中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.50

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次北有大佛殿，高廣映奪諸院。飛廊兩注，及宇憑空。東西夾殿。大樹莊嚴，冬夏常榮，重陰蔽日。殿內簷下，角內有二香山，是往古毘婆竭羅龍王所造。初成之日，始由乾陀山高（半山王）。凡夫所見，止高一丈二尺。其形一同須彌半要以下，全用金銀。頂有大池，四面獸頭，狀等阿耨達池。山有樹林，花菓山王，四面莊嚴，皆用四寶所成。山色多有紫檀、牛頭、沈水等樹。花如車輪，凡夫見者止如錢大。至六齋日花悉開。水流下地，都不見山，所有樹木皆能說法。山下九龍常吐香雲，出水香潔。於六齋日，病者飲之，無不即愈。如來有時與十方佛來集說法，感百億諸佛、菩薩、天龍八部悉入山中。聲聞眾中十大弟子亦得從入。諸餘事相，說不可盡。

Next to the north is the Great Buddha Hall, whose height and breadth outshine and overpower all other courtyards. Flying corridors slope down on both sides, and the eaves hang in the open air. Flanking halls stand to the east and west. Grand trees provide magnificent adornment, flourishing constantly in winter and summer, their heavy shade shielding out the sun. Under the eaves inside the hall, within the corners, are two Fragrant Mountains, which were built in ancient times by the nāgarāja Vibhakāra. On the day they were first completed, their height was just that of Mount Gandhamādana (half of the mountain king). What ordinary people see is only one zhang and two chi high. Their shape is completely identical to Mount Sumeru from the waist down, entirely made of gold and silver. Atop them are large ponds with animal heads on four sides, identical in form to Lake Anavatapta. On the mountains are forests; as kings of flowering and fruiting mountains, adorned on all four sides, they are all made of the four jewels. The mountain colors feature many trees such as red sandalwood, ox-head [sandalwood], and aloeswood. The flowers are as large as chariot wheels, but ordinary people who see them find them only as large as coins. On the six fast days, the flowers all bloom. The water flows down to the ground, so that the mountain is completely unseen, and all the trees are able to expound the Dharma. Beneath the mountains, nine dragons constantly exhale fragrant clouds and emit clean, sweet-smelling water. On the six fast days, if the sick drink it, there is none who is not instantly cured. Sometimes, the Tathāgata comes to assemble with the Buddhas of the ten directions to expound the Dharma, inspiring a thousand million Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and the eight classes of devas and nāgas to all enter the mountains. Among the śrāvaka assembly, the ten great disciples also gain entry. The remaining details are impossible to recount fully.