[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) › 7.24 # 大唐西域記 7.24 大唐西域記 7.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.24) 大城東行二百餘里，至阿避陀羯剌拏僧伽藍（唐言不穿耳）。周垣不廣，彫飾甚工，花池交影，臺閣連甍，僧徒肅穆，眾儀庠序。聞諸先志曰：昔大雪山北覩貨邏國有樂學沙門，二三同志禮誦餘閑，每相謂曰：「妙理幽玄，非言談所究；聖迹昭著，可足趾所尋。宜詢莫逆，親觀聖迹。」於是二三交友，杖錫同遊。既至印度，寓諸伽藍，輕其邊鄙，莫之見舍。外迫風露，內累口腹，顏色憔悴，形容枯槁。時此國王出遊近郊，見諸客僧，怪而問曰：「何方乞士？何所因來？耳既不穿，衣又垢弊。」沙門對曰：「我，覩貨邏國人也。恭承遺教，高蹈俗塵，率其同好，觀禮聖迹。慨以薄福，眾所同棄，印度沙門，莫顧羈旅。欲還本土，巡禮未周，雖迫勤苦，心遂後已。」王聞其說，用增悲感，即斯勝地，建立伽藍，白㲲題書，為之制曰：「我惟尊居世上，貴極人中，斯皆三寶之靈祐也。既為人王，受佛付囑，凡厥染衣，吾當惠濟。建此伽藍，式招羈旅。自今已來，諸穿耳僧，我此伽藍不得止舍。」因其事迹，故以名焉。 > Going east from the chief city about 200 li, we come to a sanghārāma called 'O-pi-t'o-k'ie-la-na ("Ears not pierced" — Aviddhakarna). The circuit (encircling wall) is not great, but the ornamental work of the building is very artistic. The lakes reflect the surrounding flowers, and the eaves of the towers and pavilions (or, the tower-pavilions) touch one another in a continuous line. The priests are grave and decorous, and all their duties are properly attended to. The tradition states: Formerly there were two or three Sramanas, passionately fond of learning, who lived in the country of Tu-ho-lo (Tukhara), to the north of the Snowy Mountains, and were of one mind. Each day during the intervals of worship and reciting the scriptures, they talked together in this way: "The excellent principles of religion are dark and mysterious, not to be fathomed in careless talk. The sacred relics (traces) shine with their own peculiar splendour; let us go together from place to place, and tell our faithful (believing) friends what sacred relics we ourselves have seen." > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World > On this the two or three associates, taking their religious staves, went forth to travel together. Arrived in India, at whatever convent gates they called, they were treated with disdain as belonging to a frontier country, and no one would take them in. They were exposed to the winds and the rains without, and within they suffered from hunger; their withered bodies and pallid faces showed their misery. At this time the king of the country in his wandering through the suburbs of the city saw these strange priests. Surprised, he asked them, "What region, mendicant masters, come you from? and why are you here with your unpierced ears and your soiled garments?" The Sramanas replied, "We are men of the Tu-ho-lo country. Having received with respect the bequeathed doctrine, with high resolve we have spurned the common pursuits of life, and following the same plan, we have come to see and adore the sacred relics. But alas! for our little merit, all alike have cast us out; the Sramans of India deign not to give us shelter, and we would return to our own land, but we have not yet completed the round of our pilgrimage. Therefore, with much fatigue and troubled in heart, we follow on our way till we have finished our aim." > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.23) - [Next: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.25) - [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.7.2.2) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.7.24) · Pramāṇa