[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) › 12.57 # 法苑珠林 12.57 法苑珠林 12.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.57) 佛初說法時　爾時我不見 如是展轉聞　佛在波羅柰 佛為五比丘　初開甘露門 說四真諦法　苦集滅道諦 阿若憍陳如　最初得見道 及八萬諸天　聞是得見道 > "When the Buddha first preached the Dharma, / At that time I did not see it. / Thus I heard it passed down in succession: / The Buddha was in Vārāṇasī. / For the five bhikṣus, / He first opened the gate of ambrosia, / Preaching the Dharma of the four noble truths: / The truths of suffering, origination, cessation, and the path. / Ājñāta-Kauṇḍinya / Was the first to attain the vision of the path, / Along with eighty thousand devas / Who heard this and attained the vision of the path." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.56) - [Next: 12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.58) - [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.12.57) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [大智度論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.prajnaparamita.pancavimsatisahasrika!mahaprajnaparamitopadesa*zh-kumarajiva.2.59) — Classical Chinese - [大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1736.17.71) — Classical Chinese - [出三藏記集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.1.16) — 僧祐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.12.57) · Pramāṇa