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The Long Āgama Sūtra 30.40

長阿含經 30.40

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Classical Chinese

30.40

「其土有池,名曰善見,縱廣百由旬,其水清澄,無有垢穢,以七寶塹廁砌其邊,遶池四面有七重欄楯、七重羅網、七重行樹,乃至無數眾鳥相和而鳴,亦復如是。其善見池北有樹,名菴婆羅,周圍七里,上高百里,枝葉四布遍五十里。其善見池東出善道河,廣一由旬,其水徐流,無有洄澓,種種雜花覆蔽水上,挾岸兩邊樹木繁茂,枝條柔弱,花果熾盛,地生濡草,槃縈右旋,色如孔翠,香如婆師,濡若天衣,其地柔濡,足蹈地時,地凹四寸,舉足還復,地平如掌,無有高下。

“That land has a lake named Sudarśana that’s a hundred yojanas across. Its water is clear and unpolluted, and it’s ringed by stepped embankments made of the seven treasures. The lake has on all four sides seven balustrades, seven nettings, and seven rows of trees … and countless birds sing to each other peacefully as before. That Lake Sudarśana has a tree to its north named Āmra, which is 3.5 kilometers around and stands fifty kilometers tall. It’s branches and leaves spread out in all four directions to cover twenty-five kilometers.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

“The Sugati River flows east from Lake Sudarśana, and it’s a yojana wide. Its current flows gently without any rapids, and it’s covered with many flowers that float downstream smoothly. That river flows between two rows of various trees. Their branches are flexible, and their flowers and fruit are bountiful. Lush grass grows in clockwise coils on the land. It has the color of a peacock or a kingfisher and the fragrance of vārṣika flowers, and it’s soft as heavenly cloth. The ground is also soft to walk on. The earth sinks four inches and then springs back when one lifts their foot. The land is level like the palm of a hand, without any high or low points.

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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