大唐西域記 9.19

9.19

精舍東有長石，如來經行所履也。傍有大石，高丈四五尺，周三十餘步，是提婆達多遙擲擊佛處也。其南崖下有窣堵波，在昔如來於此說《法花經》。精舍南山崖側有大石室，如來在昔於此入定。

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.

South of this, below the precipice, is a stupa. Here Tathagata, when alive in old time, delivered the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra. To the south of the vihara, by the side of a mountain cliff, is a great stone house. In this Tathagata, when dwelling in the world long ago, entered Samadhi. To the north-west of the stone house and in front of it is a great and extraordinary stone. This is the place where Ananda (O-nan) was frightened by Mara. When the venerable Ananda had entered Samadhi in this place, Mara-raja, assuming the form of a vulture, in the middle of the night, during the dark portion of the month, took his place on this rock, and flapping his wings and uttering loud screams, tried to frighten the venerable one. Ananda, filled with fear, was at a loss to know what to do; then Tathagata, by his spiritual power, seeing his state, stretched out his hand to compose him. He pierced the stone wall and patted the head of Ananda, and with his words of great love he spoke to him thus : "You need not fear the assumed form which Mara has taken." Ananda in consequence recovered his composure, and remained with his heart and body at rest and in peace. Although years and months have elapsed since then, yet the bird traces on the stone and the hole in the rock still remain visible.