[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) › 4.61 # 大唐西域記 4.61 大唐西域記 4.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.61) 釋、梵窣堵波前，是蓮華色苾芻尼欲先見佛，化作轉輪王處。如來自天宮還贍部洲也，時蘇部底（唐言善現。舊曰須扶提，或曰須菩提，譯曰善吉，皆訛也）宴坐石室，竊自思曰：「今佛還降，人、天導從，如我今者，何所宜行？甞聞佛說，知諸法空，體諸法性，是則以慧眼觀法身也。」時蓮華色苾芻尼欲初見佛，化為轉輪王，七寶導從，四兵警衛，至世尊所，復苾芻尼。如來告曰：「汝非初見。夫善現者，觀諸法空，是見法身。」 > Beside the precious ladder (temple), and not far from it, is a stūpa where there are traces left of the four past Buddhas, who sat and walked here. By the side of it is another stūpa. This is where Tathāgata, when in the world, bathed himself. By the side of this is a vihāra on the spot where Tathāgata entered Samādhi. By the side of the vihāra there is a long foundation wall 50 paces in length and 7 feet high; this is the place where Tathāgata took exercise. On the spots where his feet trod are figures of the lotus flower. On the right and left of the wall are (two) little stūpas, erected by Śakra and Brahma-rāja. In front of the stūpas of Śakra and Brahma is the place where Utpalavarṇā (Lien-hwa-sih) the Bhikshuṇī, wishing to be the first to see Buddha, was changed into a Chakravartin-rāja when Tathāgata was returning from the palace of Īśvara Deva to Jambudvīpa. At this time Subhūti (Su-pu-ti), quietly seated in his stone cell, thought thus with himself: "Now Buddha is returning down to dwell with men—angels lead and attend him. And now why should I go to the place? Have I not heard him declare that all existing things are void of reality? Since this is the nature of all things, I have already seen with my eyes of wisdom the spiritual (fa) body of Buddha. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World > At this time Utpalavarna bhikshuni, being anxious to be the first to see Buddha, was changed into a Chakravartin monarch, with the seven gems (ratnani) accompanying her, and with the four kinds of troops to escort and defend her. Coming to the place where the lord of the world was, she reassumed her form as a bhikshuni, on which Tathagata addressed her and said: "You are not the first to see me! Subhuti (Chen-hien), comprehending the emptiness of all things, he has beheld my spiritual body (dharmakaya)." Within the precinct of the sacred traces miracles are constantly exhibited. To the south-east of the great stupa is a Naga tank. He defends the sacred traces with care, and being thus spiritually protected, one cannot regard them lightly. Fire may effect their destruction, but no human power can do so. Going north-west from this less than 200 li, we come to the kingdom of Kie-po-kio-she (Kanyakubja). > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.60) - [Next: 4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.62) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.4.15.4) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.4.61) · Pramāṇa