[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 63.28 # 法苑珠林 63.28 法苑珠林 63.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [63.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.28) 佛子。如是大海其水無量。珍寶無量。眾生無量。大地無量。佛子。於意云何。彼大海水為無量不。答言。實爾。其水深廣不可為喻。佛子。如是海水深廣無量。於如來無量智海。百分不及一。乃至不可為譬。但隨所應化為作譬喻。 > "Sons of the Buddha, this great ocean's water is thus immeasurable, its precious gems are immeasurable, its sentient beings are immeasurable, and its great earth is immeasurable. Sons of the Buddha, what do you think? Is the water of that great ocean immeasurable or not?" It was answered, "Indeed so; its waters are so deep and vast that no analogy can be made." "Sons of the Buddha, though the sea water is thus deep, vast, and immeasurable, in comparison to the Tathāgata's immeasurable ocean of wisdom, it does not amount to even a hundredth part, down to being beyond any comparison; it is merely an analogy devised according to what is suitable to transform \[beings\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 63.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.27) - [Next: 63.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.29) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.63.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方廣佛華嚴經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.avatamsaka*zh-buddhabhadra.35.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.63.28) · Pramāṇa