[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 12.43 # 法苑珠林 12.43 法苑珠林 12.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.43) 依智度論云。是時佛入涅槃已。大迦葉如是思惟。我云何使是三阿僧祇難得佛法令得久住。應當結集三藏可得久住未來世人可得受行。作是語竟。住須彌頂。撾銅揵椎。說此偈言。 > According to the \*Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra\*, at that time, after the Buddha had entered nirvāṇa, Mahākāśyapa thought: 'How can I cause this hard-to-attain Dharma of the Buddha of three asaṃkhyeya \[kalpas\] to remain long in the world? We should compile the Tripiṭaka so that it may remain long and future generations of people may receive and practice it.' Having spoken thus, he stood atop Mount Sumeru, struck a copper ghaṇṭā, and spoke this verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.42) - [Next: 12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.44) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.12.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.43) · Pramāṇa