佛祖歷代通載 1.188

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（六）　妙高山者。有四層級。始從水際向上相去十千由旬。即初層級。從妙高山傍出十六千由旬。向上相去一萬由旬。即二層級。傍出八千由旬。向上相去一萬由旬。即三層級。傍出四千由旬。向上相去一萬由旬。即四層級。傍出二千由旬。彼妙高山。其頂四角。各秀一峯。高四由旬半。廣百二十五由旬。周圍五百由旬。有藥叉神於中止住。是山頂上三十三天。中央城曰善見。純金所成。高一由旬半。面各二千五百由旬。周萬由旬。其城體金。俱用百一雜寶嚴飾。其地柔軟如兜羅綿。是城四面有一萬六千寶柱寶桴寶椽寶簷。四面四門又有千數𨵗一小門。四大衢道有諸小衢。其四門側。五百天子皆服堅鎧守護是門。城中有帝釋殿曰最勝處。亦曰殊勝殿。其狀四方。高四百由旬半。面各二百五十由旬。周千由旬。百一却敵。一一却敵各有七樓。一一寶樓各七小樓。一一小樓各七池沼。一一池沼各七蓮華。一一華上各有七數童男童女。奏種種樂。歌舞歡娛。善見城東有諸所乘。曰眾車苑。高千由旬。南臨戰處曰麁惡苑。西諸行處曰相雜苑。北游戲處名歡喜苑。縱廣同前。其苑等外度二十由旬有善地。曰眾車麁惡相雜歡喜。量同四苑。善見東北有如意樹。名波利闍多。亦名圓生樹。根深五十由旬。高百由旬。枝條傍布五十由旬。能施欲樂。下有盤石。曰阿㗚摩麗歌。色白如㲲面各五十由旬。周二百由旬。善見西南諸天集處。名善法堂。周九百由旬。其狀圓相。是堂中央有帝釋座。純金所成。其座周圍有三十二輔臣之座。咸皆布列。三十三天。向上度八萬由旬。於空界中依風而住。諸寶所成○離諍天宮。量若妙高山頂二倍。上度一億六萬由旬。於空界中依風而住。諸寶所成○兜率天宮量如離諍。縱廣二倍。上度三洛叉二萬由旬。於空界中依風而住。諸寶所成○化樂天宮量如兜率。縱廣二倍。上度六洛叉四萬由旬。於空界中依風而住。諸寶所成○他化自在天宮量同化樂。縱廣二倍。此即欲界。上有初禪。如是四洲七山妙高輪圍欲界六天并初禪等。謂四洲界一數至千為小千界。一小鐵圍山圍繞。此小千界一數至千為中千界。一中鐵圍山圍繞。此中千界一數至千為三千大千世界。一大鐵圍山圍繞。如是有百億數四洲界等皆悉行布。鐵圍山等諸洲山間黑暗之處。無有晝夜舉手無見○初禪天量等四洲界○二禪天量等小千界○三禪天量等中千界。○四禪天量等三千大千世界。其相去量皆倍倍增。謂曰色界○無色界者。無別處所。若有生者何處命終。即彼生處住無色定。故曰無色。

(6) Mount Meru has four tiers. Beginning from the edge of the water and extending upward for ten thousand yojanas is the first tier, protruding sixteen thousand yojanas from the flanks of Mount Meru. Ascending ten thousand yojanas higher is the second tier, protruding eight thousand yojanas. Ascending ten thousand yojanas higher is the third tier, protruding four thousand yojanas. Ascending ten thousand yojanas higher is the fourth tier, protruding two thousand yojanas. On the summit of Mount Meru, at each of the four corners, a peak rises, four and a half yojanas high, one hundred twenty-five yojanas wide, and five hundred yojanas in circumference; yakṣa deities abide upon them. On the top of this mountain are the Thirty-Three Gods. The central city is called Sudarśana; made of pure gold, it is one and a half yojanas high, two thousand five hundred yojanas on each side, and ten thousand yojanas in circumference. The substance of the city is gold, and it is entirely adorned with one hundred and one various jewels. Its ground is soft, like cotton from the tūla tree. On the four sides of this city there are sixteen thousand jeweled pillars, jeweled beams, jeweled rafters, and jeweled eaves. On the four sides are four gates, and there are also a thousand minus one small gates. There are four great avenues, which have various small alleys. Beside the four gates, five hundred devaputras, all clad in firm armor, guard these gates. Within the city is Śakra's palace, called the Most Victorious Place, also called the Palace of Excellence. Its shape is square, four hundred and a half yojanas high, two hundred fifty yojanas on each side, and one thousand yojanas in circumference, with one hundred and one battlements. Each battlement has seven pavilions; each jeweled pavilion has seven small pavilions; each small pavilion has seven ponds; each pond has seven lotus flowers; upon each flower are seven boys and seven girls playing various kinds of music, singing and dancing in joyful revelry. East of Sudarśana City is the place of various mounts, called the Park of Chariots, one thousand yojanas high. To the south, facing the place of battle, is the Park of Harshness. To the west, the place for various strolls, is the Park of Assorted Pleasures. To the north, the place for games and