[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) › [中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899) › 1.52 # 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.52 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 1.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.1.52) 殿內大佛座，兩角各有玉塔。是迦葉如來因地時作。塔高丈六楞，一百三十層，通身一收玉也。塔中諸佛、菩薩、八部形相各有一百一十億，其像彫飾，希世難論。第十三層以下同須彌山層。四王下作釋迦佛初成道像、度五比丘，思惟三世諸佛皆此塔中說毘尼藏，我今亦請樓至比丘說大毘尼藏，凡八百億偈。昔佛在時，布薩說戒及以受戒，此塔常放光明，直照戒壇，化為臺蓋，應臺蓋中十方佛現，呵責破戒，讚持戒者。有得遇者，咸登九地，便入塔中。《正法念處經》此塔中說。至佛滅後，娑竭羅龍王收將在海。 > On the great Buddha throne inside the hall, each of the two corners has a jade stūpa. They were made by Kāśyapa Tathāgata when he was on the causal ground. The stūpas are sixteen cubits tall, multifaceted, with one hundred and thirty tiers, and their entire bodies are carved from a single piece of jade. Inside each stūpa, the forms of the Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and eight classes each number eleven billion; the carving and ornamentation of these images are of a rarity hard to describe. From the thirteenth tier down, they are modeled on the tiers of Mount Sumeru. Below the Four Kings are images of Śākyamuni Buddha newly attaining the Way and delivering the five bhikṣus. Reflecting that the Buddhas of the three periods of time all expounded the Vinayapiṭaka inside this stūpa, I now also request the bhikṣu Ruci to expound the great Vinayapiṭaka, consisting of eighty billion verses in all. In the past, when the Buddha was in the world, during the poṣadha, the recitation of the precepts, and the conferral of the precepts, this stūpa would constantly emit light shining straight onto the ordination platform, transforming into a canopy over the platform. Responsive to this, the Buddhas of the ten directions would manifest inside the canopy, rebuking those who broke the precepts and praising those who upheld them. Those who encountered this all ascended to the ninth ground and then entered within the stūpa. The Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra was expounded inside this stūpa. After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, Sāgara Nāgarāja gathered it up and took it into the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.1.51) - [Next: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.1.53) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899~en-mt.1.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.1.52) · Pramāṇa