[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) › 12.55 # 法苑珠林 12.55 法苑珠林 12.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.55) 佛聖師子王　阿難是佛子 師子座處坐　觀眾無有佛 如是大德眾　無佛說威神 如夜無月時　虛空不明淨 諸大智人說　汝佛子當演 何處佛初說　今汝當布施 > "The Buddha was the holy lion king; / Ānanda is the Buddha's son. / Sitting in the lion's seat, / One gazes upon the assembly, but there is no Buddha. / In such an assembly of great virtue, / Without the Buddha's majestic spiritual power to preach, / It is like a night without the moon, / When empty space is neither bright nor clear. / As spoken by the person of great wisdom, / You, son of the Buddha, must now expound: / Where did the Buddha first preach? / Now you must bestow \[the Dharma\]!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.54) - [Next: 12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.56) - [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.12.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [大智度論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.pancavimsatisahasrika!mahaprajnaparamitopadesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.57) — Classical Chinese - [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.17.70) — Classical Chinese - [出三藏記集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.1.14) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.55) · Pramāṇa