[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) › 9.28 # 大唐西域記 9.28 大唐西域記 9.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.28) 山城北門行一里餘，至迦蘭陀竹園。今有精舍，石基甎室，東闢其戶。如來在世，多居此中，說法開化，導凡拯俗。今作如來之身。初，此城中有大長者迦蘭陀，時稱豪貴，以大竹園施諸外道。及見如來，聞法淨信，追昔竹園居彼異眾，今天人師無以館舍。時諸神鬼感其誠心，斥逐外道，而告之曰：「長者迦蘭陀當以竹園起佛精舍，汝宜速去，得免危厄。」外道憤恚，含怒而去。長者於此建立精舍，功成事畢，躬往請佛，如來是時遂受其施。 > Going about one li from the north gate of the mountain city we come to the Karandavenuvana (Kia-lan-t'o-chuh-yuen), where now the stone foundation and the brick walls of a vihara exist. The door faces the east. Tathagata, when in the world, frequently dwelt here, and preached the law for the guidance and conversion of men and to rescue the people. They have now made a figure of Tathagata the size of life. In early days there was in this town a great householder (grihapati) called Karanda; at this time he had gained much renown by giving to the heretics a large bamboo garden. Then coming to see Tathagata and hearing his law, he was animated by a true faith. He then regretted that the multitude of unbelievers should dwell in that place. "And now," he said, "the leader of gods and men has no place in which to lodge." Then the spirits and demons, affected by his faithfulness, drove away the heretics, and addressing them said, "Karanda, the householder, is going to erect a vihara here for the Buddha; you must get away quickly, lest calamity befall you!" The heretics, with hatred in their heart and mortified in spirit, went away; thereupon the householder built this vihara. When it was finished he went himself to invite Buddha. Thereon Tathagata received the gift. > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.27) - [Next: 9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.29) - [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.9.1.31) — Samuel Beal 1884, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.28) · Pramāṇa