[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) › 2.22 # 釋迦方志 2.22 釋迦方志 2.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.22) 塔北大深坑旁塔。是室利毱多（言勝蜜也）設火坑以害佛處。坑東北山城之曲有塔。是縛迦醫王宅。為佛建說法堂。周垣華果蘗株尚在。佛多止中。宮城東北十五里許。至姞栗陀羅矩吒山（言鷲峯亦鷲臺。古耆闍崛也）接北山陽。孤起頂上東西長臨崖。西垂甎室廣高奇製。其戶東開。佛住世五十年。多居斯室說法。今作等佛身像。昔影堅王為聽法故。自山至峯跨谷陵巖。編石為道階。凡六里廣十餘步。從杖林石室至此。三階即猶存焉。階側二小塔。一令王下。一簡凡人　其上精舍東長石。佛曾經行履之　旁有大石高丈四五。廣三十餘步。是提婆所擲佛者　其南崖下塔。佛此說法華經處。 > Beside a great, deep pit north of the stupa is a stupa marking the place where Śrīgupta (meaning 'Glorious Protection') prepared a fire pit to harm the Buddha. Northeast of the pit, at a bend in the mountain city, there is a stupa at the dwelling of Jīvaka, the King of Physicians, who built a Dharma preaching hall for the Buddha; the surrounding walls, flowering fruit trees, and stumps are still preserved, and the Buddha often stayed within it. About fifteen li northeast of the palace city, one reaches Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa (meaning 'Vulture Peak' or 'Vulture Terrace', formerly Gṛdhrakūṭa); adjoining the southern slope of the northern mountain, it stands isolated at its crest, long from east to west and overlooking a cliff. Hanging to the west is a brick chamber of spacious, tall, and extraordinary construction, with its door opening to the east. The Buddha lived in the world for fifty years and frequently resided in this chamber to preach the Dharma; today, a life-sized image of the Buddha is made there. Formerly, in order to listen to the Dharma, King Bimbisāra crossed valleys and mounted cliffs from the base of the mountain to the summit, paving stones to create a road of steps, totaling six li in length and over ten paces wide. From the stone chamber at Yaṣṭivana to this place, the three flights of stone steps still survive. Beside the steps are two small stupas: one prompted the king to descend from his chariot, and the other barred ordinary people. On the long stone east of the vihāra above, the Buddha once walked and stepped. Beside it is a great stone fourteen or fifteen feet high and over thirty paces wide, which Devadatta hurled at the Buddha. The stupa beneath the southern cliff is the place where the Buddha preached the Lotus Sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.21) - [Next: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.23) - [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.2.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.22) · Pramāṇa