建立曼荼羅及揀擇地法 1.8

1.8

「若於大蓮華池、大河洲渚、深巖窟中、花園林中、足乳木處、往昔菩薩所遊履處、清淨蘭若多泉池處、無苦寒處、無苦熱處、逈獨高臺無諸猛獸多麋鹿處、山腹有水無人到處、吉祥軟草遍布地處、大河岸上、清淨伽藍大佛殿中、或林木茂盛多花果處、周匝有水土餘賸處、國土人盛多慈悲處、城邑聚落多人信敬奉佛教處、往昔曾經轉法輪處、或自所居宅舍清淨之處。如是等處名為殊勝，力能成就吉祥、增福、息災、敬愛等中品悉地。

“If [one practices] at a great lotus pond, an islet in a great river, deep within a cliff cavern, within a flower garden or grove, a place with abundant milky trees, a place where bodhisattvas of the past traversed, a pure araṇya with many springs and ponds, a place without severe cold, a place without severe heat, a solitary high plateau free from ferocious beasts and having many elk and deer, the side of a mountain with water where no human goes, a place where auspicious soft grass covers the ground, on the shore of a great river, in a great Buddha hall of a pure saṅghārāma, a place where groves and trees flourish with abundant flowers and fruits, a place surrounded by water and with surplus earth, a place where the land's people thrive and abound in loving-kindness, a town or village where many people faithfully revere and uphold the Buddha's teachings, a place where the wheel of the Dharma was turned in the past, or a pure quarter of one's own residence. Such places are named excellent, with the power to accomplish middling siddhi such as auspiciousness, increasing fortune, pacification, and subjugation.