roaming, is called the Park of Delight. Their length and breadth are the same as the former. Extending twenty yojanas outside these parks are fine lands, called Chariot, Harsh, Assorted, and Delightful, equal in measure to the four parks. Northeast of Sudarśana is a wish-fulfilling tree named Pārijāta, also called the Tree of Rounded Growth. Its roots go fifty yojanas deep, its height is one hundred yojanas, and its branches spread fifty yojanas to the sides, able to bestow the pleasures of desire. Beneath it is a flat stone called *Armalikā(?), white in color like fine cotton cloth, fifty yojanas on each side and two hundred yojanas in circumference. Southwest of Sudarśana is the gathering place of the gods, named the Hall of the Good Dharma, nine hundred yojanas in circumference, circular in shape. In the center of this hall is Śakra's throne, made of pure gold. Surrounding this throne are the seats of the thirty-two auxiliary ministers, all arranged in rows. Ascending eighty thousand yojanas above the Thirty-Three Gods, dwelling upon the wind in the realm of empty space and made of various jewels, is the palace of the Yāma Heaven, twice the measure of the summit of Mount Meru. Ascending one hundred sixty thousand yojanas higher, dwelling upon the wind in the realm of empty space and made of various jewels, is the palace of the Tuṣita Heaven, twice the length and breadth of Yāma. Ascending three hundred twenty thousand yojanas higher, dwelling upon the wind in the realm of empty space and made of various jewels, is the palace of the Nirmāṇarati Heaven, twice the length and breadth of Tuṣita. Ascending six hundred forty thousand yojanas higher, dwelling upon the wind in the realm of empty space and made of various jewels, is the palace of the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heaven, twice the length and breadth of Nirmāṇarati. This is the desire realm. Above it is the First Dhyāna. A world-realm of four continents, with its seven mountains, Mount Meru, the surrounding mountain range, the six heavens of the desire realm, and the First Dhyāna, counted from one up to a thousand, constitutes a minor chiliocosm, encircled by a minor Iron Enclosing Mountain. These minor chiliocosms, counted from one up to a thousand, constitute a medium chiliocosm, encircled by a medium Iron Enclosing Mountain. These medium chiliocosms, counted from one up to a thousand, constitute a great trichiliocosm, encircled by a Great Iron Enclosing Mountain. In this way, there are ten billion such four-continent world-realms and the like, all distributed in order. In the dark spaces between the Iron Enclosing Mountains and the various continents and mountains, there is neither day nor night, and one cannot see one's raised hand. The measure of the First Dhyāna Heaven equals a four-continent world-realm. The measure of the Second Dhyāna Heaven equals a minor chiliocosm. The measure of the Third Dhyāna Heaven equals a medium chiliocosm. The measure of the Fourth Dhyāna Heaven equals a great trichiliocosm. Their distances between each other double progressively; these are called the form realm. As for the formless realm, it has no distinct physical location. If there are beings born there, wherever they die, in that very place they abide in the formless absorptions; therefore it is called formless.