[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) › 2.7 # 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.7 中天竺舍衛國祇洹寺圖經 2.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.7) 極北重閣三重又高前殿，花飾秀峙，晃朗太虛。此三殿閣次第重映，北望極目殆非人謀，並是古仙住。所有形像，各施寶座，極世珍奇。如來隨時集眾而止，故廿五載多住不移。至於夏中，住於重閣，經中所謂重閣講堂，即其處也。或登上下機轉待緣，不定恒准，閣中但有諸座，無餘形像。莊嚴之事如常所云，閣北桓牆周匝四面，皆覆廊廡，朱粉莊嚴之，無有闕處。東西二庫在牆兩角。（名為佛庫，諸有花香供具多集其中，時於十方而作佛事也。） > At the extreme north, a triple multi-storied pavilion rises higher still than the front hall, its floral adornments towering prominently, brightly illuminating the great void. These three halls and pavilions cast their reflections in succession; gazing north as far as the eye can see, they seem scarcely within human contrivance, being all abodes of ancient sages. In all the images therein, precious pedestals are individually set up, the rarest wonders of the world. The Tathāgata assembled the congregation and dwelt there according to the season, so for twenty-five years he mostly remained without moving. When summer arrived, he dwelt in the multi-storied pavilion; the multi-storied lecture hall mentioned in the sutras is precisely this place. Whether ascending or descending, his actions adapted to circumstances, not fixed by a constant standard; within the pavilion there are only seats, with no other images. Its adornments are as usually described. North of the pavilion, enclosing walls surround the four sides, all covered by verandas and colonnades, adorned with vermilion and powder, without any defect. Two storehouses, east and west, stand at the two corners of the wall. (They are called the Buddha's storehouses, where flowers, incenses, and offering utensils are mostly gathered, and from time to time Buddha-work is performed in the ten directions.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.6) - [Next: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.8) - [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.2.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1899.2.7) · Pramāṇa