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中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.23

中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.23

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Classical Chinese

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次東一院,名諸仙之院。門向南闢,堂樹充滿。中有一部天樂,三千種七寶所成,一一皆有七寶人擎持此樂。仙人若集,諸樂自鳴,奏神仙曲。佛入仙院為說法時,諸七寶人便奏六度四諦之曲。諸五通仙我慢山崩,或得三果,或入初地,不可具說。其樂聲聞一四天下。維衛佛時,香山中摩利大仙所造。佛去世後,文殊持來清冷山中。釋迦佛出,持詣祇洹。如來滅度,此樂自飛往清冷山金剛窟中。上七院者,竝在大門之東。

Next, the one compound to the east is named the Compound of the Rṣis. Its gate opens toward the south, full of halls and trees. In its midst is an ensemble of celestial instruments, formed of three thousand kinds of seven jewels, each supported and held by a seven-jeweled person. When the ṛṣis gather, the instruments sound by themselves, playing divine ṛṣi melodies. When the Buddha enters the Rṣi Compound to preach the Dharma for them, the seven-jeweled persons play melodies of the six perfections and the four truths. The mountain of self-conceit in the ṛṣis of the five superknowledges collapses; some attain the third fruit, and some enter the first stage, which cannot be recounted in full. The sound of this music is heard throughout the four continents. In the time of Vipaśyin Buddha, it was made by the great ṛṣi Māli in the Fragrant Mountain. After that Buddha passed away, Mañjuśrī brought it to Mount Qingliang. When Śākyamuni Buddha appeared, he brought it to the Jetavana. When the Tathāgata entered nirvāṇa, these instruments flew of themselves to the Vajra Cave in Mount Qingliang. The above seven compounds are all east of the great gate.

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