[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) › 2.97 # 釋迦方志 2.97 釋迦方志 2.97 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.97) 法王利見未隔中邊。適化無方豈專形教。致使聞同解異說一悟殊。登位地而上征。結封迷而下降。全身碎身之相。聚塔散塔之儀。神光燭而邪計摧。靈迹挺而深信結。斯徒眾矣。具列前篇。自法水東流道光西照。聲榮之盛騰實東川。育王表塔創啟隆周。釋父影形欝興炎漢。自斯歷代世積彌繁。景匪西天獨揚神化。故經云。正法後被先於北方。次及東南至中方滅。此之震旦南望華胥。滅度之儀迴身北首。即其事矣。所以依錄編次。以為通局篇云。 > The Dharma King's auspicious appearance did not separate centre and periphery; adapting conversions without fixed means, how could he rely solely on physical teachings? Consequently, hearing the same, their understandings differed; expounding one, their realizations were distinct. Some ascended to stages of fruition and journeyed upward; some, bound by attachments and delusions, descended downward. There are forms of whole bodies and divided bodies; rites of collected stūpas and scattered stūpas. When divine light shines, deviant views are destroyed; when sacred traces emerge, deep faith is bound. These followers are many, fully listed in the preceding chapter. Since the Dharma waters flowed east and the light of the Way shone from the west, its lofty fame has surged in the Eastern River. King Aśoka marked stūpas, first opening the prosperous Zhou; the Śākya father's shadowy form flourished under the blazing Han. From then on across successive eras, as generations accumulated, it became ever more abundant. The light was not confined to the Western Heavens to display divine conversion alone. Thus the scripture says: 'When the True Dharma is later propagated, it will first go to the northern quarter, then to the southeast, until in the central quarter it will be extinguished.' This China, looking south toward Huaxu, shows the posture of passing into extinction with his body turned and head to the north—this is precisely the case. Therefore, following the records and compiling them in order, this is made Chapter on the Universal and the Particular. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.96) - [Next: 2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.98) - [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.2.97) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2088.2.97) · Pramāṇa