[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) › 9.18 # 大唐西域記 9.18 大唐西域記 9.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.18) 勝密火坑東北，山城之曲，有窣堵波，是時縛迦大醫（舊曰耆婆，訛也）於此為佛建說法堂，周其壖垣種植花菓，餘趾蘖株尚有遺迹。如來在世，多於中止。其傍復有縛迦故宅，餘基舊井，墟坎猶存。宮城東北行十四五里，至姞栗陀羅矩吒山（唐言鷲峯，亦謂鷲臺。舊曰耆闍崛山，訛也）。接北山之陽，孤摽特起，既棲鷲鳥，又類高臺，空翠相映，濃淡分色。如來御世垂五十年，多居此山，廣說妙法。頻毘娑羅王為聞法故，興發人徒，自山麓至峯岑，跨谷凌巖，編石為階，廣十餘步，長五六里。中路有二小窣堵波，一謂下乘，即王至此徒行以進；一謂退凡，即簡凡人不令同往。其山頂則東西長，南北狹。臨崖西埵有甎精舍，高廣奇製，東闢其戶，如來在昔多居說法，今作說法之像，量等如來之身。 > To the north-east of the palace city going 14 or 15 li, we come to the mountain Gridhrakuta (Ki-li-tho-kiu-ch'a). Touching the southern slope of the northern mountain, it rises as a solitary peak to a great height, on which vultures make their abode. It appears like a high tower on which the azure tints of the sky are reflected, the colours of the mountain and the heaven being commingled. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World > Srigupta, according to his directions, caused the poison to be prepared, and then all the people in the town, knowing the evil and destructive design of Srigupta against the Lord of the World, entreated Buddha not to go to the house. The Lord said, "Be not distressed; the body of Tathagata cannot be hurt by such means as these." He therefore accepted the invitation and went. When his foot trod on the threshold of the door the fire in the pit became a tank of pure water with lotus flowers on its surface. Srigupta having witnessed this, being filled with shame and fear lest his project should fail, said to his followers, "He has by his magical power escaped the fire; but there is yet the poisoned food!" The Lord having eaten the rice, began to declare the excellent law, on which Srigupta, having attended to it, himself became a disciple. To the north-east of this fiery ditch of Srigupta (Shing-mi), at a bend of the city, is a stupa; this is where Jivaka (Shi-fo-kia), the great physician, built a preaching-hall for Buddha. All round the walls he planted flowers and fruit trees. The traces of the foundation-walls and the decayed roots of the trees are still visible. Tathagata, when he was in the world, often stopped here. By the side of this place are the remains of the house of Jivaka, and the hollow of an old well also exists there still. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World > When Tathagata had guided the world for some fifty years, he dwelt much in this mountain, and delivered the excellent law in its developed form (kwang). Bimbisara-raja, for the purpose of hearing the law, raised a number of men to accompany him from the foot of the mountain to its summit. They levelled the valleys and spanned the precipices, and with the stones made a staircase about ten paces wide and 5 or 6 li long. In the middle of the road there are two small stupas, one called "Dismounting from the chariot" (Hia-shing), because the king, when he got here, went forward on foot. The other is called "Sending back the crowd" (T'ui-fan), because the king, separating the common folk, would not allow them to proceed with him. The summit of this mountain is long from the east to the west and narrow from north to south. There is a brick vihara on the borders of a steep precipice at the western end of the mountain. It is high and wide and beautifully constructed. The door opens to the east. Here Tathagata often stopped in old days and preached the law. There is now a figure of him preaching the law of the same size as life. To the east of the vihara is a long stone, on which Tathagata trod as he walked up and down for exercise. By the side of it is a great stone about fourteen or fifteen feet high and thirty paces round. This is the place where Devadatta flung a stone from a distance to strike Buddha. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.17) - [Next: 9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.19) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9) ## Translations (1) - [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.9.1.21) — Samuel Beal 1884, English ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐大慈恩寺三藏法師傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2053.3.25) — 慧立 & 彥悰, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.18) · Pramāṇa