中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.32

1.32

居士院北別有兩院。西畔一院，名文殊師利菩薩之院。其門向南巷開。此大菩薩時處其此中。內有佛堂，具足莊嚴，花池林竹，天人集會，弘揚正化，度脫有緣。有大鐘臺，并有大鼓，銀口金面。文殊為諸菩薩說六度者，鼓說六度，餘法亦爾。其鼓從他化天來此供養。佛涅槃後，還返天上。振聲聞三千大千世界，地獄聞者離苦解脫。

North of the Courtyard of the Upāsakas, there are two separate courtyards. The one on the western side is called the Courtyard of Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva. Its gate opens to the southern lane. This great bodhisattva constantly resides within it. Inside is a Buddha hall, fully adorned, with flower ponds and groves of bamboo; devas and humans assemble here, promoting the correct conversion and liberating those with the karmic affinity. There is a great bell tower, as well as a great drum with a silver rim and a gold face. When Mañjuśrī expounds the Six Perfections to the bodhisattvas, the drum expounds the Six Perfections, and it is likewise for the rest of the teachings. This drum came from the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven to make offerings here. After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, it returned to the heavens. Its reverberating sound is heard throughout the trichiliocosm, and those in the hells who hear it are freed from suffering and attain liberation.