[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) › [歷代三寶紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034) › 7.34 # 歷代三寶紀 7.34 歷代三寶紀 7.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.34) 右三部合一十一卷。元帝世。西域沙門帛尸梨蜜多羅。晉言吉友。國王之子。當承世位以國讓弟。暗軌太伯悟心內啟。遂為沙門。天姿高朗風神俊邁。直爾對之。便已卓然。出於物表。況其聰辯言晤者乎。丞相王導一見而奇之。以為吾之徒也。由是顯名。導嘗謂蜜曰。外國有君一人而已耳。蜜笑而答曰。若使貧道如檀越為。今日豈得歷遊至此。時人以為佳對。善持呪術所向皆驗。盛行建康。時人呼為高座法師。又授弟子覓曆高聲梵唄。傳響迄今。 > The above three works, totaling eleven fascicles, were translated during the reign of Emperor Yuan by the Western Regions śramaṇa Śrīmitra, whose name in Jin means 'Auspicious Friend'. He was the son of a king; due to inherit the royal throne, he yielded the realm to his younger brother, silently emulating Taibo as inner awakening arose in his heart, whereupon he became a śramaṇa. His natural endowment was lofty and luminous, and his demeanor spirited and preeminent. Merely to encounter him face-to-face was already to find him extraordinary and transcending the worldly realm, to say nothing of his keen eloquence in conversation. Chancellor Wang Dao admired him greatly upon first meeting him, considering him one of his own kind; through this, \[Śrīmitra's\] fame spread widely. Wang Dao once said to \[Śrī\]mitra: 'In foreign lands, there is only you as an exemplary gentleman.' Mitra laughed and replied: 'If this poor monk were like you, the Dānapati, how could I have journeyed all the way here today?' People of the time considered this an excellent retort. He was skilled in dhāraṇī practices, and all his rituals proved efficacious; he was widely popular in Jiankang, and the people of that era called him the High Seat Master of the Dharma. He also instructed his disciples, such as Mili, in high-voiced Sanskrit chanting, whose echoes have been handed down to the present day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.33) - [Next: 7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.35) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034~en-mt.7.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2034.7.34) · Pramāṇa