[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) › 7.16 # 大唐西域記 7.16 大唐西域記 7.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.16) 捩牙側不遠有窣堵波，是如來修菩薩行時，愍世無禮，示為鳥身，與彼獼猴、白象，於此相問，誰先見是尼拘律樹，各言事迹，遂編長幼，化漸遠近，人知上下，道俗歸依。 > By the side of this spot, and not far from it, is a stupa. It was here Bodhisattva, in his preparatory career, grieved to see that there was little politeness (reverence) amongst men, took the form of a bird, and joining himself to the company of a monkey and a white elephant, he asked them in this place, "Which of you saw first this Nyagrodha (Ni-ku-liu) tree?" Each having answered according to circumstances, he placed them according to their age. The good effects of this conduct spread itself little by little on every side; men were able to distinguish the high from the low, and the religious and lay people followed their example. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.15) - [Next: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.17) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.7.1.8) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.16) · Pramāṇa