On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.123

v2.c19.123

For this account of the two brick houses to the Earth-gods Julien had a defective text, and he did not use all he had. He translates— "Jadis, lorsque Jou-lai était sur le point d'obtenir l'intelligence accomplie, l'un des esprits de la terre servit de temoin au *Bouddha*". The reading in the A, C, and D texts after "Formerly when Ju-lai was about to become Buddha" is *i-pao-Mo-chih-i-wei-Fo-chéng* (一報魔至一爲佛證), "one announced the arrival of Māra, one became Buddha's witness". By some mistake the Ming texts leave out the *i-pao*, "one announced" and Julien, equal to the occasion, leaves out "the arrival of Māra".¹