大唐西域記 2.51
大唐西域記 2.51
- Language
- Classical Chinese
2.51
脇尊者室東有故房,世親菩薩於此製《阿毘達磨俱舍論》,人而敬之,封以記焉。
Doubtless you know how to eat (and that is all)!" Then Pars'vika, hearing such railing speeches, gave up the world and made this vow, "Until I thoroughly penetrate the wisdom of the three Pitakas and get rid of the evil desire of the three worlds, till I obtain the six miraculous powers and reach the eight deliverances (vimokshas), I will not lie down to rest (my side shall not touch the sleeping mat)." From that day forth the day was not enough for him to walk in meditation or to sit upright in deep thought. In the daytime he studied incessantly the doctrine of the sublime principles (of Buddhism), and at night he sat silently meditating in unbroken thought. After three years he obtained insight into the three pitakas, and shook off all worldly desires, and obtained the threefold knowledge. Then people called him the honourable Parsvika and paid him reverence. To the east of Parsvika's chamber is an old building in which Vasubandhu Bodhisattva prepared the 'O-pi-ta-mo-ku-she-lun (Abhidharmakosha sastra); men, out of respect to him, have placed here a commemorative tablet to this effect. To the south of Vasubandhu's house, about fifty paces or so, is a second storied-pavilion in which Manorhita, a master of sastras, composed the Vibhasha sastra. This learned doctor flourished in the midst of the thousand years after the Nirvdna of Buddha. In his youth he was devoted to study and had distinguished talent.
Translations (1)
- Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World — Samuel Beal 1884, English
Linked texts (1)
- Abhidharmakośa — Vasubandhu, Sanskrit