[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) › 2.13 # 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.13 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.13) 中院東門之左自分五院。南頭巷南又分兩院，西名持律，東曰戒壇。律院三門惟不開，中有大堂，律部律師多集住。中房遶三匝，諸持律眾於此諮受。有銅鐘，重三萬斤，四王共造。欲集大千聖眾，目連以神通力擊之，臺高七丈，鐘形如漢地者，四面多有日月星辰、山川河海之像，又有升\[百\*(升-┬+下)\]秤尺等像，四眾常集。凡僧打者，亦聞三千界也。然目連所擊，隨所為事立中造知；凡夫打者，出聲而已。 > To the left of the east gate of the central courtyard, it is divided into five courtyards. South of the south-end alley it is further divided into two courtyards: the western is called the Vinaya-Observance \[Courtyard\], and the eastern is named the Ordination Platform \[Courtyard\]. The three gates of the Vinaya Courtyard are never left unopened; in the center is a great hall where Vinaya masters of the Vinaya school mostly gather and dwell. Surrounding the middle rooms are three circuits, where the Vinaya-observing assembly receives instruction. There is a bronze bell weighing thirty thousand catties, made jointly by the Four Heavenly Kings. When wishing to assemble the holy multitude of the trichiliocosm, Maudgalyāyana struck it with his supernatural power. The tower is seventy feet high, and the bell is shaped like those of the land of Han; on its four sides are mostly images of the sun, moon, stars, constellations, mountains, streams, rivers, and oceans, as well as images of dry measures, balances, and rulers; the four assemblies constantly gather. When struck by ordinary monks, it is also heard throughout the three thousand realms. However, when struck by Maudgalyāyana, according to the matter at hand, comprehension arose immediately; when struck by ordinary men, it merely produced sound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.12) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.14) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899~en-mt.2.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.13) · Pramāṇa