[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [金剛般若疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699) › 1.24.4 # 金剛般若疏 1.24.4 金剛般若疏 1.24.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.24.4) 』舍利弗言：『汝於過去毘波尸佛時，亦於此地為彼佛起精舍，而此蟻子在此中生，乃至今日，凡九十一劫受一種身，不得解脫。 生死長遠，唯福是要，不可不勤。 』是故身子慘傷，長者悲愍也。 長者起精舍，用妙栴檀為香泥別房，住止千二百人，凡一百二十處，打揵槌施設，欲往請佛。 復思惟：『上有國王，應當令知。 若不啟白，儻有瞋恨。 』往白波斯匿王：『我為佛已起精舍，願大王遣使請佛。 』時王聞已，遣使詣王舍城，請佛及僧，願臨覆舍衛國。 爾時，世尊與四部眾前後圍繞，放光動地，至舍衛國。 漸近城邊，一切大眾持諸供具，迎待世尊。 到已，放大光明，以指案，三千世界皆悉震動，伎樂不鼓自鳴，一切聾盲拘癖皆得具足。 一切人民覩佛歡喜，十八億人民竝聚佛所。 世尊爾時隨病為說法藥，各得道迹。 」須達造精舍因緣事如是。 言「祇陀」者，真諦三藏云「外國應云鳩摩羅祇陀，此云童真太子。 又云祇陀者，此云戰勝。 昔有兵賊，欲破舍衛，波斯匿王遂拒破賊。 宮人啟云：『生於太子。 』因以立名，故名戰勝。 」須達多者，此云善與，父母無兒，就神乞之，夢中得兒，故名善與。 彼土曾十二年中不雨，而須達巨富，賑濟貧乏，故名給孤獨長者。 今言「祇樹給孤獨園」者，此是君臣兩舉，通別二名。 祇陀是君名，給孤獨即是臣稱； 樹是其別所，園即是通處。 又祇樹是門處，故前明； 園是精舍，故後舉。 又祇陀是本稱，給孤是末名。 真諦三藏云「須達為過去第四鳩留村馱佛已於此地起精舍，爾時此地廣四十里，佛及人壽四萬歲。 須達爾時名毘沙長者，以金板布地，寶衣覆之，供養佛也。 第五俱那含牟尼佛時，人及佛壽三萬歲。 爾時須達名大家主長者，以銀布地，滿中乳牛之子，以為供養。 爾時地廣三十里。 第六迦葉佛壽及人三萬歲，須達爾時名大番悉長者，以七寶布地，地廣二十里，以為供養。 第七釋迦佛及人壽百歲，地廣十里，以金布地，此處供養。 彌勒出世，地還廣四十里，以七寶布地以為供養。 佛及人壽八萬歲，須達爾時名儴佉王。 儴佉王，此云螺王，其色白如螺也。 出家得成羅漢。 又須知此處是般若處、般若依果，其猶彌勒樓館，亦如法尚香城也。 > Śāriputra said: ‘In the past, at the time of Vipaśyin Buddha, you also built a vihāra for that Buddha on this ground, and these ants were born here; down to the present day, over ninety-one kalpas, they have received this same body without attaining liberation. Saṃsāra is long and distant; only merit is essential, and one cannot fail to be diligent.’ Therefore Śāriputra felt sorrow, and the elder felt pity. The elder built the vihāra, using exquisite sandalwood for fragrant clay in separate chambers, housing one thousand two hundred people across one hundred twenty locations. Having struck the gaṇḍī and set up the arrangements, he wished to go invite the Buddha. He further thought: ‘Above is the king of the country, who should be informed. If I do not report to him, there might be resentment.’ He went to report to King Prasenajit: ‘I have built a vihāra for the Buddha; may the Great King send an envoy to invite the Buddha.’ Hearing this, the king sent an envoy to Rājagṛha to invite the Buddha and the saṅgha, praying that they would visit and grace Śrāvastī. At that time, surrounded before and behind by the fourfold assembly, the World-Honoured One emitted light and shook the earth, arriving at Śrāvastī. As he approached the city wall, the entire great assembly, holding various offerings, went out to welcome and await the World-Honoured One. Having arrived, he emitted a great light and pressed down with his toes, shaking the entire trichiliocosm; musical instruments played without being struck, and all the deaf, blind, and crippled were healed. All the people rejoiced upon seeing the Buddha, and 1.8 billion people gathered at the Buddha’s place. At that time, the World-Honoured One expounded the medicine of the Dharma according to their ailments, and each attained the fruits of the path.’ Such were the circumstances of Sudatta’s construction of the vihāra. Regarding ‘Jeta’, Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha says: ‘In foreign lands it should be Kumāra-Jeta, which means Prince Kumāra. It is also said that Jeta means “victorious in battle”. In the past, bandits wished to conquer Śrāvastī, but King Prasenajit repelled and defeated the bandits. A palace attendant reported: “A prince has been born.” Thus he was named after this, hence the name Victorious in Battle.’ ‘Sudatta’ means ‘Good Giver’. His parents had no child and prayed to the spirits; they obtained a son in a dream, hence the name Good Giver. In that land, it had once not rained for twelve years, yet Sudatta was immensely wealthy and provided relief to the impoverished and destitute; therefore he was called the Elder Anāthapiṇḍada. Now as for ‘Jetavana Anāthapiṇḍadārāma’, this mentions both lord and minister, two names general and specific. Jeta is the lord’s name, and Anāthapiṇḍada is the minister’s designation; the trees are the specific location, and the park is the general place. Furthermore, Jeta’s trees are the gate area, hence explained first; the park is the vihāra, hence mentioned second. Furthermore, Jeta is the original name, and Anāthapiṇḍada is the later name. Tripiṭaka Master Paramārtha says: ‘Sudatta had already built a vihāra on this ground for the past fourth Buddha, Krakucchanda. At that time, this ground was forty li wide, and the lifespan of the Buddha and humans was forty thousand years. Sudatta was then named Elder Viśākha, and he paved the ground with gold plates and covered them with precious robes to make offerings to the Buddha. At the time of the fifth Buddha, Kanakamuni, the lifespan of humans and the Buddha was thirty thousand years. At that time Sudatta was named Elder Mahāgṛhapati, and he paved the ground with silver, filling it with young dairy cows as an offering. At that time, the ground was thirty li wide. Under the sixth Buddha, Kāśyapa, the lifespan of the Buddha and humans was thirty thousand years; Sudatta was then named Elder Mahāvaṃśa, and he paved the ground with seven treasures, twenty li wide, to make offerings. Under the seventh, Śākya\[muni\] Buddha, the lifespan of the Buddha and humans is a hundred years, and the ground is ten li wide, paved with gold to make offerings here. When Maitreya appears in the world, the ground will again be forty li wide, paved with seven treasures to make offerings. The lifespan of the Buddha and humans will be eighty thousand years, and Sudatta will then be named King Śaṅkha. King Śaṅkha means Conch King, as his color will be as white as a conch. He will go forth from household life and become an arhat. Furthermore, one must know that this place is the site of prajñā, the resultant support of prajñā, just like Maitreya’s tower and like the fragrant city of Dharmodgata.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.24.3) - [Next: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.25) - [Up: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699~en-mt.1.24.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1699.1.24.4) · Pramāṇa