[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) › 37.48 # 法苑珠林 37.48 法苑珠林 37.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [37.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.48) 如菩薩本行經云。昔佛在世時。佛與阿難入舍衛城而行乞食。時彼城中有一婆羅門。從外而來。見佛出城光相巍巍。時婆羅門歡喜踊躍。繞佛一匝作禮而去。佛便微笑告阿難言。此婆羅門見佛歡喜。以清淨心繞佛一匝。以此功德。從是以後二十五劫不墮惡道天上人中快樂無極。竟二十五劫得辟支佛。名持觀那祇梨。以是因緣若人旋佛及旋佛塔。所生之處得福無量也。 > As the Bodhisattva-caryanirdeśa-sūtra says: In the past when the Buddha was in the world, the Buddha and Ānanda entered the city of Śrāvastī to beg for food. At that time, a brāhmaṇa in that city came from outside, and saw the Buddha coming out of the city, his radiant marks towering and majestic. The brāhmaṇa rejoiced and leaped for joy; he circumambulated the Buddha once, paid homage, and departed. The Buddha smiled and told Ānanda: "This brāhmaṇa saw the Buddha and rejoiced, circumambulating the Buddha once with a pure heart. By this merit, from now on for twenty-five kalpas he will not fall into the evil destinies, and his joy among gods and humans will be boundless. At the end of the twenty-five kalpas, he will attain pratyekabuddhahood, named Daṇḍanāgiri. For this reason, if a person circumambulates the Buddha or circumambulates a Buddha's stūpa, the merit obtained wherever they are born is boundless." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 37.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.47) - [Next: 37.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.49) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.37.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.37.48) · Pramāṇa