[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) › 38.88 # 法苑珠林 38.88 法苑珠林 38.88 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [38.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.88) 爾時大梵天王。來至世尊所白佛言。如來初踰城至洴沙王國。問樹神道。樹神請佛至宮已白佛言。我受此神身經二十大劫。過去諸佛皆來至此。我此宮中有過去諸佛四牙一千四塔。我今請佛。昔為童子時齔牙四枚。請佛垂慈賜我四牙。欲造塔供養。佛即許之。即告阿難。汝往父王所。從彼典藏臣取我四牙。阿難依命即取。佛告樹神令留一牙。與汝供養。汝可造塔并寫我經教。我令四弟子在塔入滅盡定守我牙塔。爾時樹神即將七寶來至世尊所。以神力故於一念頃即成四塔。高五十由旬。又造真珠樓觀及以白銀臺。於此四塔內各造臺觀。具八萬四千。既造臺塔已待我涅槃後迦葉結集竟。當寫我教令大毘尼藏安彼塔中。我留此塔。汝好護持勿令損壞。至我涅槃時勅語文殊。我於三大劫修無量苦行。今得四牙已造塔安竟。令後末世法欲滅時。令作利益正法興顯。 > At that time, King Mahābrahmā came to the World-Honoured One's place and addressed the Buddha, saying: 'When the Tathāgata first leaped over the city wall and arrived in King Bimbisāra's country, he asked a tree spirit about the path. The tree spirit invited the Buddha to enter his palace, and having done so, said to the Buddha: "I have received this spirit body for twenty mahākalpas, and past Buddhas have all come here. In this palace of mine, there are four teeth of past Buddhas and one thousand and four stupas. I now beseech the Buddha: formerly when you were a boy, you shed four milk teeth. I pray that the Buddha in his compassion will grant me those four teeth, for I wish to build stupas to worship them." The Buddha immediately granted it, and at once told Ānanda: "Go to my father the king, and from that storekeeper official obtain my four teeth." Ānanda obeyed the command and immediately obtained them. The Buddha told the tree spirit: "Leave one tooth to be offered to you; you may build a stupa and copy my scriptural teachings. I shall have four disciples enter the concentration of cessation within the stupas to guard my tooth stupas." At that time, the tree spirit immediately brought the seven jewels to the World-Honoured One's place, and by divine power, in an instant, four stupas were completed, fifty yojanas high. He also constructed pearl multi-storied pavilions and white silver terraces; within these four stupas, he constructed eighty-four thousand terraces and pavilions in total. Having constructed the terraces and stupas, \[the Buddha said\]: "Wait until after my nirvāṇa, when Kāśyapa has completed the council; you should then copy my teachings and place the Great Vinaya-piṭaka inside those stupas. I leave these stupas behind; protect and maintain them well, and do not let them be damaged." When the time of my nirvāṇa arrived, I gave an instruction to Mañjuśrī: "Through three great incalculable kalpas I cultivated immeasurable austerities; now that I have obtained four teeth and have built stupas and deposited them, let them bring benefit and cause the saddharma to flourish when the Dharma is about to disappear in the latter age."'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 38.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.87) - [Next: 38.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.89) - [Up: 38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.38.88) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.88) · Pramāṇa