[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) › 2.17 # 釋迦方志 2.17 釋迦方志 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.17) 佛成覺已七日寂定。至於樹北七日經行。南北往來十餘步許。異華隨跡有十八文。後人甎壘為基高三尺餘。俗云。聖跡基也。表人命之脩短者。先發誠願以繩度之。隨壽短長增減有驗。此北道左磐石上大精舍。作佛上望仰觀樹相。為報恩像。當時七日目不暫捨。樹西大精舍鍮石像。東面立飾奇珍。前有青石奇文異彩。初成道日梵王起七寶堂。帝釋起七寶座。佛據上七日思惟放光照樹。今寶為石。樹南浮圖高百餘尺初佛於河沐已將坐念草。帝釋化人以姑尸草（言吉祥也）以奉佛處。育王造塔表之　次東北塔。是證果時。青雀來繞群鹿呈祥處。 > After the Buddha attained awakening, he remained in silent absorption for seven days. He then walked north of the tree for seven days, pacing back and forth over a distance of more than ten paces from north to south; rare flowers appeared in his footprints, leaving eighteen impressions. Later generations piled bricks to make a foundation more than three cubits high, which people call the 'Platform of the Sacred Footprints'. To divine the length of a person's lifespan, one first makes a sincere vow and then measures it with a cord; whether it expands or contracts corresponds verifiably to the length of one's life. North of this, to the left of the road upon a boulder, is a great vihāra showing the Buddha looking up and contemplating the tree, known as the 'Statue of Gratitude'; at that time, he did not turn his eyes away for even an instant during the seven days. West of the tree is a great vihāra with a brass image facing east, adorned with rare gems. In front of it is a blue stone of rare markings and wondrous colors. On the day he first attained the Path, Brahmā built a hall of seven jewels and Śakra built a throne of seven jewels; the Buddha sat upon it for seven days contemplating and emitting light to illuminate the tree; today, the jewels have turned to stone. South of the tree is a stūpa more than a hundred feet high, marking the place where the Buddha, having bathed in the river, was about to sit down and thought of grass, whereupon Śakra transformed into a human and offered him kuśa grass (meaning 'auspicious'); King Aśoka built a stūpa to mark it. Next, to the northeast, is a stūpa where, at the time he realized the fruit, a blue magpie circled around and a herd of deer presented auspicious omens. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.18) - [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.2.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.17) · Pramāṇa