羅稽羅洲。人長三尺。鳥啄唯食椰子。

Traveling south for a thousand li, one arrives at the country of Dhānyakaṭaka, belonging to South India. East and west of the capital, occupying the mountain valleys, there are great monasteries on each side, which ancient kings built for the Buddha. Carving the mountain and clearing the stones, they laid them out in extreme splendor, where sages and saints roamed and rested. Less than a thousand years after the Buddha's demise, there were a thousand ordinary monks here; on the day the retreat ended, all realized the fruit of no-more-learning (arhatship) and flew away soaring into space. Now it is silent and deserted. In that place was the Treatise Master Bhāviveka (in Tang, "Clear Discernment"), that is, the author of the Prajñāpradīpa-śāstra. Before Avalokiteśvara, he abstained from grains and only drank water for three years, resolving his aspiration and praying to wait to see Maitreya. Avalokiteśvara then manifested his physical body to him: "Now, at the great mountain cliff south of the city, at the place of the Vajradhara deity, recite the Vajra-mantra for three years." The deity instructed him, saying: "Inside this cliff's rock is an Asura palace. If you petition according to the Dharma, the stone wall will open. You can enter immediately to await Maitreya's appearance; I shall inform you." After another three years, he empowered mustard seeds with mantras and struck the stone wall; it suddenly burst wide open. At that time, a gathering of hundreds of thousands watched in amazement and sighing. The treatise master stepped over the threshold and repeatedly called back, but only six people followed him in. The rest thought it was a pit of venomous snakes. Thereupon, the stone door immediately closed again like a wall. Further traveling south for over six thousand li, one reaches the country of Malakūṭa, which is the southernmost coastal border of Jambudvīpa. The mountains produce camphor, and there are white sandalwood trees. There are also gansala incense trees; with pine trunks and no leaves, their fragrance is like ice and snow: this is camphor. South of this, in the great ocean, there is a heavenly palace, the place where the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara permanently resides (formerly called Guanshiyin Bodhisattva). Bordering the sea is a city, which is the ancient Simhala country. Entering the ocean for about three thousand li, unless one gathers a large party, one cannot reach it. Over four thousand li northwest of this, passing through countries along the way, all are filled with divine wonders. Several thousand li in the southeast corner of the country is Nārikeladvīpa; the people are three feet tall, with bird beaks, and eat only coconuts.