中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.23

2.23

次北大院名為佛經行所。南開一門，中有大堂，前二珠柱，帝釋所作，晝夜常照。佛多遊此院中，莊嚴特高諸處，名花奇樹倍勝於前院。有兩部天樂，帝釋所施樂器，純以七寶作之，形小前樂。天諸童子六時常鼓，有三萬餘種。未奏之前，諸樂音中，多說六波羅蜜行，又說持成功德，讚嘆受行者。舍衛城中根不具者，聞音得具。破戒人聞，悲泣發露，戒根還生。及迦葉登壇，殯二聖已，阿難昇座已，諸天童子還奏此樂，音中所說過去諸佛行毘尼法，又說釋迦如來教勅弟子行戒律事。諸天龍八部聞皆悲泣。至結集了，兜率諸天將上天去。今在彌勒佛所。

Next, the great courtyard to the north is named the Place of the Buddha's Walking Meditation. A single gate opens to the south. In the center is a great hall, before which are two jeweled pillars made by Śakra, shining constantly day and night. The Buddha frequented this courtyard often, its adornments far surpassing other places, with renowned flowers and wondrous trees doubly superior to the previous courtyard. There are two suites of heavenly music; the instruments offered by Śakra are made purely of the seven treasures, smaller in form than the previous instruments. Heavenly youths constantly drum them throughout the six periods of the day, with over thirty thousand varieties. Before they are played, within the musical tones, they mostly speak of the practices of the six pāramitās, and also speak of the virtues of upholding and accomplishing them, praising those who receive and practice them. Those in the city of Śrāvastī whose faculties are deficient obtain wholeness upon hearing the tones. When those who have broken the precepts hear them, they weep, confess, and their precept-roots are restored. When Kāśyapa ascended the platform, having interred the two holy ones, and Ānanda mounted the seat, the heavenly youths played this music again, the sounds proclaiming the Vinaya methods practiced by past Buddhas, and also speaking of Śākyamuni Tathāgata instructing his disciples in the practice of the vinaya precepts. Hearing this, all the eight classes of devas and nāgas wept. When the compilation was completed, the Tuṣita devas took it up to the heavens. It is now at Maitreya Buddha's dwelling.