佛祖統紀 34.45

34.45

On the fifteenth day of the fourth month, Mahākāśyapa ascended Mount Sumeru (here translated as 'Wonderfully High') and struck a bronze gaṇḍī (strike: pronounced 'zhi-gua', meaning to strike; gaṇḍī: pronounced 'qian-di'. The treatises on phonology say: a bell; moreover, whatever wood or metal can be struck are all generally referred to by this name), gathering one thousand arhats (here translated as 'unborn') to compile the Dharma-piṭaka (collating all Dharma principles and gathering them into texts; the three—sūtras, vinaya, and treatises—are collectively called the Dharma-piṭaka). Ānanda saluted the Saṃgha, mounted the seat, and proclaimed: 'Thus have I heard: at one time the Buddha was dwelling in such-and-such place' (this phrase is placed at the beginning of all sūtras). Kāśyapa and the great assembly all shed tears: 'Yesterday we saw the Buddha, and today he is already described as "I heard"' (Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa).