[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) › 9.31 # 大唐西域記 9.31 大唐西域記 9.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.31) 竹林園西南行五六里，南山之陰，大竹林中，有大石室，是尊者摩訶迦葉在此與九百九十大阿羅漢，如來涅槃後結集三藏。前有故基，未生怨王為集法藏諸大羅漢建此堂宇。 > To the south-west of the bamboo garden (Vêṇuvana) about 5 or 6 li, on the north side of the southern mountain, is a great bamboo forest. In the middle of it is a large stone house. Here the venerable Kâśyapa with 999 great Arhats, after Tathâgata's Nirvâṇa, called a convocation (for the purpose of settling) the three Piṭakas. Before it is the old foundation-wall. King Ajâtaśatru made this hall for the sake of accommodating the great Arhats who assembled to settle the Dharma-piṭaka. At first, when Mahâ Kâśyapa was seated in silent (study) in the desert (mountain forests), suddenly a bright light burst forth, and he perceived the earth shaking. Then he said, "What fortunate change of events is there, that this miracle should occur?" Then exerting his divine sight, he saw the Lord Buddha between the two trees entering Nirvâṇa. Forthwith he ordered his followers to accompany him to the city of Kuśinagara (Ku-shi). On the way they met a Brâhman holding in his hands a divine flower. Kâśyapa, addressing him, said, "Whence come you? Know you where our great teacher is at present?" The Brâhman replied and said, "I have but just come from yonder city of Kuśinagara, where I saw your great master just entered into Nirvâṇa. A vast multitude of heavenly beings were around him offering their gifts in worship, and this flower, which I hold, I brought thence." > — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World - [Previous: 9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.30) - [Next: 9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.32) - [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.9.1.33) — 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.2053.3.26) — 慧立 & 彥悰, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.31) · Pramāṇa