The Long Āgama Sūtra 30.42
長阿含經 30.42
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30.42
「善見池南出妙體河,善見池西出妙味河,善見池北出光影河,亦復如是。善見池東有園林名善見,縱廣百由旬,遶園四邊有七重欄楯、七重羅網、七重行樹,雜色間廁,七寶所成,其園四面有四大門,周匝欄楯,皆七寶成。園內清淨,無有荊棘,其地平正,無有溝㵎、坑坎、陵阜,亦無蚊虻、蠅蚤虱、蚖蛇、蜂蝎、虎狼、惡獸,地純眾寶,無有石沙,陰陽調柔,四氣和順,不寒不熱,無眾惱患,其地潤澤,無有塵穢,如油塗地,遊塵不起,百草常生,無有冬夏,樹木繁茂,花果熾盛,地生濡草,盤縈右旋,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。
“The Wondrous Body River flows south from Lake Sudarśana … The Wondrous Flavor River flows west from Lake Sudarśana … The Reflection River flows north from Lake Sudarśana in the same way.
“East of Lake Sudarśana, there’s a park named Sudarśana, which is a hundred yojanas across. It’s surrounded on all four sides with seven balustrades, seven nettings, and seven rows of trees of a mixture of assorted colors that are made of the seven treasures.
“That park has four large gates on its four sides, and it’s surrounded by a balustrade made of the seven treasures. Inside the park, it’s clean and devoid of brambles. The ground is level without any gullies, pits, or hills, nor does it have biting and stinging insects, venomous snakes, scorpions, tigers, and other dangerous animals. The earth is made purely of many treasures, without any stones or sand. The weather is mild, and the seasons are gentle, being neither cold nor hot. There isn’t any kind of trouble.
“That land is moist. Dust and dirt doesn’t kick up, as though it were a wetland. There isn’t any dust that blows around. A hundred kinds of grass grow constantly, for there isn’t any winter or summer. The trees are abundant, 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.]
Translations (2)
- The Long Discourses (selected sūtras) — Charles Patton, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation