[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) › [大唐西域記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087) › 3.34 # 大唐西域記 3.34 大唐西域記 3.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.3.34) 窣堵波側不遠，有白衣外道本師悟所求理初說法處，今有封記，傍建天祠。其徒苦行，晝夜精勤，不遑寧息。本師所說之法，多竊佛經之義，隨類設法，擬則軌儀。大者謂苾芻，小者稱沙彌。威儀律行，頗同僧法。唯留少髮，加之露形，或有所服，白色為異，據斯流別，稍用區分。其天師像，竊類如來，衣服為差，相好無異。 > By the side there is a sanghārāma, which for a long time has been without priests. By the side of the stūpa, and not far off, is the spot where the original teacher of the white-robed heretics arrived at the knowledge of the principles he sought, and first preached the law. There is an inscription placed there to that effect. By the side of this spot is a temple of the Dēvas. The persons who frequent it subject themselves to austerities ; day and night they use constant diligence without relaxation. The laws of their founder are mostly filched from the principles of the books of Buddha. These men are of different classes, and select their rules and frame their precepts accordingly. The great ones are called Bhikshus; the younger are called Sramaneras. In their ceremonies and modes of life they greatly resemble the priests (of Buddha), only they have a little twist of hair on their heads, and they go naked. Moreover, what clothes they chance to wear are white. Such are the slight differences which distinguish them from others. The figure of their sacred master they stealthily class with that of Tathagata; it differs only in point of clothing; the points of beauty are absolutely the same. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.3.33) - [Next: 3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.3.35) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.3) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.3.4.3) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.3.34) · Pramāṇa