[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 34.41 # 佛祖統紀 34.41 佛祖統紀 34.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [34.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.41) 五十三年（壬申）二月十五日。佛在拘尸那城（此云三角）力士生地娑羅雙樹間（此云堅固）臨涅槃時（此云滅度）出大音聲普告大眾。今日世尊將欲涅槃。復從面門放種種光。遍照十方。大眾集已。而為說法。我今所有無上正法悉已付囑摩訶迦葉。當為汝等作大依止猶如如來。復告大眾。今以正法付囑國王大臣及四部眾。應當勸厲諸學人令得增上戒定慧。爾時世尊於七寶床右脇而臥。中夜寂然無聲。是時娑羅雙樹垂覆寶床。慘然變白。猶如白鶴。大眾哀聲普振世界。時大眾共扶如來入金棺中。世尊大悲。即自舉棺遶城七匝至荼毘所。大眾以妙香木成大香樓舉棺樓上。佛為迦葉復現雙足千輻輪相。出於棺外。迦葉禮讚。金剛雙足還自入棺。從心胸中火涌棺外。漸漸荼毘。經于七日香樓乃盡（已上並涅槃經。荼毘又闍維耶旬。此云焚燒）。 > In the fifty-third year (renshin), on the fifteenth day of the second month, the Buddha was in the city of Kuśinagara (translated as 'triangle'), the birthplace of the Mallas, between the twin śāla trees (translated as 'firm and solid'). On the verge of nirvāṇa (translated as 'extinction and crossing over'), he emitted a great voice, broadly announcing to the great assembly: 'Today the World-Honoured One is about to enter nirvāṇa.' Then from his mouth he emitted various radiances, shining everywhere through the ten directions. After the great assembly had gathered, he preached the Dharma for them: 'All the unsurpassed true Dharma that I now possess has been entrusted to Mahākāśyapa; he shall serve as your great refuge, just like the Tathāgata.' He further told the great assembly: 'Now I entrust the true Dharma to kings, ministers, and the fourfold assembly; you should exhort and encourage all students to attain superior morality, concentration, and wisdom.' At that time, the World-Honoured One lay on his right side on a seven-jeweled couch. In the middle of the night, all was silent without a sound. At this time, the twin śāla trees drooped and covered the jeweled couch, mournfully turning white like white cranes. The sorrowful cries of the great assembly shook the entire world. Then the great assembly together helped the Tathāgata into a golden coffin. Out of great compassion, the World-Honoured One himself lifted the coffin, circled the city seven times, and arrived at the cremation ground. Using fine aromatic wood, the assembly built a great fragrant tower and lifted the coffin onto it. For Kāśyapa's sake, the Buddha once again made his two feet with the marks of thousand-spoked wheels appear outside the coffin. Kāśyapa bowed in reverence and praised him; the adamantine feet returned into the coffin on their own. Fire welled up from his heart and chest outside the coffin, gradually cremating him. Only after seven days was the fragrant tower exhausted. (All the above is from the Nirvāṇa Sūtra. Cremation is also jhāpita, here translated as 'cremation by fire'.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 34.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.40) - [Next: 34.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.42) - [Up: 34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.34.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.34.41) · Pramāṇa