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Flower Adornment Sutra Commentary Summary (華嚴經合論簡要)

About 華嚴經合論簡要

Ming · by 李贄簡要

61,725 · about 206 min

A concise commentary by the Ming Dynasty thinker Li Zhi on the Tang Dynasty work *Huayan Jing Helun* (*Comprehensive Treatise on the Avatamsaka Sutra*) by Li Tongxuan. Completed in the late Ming period, this work aims to distill the philosophical essence of the *Avatamsaka Sutra*, integrating Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought to elucidate the harmonious realm of the One True Dharma Realm and the non-obstruction of all phenomena. It focuses on the core teachings and perspectives on practice within the sutra, emphasizing the innate awakening of the mind and the mutual interpenetration of all dharmas. This text serves as an important document in Huayan studies, reflecting the integrative trends in Ming Dynasty Buddhist doctrinal learning, and provides scholars and practitioners with a concise pathway to delve into the profound meanings of Huayan.


No. 225-B李長者事迹
李長者,諱通玄,莫詳所自。或有詢其本者,但言滄州人。開元二十七年三月望日,曳䇿荷笈,至於太原盂縣西四十里同潁鄉,村名大賢。有高山奴者,尚德慕士。長者詣其門,山奴諦瞻神儀,知非常器,遂罄折禮接,請歸安居。每旦唯食棗十顆,栢葉餅子如匕大者一枚。自爾不交外人,掩室獨處,含毫臨紙,會無虗時,如是三稔。一旦,捨山奴南去五六里,至馬氏古佛堂,自搆土室,寓於其側,端居宴默,亦又十年。後復囊挈經書,遵道而去。二十里餘,次韓氏別業,即今冠蓋村焉。忽逢一虎,當塗馴伏,如有所待。長者與之曰:吾將著論釋華嚴經,可與吾擇一棲止。言畢,虎起。長者徐而撫之,遂將所挈之囊,挂於虎背,任其所止。於是虎望神福山原,直下三十餘里,當一土龕前,便自蹲駐。長者旋收囊裝,置於龕內。虎乃屢顧,妥尾而去。其龕瑩潔圓迴,廣袤尋丈,自然而有,非人力成。龕之四旁,舊無泉㵎。長者始來之夕,風雷暴作,拔去一古松,高三百餘尺。及旦,松根之下,化為一潭,深極數尋,迴還五十餘步,甘逾瑞露,色奪琉璃,時人號為長者泉。至今澄明,未曾增減。𠍴陽之歲,祈之必應。長者製論之夕,心窮玄奧,口出白光,照耀龕中,以代燈燭。居山之後,忽有二女子,容華絕世,皆可笄年,俱衣大布之衣,悉以白巾幪首,姓氏居處,一無所言。常為長者汲水焚香,供給紙筆,卯辰之際,輙具淨饌,甘珍畢備,置長者前,齋罷撤器,莫知所止。歷於五祀,曾不闕時,及著論將終,遂爾絕迹。謹按華嚴舊傳,東晉三藏佛䭾䟦陀羅,於江都謝司空寺譯經,有二青衣童子,忽自庭沼而出,承事梵僧,爇香添瓶,不離座右,每欲將夕,還潛沼中,日日皆然,率為常事。及譯畢寫淨,沉默無迹,長者感通,事符曩昔。長者身長七尺二寸,廣眉朗目,丹脣紫肥,長髯美茂,修臂圓直,髮彩紺色,毛端右旋,質狀無倫,風姿持異,殊妙之相,靡不具足。首冠樺皮之冠,身披麻衣,長裙博袖,散腰而行,亦無韋帶。居常跣足,不務將迎,放曠人天,無所拘制。忽一日出山,訪舊址之里,適值墅人聚族合樂,長者徧語之曰:汝等好住,吾將歸去。眾乃罷樂,驚惶相顧,咸皆惻愴,必謂長者却還滄州,揮涕同詞,懇請留止。長者曰:縱在百年,會當歸去。於是舉眾却送長者入山,至其龕所,復語之曰:去住常然耳,汝等可各還家。及眾旅踵之頃,嵐霧四起,景物不分,行路之人,咸共駭異。翌日,長叟結徒,登山禮候,但見姿容端儼,已坐化於龕中矣。時當三月二十八日,報齡九十六。有一巨蛇,蟠當龕外,張目呀口,不可向近。眾乃歸誠致祝:某等今欲收長者全身,將營殯藏,乞潛威靈,願得就事。蛇因攝形不現,耆舊潸泣轝荷。擇地於大山之陰,累石為墳,即神福山逝多蘭若,今方山是也。初長者隱化之日,及成墳之時,烟雲凝布,巖谷震蕩,有二白鶴,哀唳當空,二鹿相叫連夕,其餘飛走,悲鳴滿山。鄉原之人,相率變服,追攀孺慕,若喪所天。每當建齋,即墳上雲起,七七如是。至大曆九年二月六日,有僧廣超,於逝多蘭若,獲長者所著論二部,一是大方廣佛新華嚴經論四十卷,一是十二緣生解迷顯智成悲十明論一卷,傳寫揚顯,徧於并汾。廣超門人道光,能繼師志,肩負二論,同遊燕趙,昭示淮泗,使後代南北學人,悉得參關論文,宗承長者,皆超、光二僧流布之功。比歲僧元覘,特抵方山,求長者遺迹。初禮石墳,次尋龕趾,龕前有松三株,俱是長者手植。長者將化之月,一株遂枯,至今二株,常有靈鶴結巢於頂。又於壽陽南界解愁村,遇李士源者,乃傳論僧廣超之猶子也,示長者真容,圖瞻禮而迴,斯為滿願矣。
雲居散人馬支纂錄。No. 225
大方廣佛華嚴經合論簡要卷之一
唐滄州長者李通玄合論
明溫陵長者李 贄簡要
明吳興後學董廣𥌓閱正

No. 225-A 李長者華嚴經合論序
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CBETA Code: X0225

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