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大唐西域記 5.43

大唐西域記 5.43

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Classical Chinese

5.43

城東南不遠,有故伽藍,具史羅長者舊園也。中有窣堵波,無憂王之所建立,高二百餘尺。如來於此數年說法。其側則有過去四佛座及經行遺迹之所,復有如來髮、爪窣堵波。伽藍東南重閣上有故塼室,世親菩薩嘗住此中作《唯識論》破斥小乘,難諸外道。

About 100 paces to the east of the vihara are the signs of the walking and sitting of the four former Buddhas. By the side of this, and not far off, is a well used by Tathagata, and a bathing-house. The well still has water in it, but the house has long been destroyed. Within the city, at the south-east angle of it, is an old habitation, the ruins of which only exist. This is the house of Ghoshira (Kiu-shi-lo) the nobleman. In the middle is a vihara of Buddha, and a stupa containing hair and nail relics. There are also ruins of Tathagata's bathing-house. Not far to the south-east of the city is an old sangharama. This was formerly the place where Goshira the nobleman had a garden. In it is a stupa built by Asokaraja, about 200 feet high; here Tathagata for several years preached the law. By the side of this stupa are traces of the four past Buddhas where they sat down and walked. Here again is a stupa containing hair and nail relics of Tathagata. To the south-east of the sangharama, on the top of a double-storeyed tower, is an old brick chamber where Vasubandhu Bodhisattva dwelt. In this chamber he composed the Vidyamatrasiddhisastra (Wei-chi-lun), intended to refute the principles of the Little Vehicle and confound the heretics. To the east of the sangharama, and in the middle of an Amra grove, is an old foundation wall; this was the place where Asanga Bodhisattva composed the sastra called Hin-yang-shing-kiau.

Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World

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