[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) › [出三藏記集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145) › 14.22 # 出三藏記集 14.22 出三藏記集 14.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.14.22) 求那毘地。中天竺人也。弱齡從道師事天竺大乘法師僧伽斯。聰慧強記勤於諷習。所誦大小乘經十餘萬言。兼學外典明解陰陽。其候時逢占多有徵驗。故道術之稱有聞西域。建元初來至京師。止毘耶離寺。執錫從徒威儀端肅。王公貴勝迭相供請焉。初僧伽斯於天竺國抄集修多羅藏十二部經中要切譬喻撰為一部。凡有百事。以教授新學。毘地悉皆通誦兼明義旨。以永明十年秋。譯出為齊文凡十卷。即百句譬喻經也。復出須達長者十二因緣經。各一卷。自大明以後。譯經殆絕。及其宣流法寶世咸美之。毘地為人弘厚有識度。善於接誘。勤躬行道夙夜匪懈。是以外國僧眾萬里歸集。南海商人悉共宗事。供贈往來歲時不絕。性頗蓄積富於財寶。然營建法事已無私焉。於建業淮側造止觀寺。重閣層門殿房整飾。養徒施化德業甚著。以中興二年冬卒。 > Guṇavṛddhi was a native of Central India. From an early age, he followed the path of religion and studied under the Indian Mahāyāna master Saṅghas\[ena\]. Intelligent, endowed with a strong memory, and diligent in recitation and study, he could recite more than one hundred thousand words of Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna sūtras. He also studied non-Buddhist texts and clearly understood yin and yang; his meteorological and astrological divinations often proved extraordinarily accurate, so his renown in esoteric and religious arts was known throughout the Western Regions. At the beginning of the Jianyuan era, he came to the capital and stayed at Biyali Monastery. Holding a tin staff with disciples trailing behind him, his comportment was dignified and austere, and princes, dukes, and the noble elite vied to provide him with offerings and invitations. Earlier, in India, Saṅghas\[ena\] had culled essential parables from the twelve divisions of the sūtra basket and compiled them into one work of one hundred episodes to instruct beginners. Guṇavṛddhi was thoroughly versed in reciting all of them and understood their doctrinal purport. In the autumn of the tenth year of the Yongming era, he translated it into the language of the Qi in ten fascicles; this is the Baiju piyu jing (Hundred Parables Sūtra). He also translated the Xuda zhangzhe \[jing\] and the Shi'er yinyuan jing, each in one fascicle. Since the Daming era, the translation of sūtras had virtually ceased, so when he disseminated the Dharma-treasure, everyone in the world praised him. Guṇavṛddhi was by nature generous, magnanimous, and full of discernment; he was skilled at receiving and guiding others, and personally practiced the path day and night without wearying. Consequently, foreign monks gathered \[to him\] from ten thousand li away, and merchants from the South Seas all revered and served him together, offering gifts continuously in all seasons. He accumulated quite a bit and was wealthy in treasures, yet when building for Buddhist affairs, he kept nothing for himself. By the side of the Huai River in Jianye, he founded Zhiguan Monastery, where multi-tiered pavilions, high gates, and monastic halls were kept trim and adorned. His nourishment of disciples and dissemination of teachings were marked by illustrious virtue. He died in the winter of the second year of the Zhongxing era. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.14.21) - [Next: 14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.14.23) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145~en-mt.14.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [貞元新定釋教目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.8.15) — 圓照, Classical Chinese - [開元釋教錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2154.6.5) — 智昇, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2145.14.22) · Pramāṇa