[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) › [釋迦方志](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088) › 2.116 # 釋迦方志 2.116 釋迦方志 2.116 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.116) 依摩耶經。如來滅後正法五百年。像法一千年。又依善見毘婆沙云。如來滅後正法千年。像法亦爾。以度女人故。正法滅五百年。若諸女人能遵八敬。如法行道正法住世還得千年。又云。佛法住世一萬年。初五千年修道出家。得三達靈智。後五千年出家修道。不得三達靈智。過此已後經歸龍宮像自頹壞。諸比丘等同於俗流。惟有剃髮袈裟而已（佛法之垂振旦。三被誅焚。初赫連勃勃號為夏國。初破長安遇僧皆殺。二魏太武用崔皓言。夷滅三寶。後悔皓加五刑。三周武帝但令還俗。皆不得其死。如傳所詳也）。 > According to the Māyā Sūtra, after the Tathāgata's nirvāṇa, the True Dharma lasts five hundred years, and the Semblance Dharma lasts one thousand years. Furthermore, according to the Samantapāsādikā, after the Tathāgata's nirvāṇa, the True Dharma lasts one thousand years, and the Semblance Dharma also does so; because women were ordained, the True Dharma was reduced by five hundred years. If women are able to observe the Eightfold Respect and practice the Way in accordance with the Dharma, the True Dharma will still abide in the world for one thousand years. It also states: the Buddha's Dharma abides in the world for ten thousand years. For the first five thousand years, those who cultivate the Way and leave home attain the spiritual wisdom of the three knowledges. For the latter five thousand years, those who leave home and cultivate the Way do not attain the spiritual wisdom of the three knowledges. After this has passed, the sūtras will return to the Dragon Palace, images will collapse of themselves, and the bhikṣus will be no different from the common folk, retaining only shaved heads and kāṣāya robes. (When the Buddha's Dharma reached China, it was subjected three times to destruction and burning: first, Helian Bobo titled \[his realm\] the Xia state; when he first took Chang'an, he slaughtered every monk he encountered. Second, Emperor Taiwu of the Wei followed the counsel of Cui Hao and eradicated the Three Jewels; later repenting, he subjected Hao to the five punishments. Third, Emperor Wu of the Zhou merely ordered \[monks\] to return to lay life. None of them died a natural death, as detailed in the biographies.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.115) - [Next: 2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.117) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088~en-mt.2.116) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.98.55) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.116) · Pramāṇa