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# 大唐西域記 9.35

大唐西域記 9.35

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087.9.35)

阿難證果西行二十餘里，有窣堵波，無憂王之所建也，大眾部結集之處。諸學、無學數百千人，不預大迦葉結集之眾，而來至此，更相謂曰：「如來在世，同一師學，法王寂滅，簡異我曹。欲報佛恩，當集法藏。」於是凡、聖咸會，賢智畢萃，復集素呾纜藏、毘柰耶藏、阿毘達磨藏、雜集藏、禁呪藏，別為五藏。而此結集，凡、聖同會，因而謂之大眾部。

> North-west of the place where the great Kasyapa held the convocation is a stupa. This is where Ananda, being forbidden by the priests to take part in the assembly, came and sat down in silence and reached the fruit (position) of an Arhat. After this he joined the assembly. Going west from this point 20 li or so, is a stupa built by Asoka-raja. This is the spot where the "great assembly" (Mahasangha) formed their collection of books (or, held their assembly). Those who had not been permitted to join Kasyapa's assembly, whether learners or those above learning (Arhats), to the number of 100,000 men, came together to this spot and said, "Whilst Tathagata was alive we all had a common master, but now the King of the Law is dead it is different. We too wish to show our gratitude to Buddha, and we also will hold an assembly for collecting the scriptures." On this the common folk with the holy disciples came to the assembly (all assembled), the foolish and wise alike flocked together and collected the Sutra-pitaka, the Vinaya-pitaka, the Abhidharma-pitaka, the miscellaneous Pitaka (Khuddakanikaya), and the Dharani-pitaka. Thus they distinguished five Pitakas. And because in this assembly both common folk and holy personages were mixed together, it was called "the assembly of the great congregation" (Mahasangha).  
> — Samuel Beal 1884, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World

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## Translations (1)

- [Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2087~en-beal.9.1.37) — 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.2053.3.27) — 慧立 & 彥悰, Classical Chinese

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