[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) › 2.49 # 釋迦方志 2.49 釋迦方志 2.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.49) 馱那羯磔迦國（南印度）周六千餘里。都城周四十餘里。寺多毀壞存者二十餘。僧千餘人。大眾部也。天祠百餘異道甚多。城東西據山間。各有大寺。昔王為佛造奠山疏石。製極華博賢聖遊息。佛滅未久有千凡僧。安居罷日皆證無學。凌虛飛去今寂無人。有婆毘吠伽論師（此云明辯）即波若燈論主也。於觀自在前。絕粒而飲水三年。待見慈氏。觀自在乃為現色身。令在此城南大山巖執金剛神所誦金剛呪。三年神授方云。此巖石內有阿素洛宮。如法行請。石壁當開可即入中。待慈氏出我當相報。又經三年然呪芥子。擊於石壁豁即洞開。時百千眾觀覩驚歎。論師跨門再三顧命。惟有六人從入。餘者謂毒蛇窟也。當即石門還合如壁。自此西南千餘里。至。 > The kingdom of Dhānyakaṭaka (Southern India) is over 6,000 li in circuit. The capital is over 40 li in circuit. Monasteries are mostly ruined, with over twenty remaining and over 1,000 monks, who belong to the Mahāsāṃghika. There are over a hundred deva temples, and tīrthikas are very numerous. East and west of the city, nestled in the mountains, are great monasteries on each side. Formerly, kings built them for the Buddha, cleaving the mountains and excavating the stones; their construction was extremely splendid, a place where sages and worthies roamed and rested. Not long after the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, there were a thousand ordinary monks who, on the day the summer retreat ended, all attained the state of non-learning, rose into the void, and flew away; now it is quiet and without people. There was the master of treatises Bhāviveka (translated here as 'Clear Discernment'), the author of the Prajñāpradīpa. Before Avalokiteśvara he fasted, only drinking water for three years, waiting to see Maitreya. Avalokiteśvara then manifested a physical body for him and instructed him to go to the great mountain cliff south of this city, to the Vajrapāṇi deity, and recite the vajra mantra. After three years, the deity instructed him, saying: 'Inside this cliff rock is the palace of the asuras. If you make a formal request according to the Dharma, the stone wall will open and you may enter directly inside; when Maitreya appears, I shall inform you.' After another three years, he empowered mustard seeds with mantras and struck the stone wall; it opened wide at once. At that time, a crowd of hundreds of thousands watched in wonder. The master of treatises stood across the threshold and urged them repeatedly to enter, but only six persons followed him in; the rest thought it was a den of poisonous snakes. Thereupon the stone gate closed again, appearing as a rock wall. Going over 1,000 li southwest from here, one reaches \[the following kingdom\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.48) - [Next: 2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.50) - [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.2.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.29.50) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.49) · Pramāṇa