[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) › 37.23 # 佛祖統紀 37.23 佛祖統紀 37.23 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [37.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.37.23) 中大通元年。京城大疫。帝於重雲殿為百姓設救苦齋。以身為禱。復幸同泰寺。設四部無遮大會。披法衣行清淨大舍。素床瓦器乘小車。親升法座為眾開涅槃經題群臣以錢一億萬奉贖。皇帝設道俗大齋五萬人。 > In the first year of the Zhongdatong reign era, a great epidemic struck the capital. The Emperor held a vegetarian feast for relieving suffering in the Chongyun Hall on behalf of the common people, praying with his own body. He visited Tongtai Monastery again and held a great, unrestricted assembly (mahā-pañcavārṣika) for the fourfold community. Wearing Dharma robes, he practiced the great renunciation of purity, using a plain couch and earthenware vessels, riding in a small carriage. He personally ascended the Dharma throne to explain the title of the \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\* for the assembly. The ministers ransomed him with one hundred million coins. The Emperor held a great vegetarian feast for fifty thousand monastics and laypeople. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.37.22) - [Next: 37.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.37.24) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.37) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.37.23) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.37.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.37.23) · Pramāṇa