[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) › 2.27 # 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.27 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.27) 次西第三院，名陰陽書籍院。百億天下陰陽群籍總集此坊。佛開比丘一時有閱，為惟異術。有六小鼓，三金三銀，形如五升鉢，蓮花三莖用承此鼓，鼓上有日月天子像，手執金銀二搥。時至便擊，僧人如前聞聲開戶。比丘讀書，鼓聲不絕，便自開解，不勞人授。鼓音又說日月星辰、宮殿廣狹、度數之法，及百億世界陰陽異術。其白銀鼓者，月天子所造；黃金鼓者，日天子所造。及佛滅後上兜率宮。本院昔時有百億世界渾天圖及漏剋法，尺寸升𭽓，升合秤兩釐，撮籌量水為機關，竝是天龍、人功共造。諸渾天圖、日月星像竝用金銀。佛臨滅度，諸機關等，竝竝皆墮落，天文乖。佛滅既已，收入龍宮。 > Next, the third courtyard to the west is named the Courtyard of Books on Yin-Yang. The various books on yin-yang from ten billion worlds are all collected in this quarter. The Buddha permitted the bhikṣus to peruse them temporarily in order to contemplate heterodox arts. There are six small drums, three of gold and three of silver, shaped like five-pint bowls; three lotus stems support these drums, and atop the drums are images of the Sun and Moon Devas, holding gold and silver mallets in their hands. When the time arrives they strike them, and the monastery attendant, as before, hears the sound and opens the door. When a bhikṣu reads the books, the drum sounds continuously, and he naturally comprehends without needing anyone to instruct him. The drum's tones also explain the sun, moon, and stars, the extent of celestial palaces, the methods of degrees and measures, as well as the diverse yin-yang arts of ten billion worlds. The white silver drums were crafted by the Moon Deva; the yellow gold drums were crafted by the Sun Deva. After the Buddha entered extinction, they ascended to the Tuṣita Palace. Formerly, in this courtyard, there were armillary sphere charts and clepsydra mechanisms of ten billion worlds—measures of feet, inches, pints, pecks, pints, gills, steelyards, taels, fractions, and grains, with tallies measuring water as clockwork—all made through the combined craftsmanship of devas, nāgas, and humans. The armillary sphere charts and images of the sun, moon, and stars were all of gold and silver. As the Buddha neared extinction, these mechanisms and instruments all collapsed, and astronomical patterns fell into disorder. After the Buddha had passed into extinction, they were gathered into the nāga palace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.26) - [Next: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.28) - [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.2.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.27) · Pramāṇa