一破夏非小
凡諸破夏苾芻,但不獲其十利;然是本位,理無成小。豈容昔時受敬、今翻禮卑?習以成俗本無憑據,依夏受請盜過容生,故應詳審。理無疎略,宜取受戒之日以論大小,縱令失夏不退下行。尋撿聖教無文,誰昔遣行斯事?
Tang · by 義淨撰
40,517 · about 135 min
The Account of the Inner Law Sent Home from the Southern Seas is a Buddhist work composed by the eminent monk Yijing in the late seventh century during the Tang dynasty. Having traveled westward in search of the Dharma for over twenty years, Yijing recorded the actual conditions of Buddhism in India and the various countries of the Southern Seas after returning to his homeland. The work, in four volumes, details in full the monastic precepts, temple regulations, methods of practice, and cultural customs of the Indian monastic community, thereby supplementing the Central Plains' insufficient understanding of the Vinaya. This book serves as a primary source for the study of Buddhist exchanges between China and foreign lands during the Tang dynasty, the history of Indian Buddhism, and the ancient cultures of South Asia. Together with Faxian's Record of the Buddhist Kingdoms and Xuanzang's Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, it is acclaimed as one of the three great Chinese Buddhist travel accounts of Dharma seekers, holding immense historical and religious value.