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English version In Lan: There is a monastery more than fifty feet high, inside which is carved a sandalwood Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, more than ten feet high. On fasting days, divine light shines upon it. It is said to have been made by two hundred billion Arhats. The Venerable Madhyāntika (disciple of Venerable Gupta): Northeast of Mangalapura in North India, crossing mountains and valleys, going upstream against the Indus River. The road is dangerous, and the valleys are deep and dark. Sometimes one must tread on ropes, and sometimes pull on iron chains. Plank roads hang in the air, and flying beams are dangerously constructed. Climbing ladders and ascending steps, traveling more than a thousand li, one reaches Daradistan, which is the old capital of Udyana. It produces a lot of gold and saffron. In Daradistan, next to the great monastery, there is a wooden Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, shining with golden light and mysteriously efficacious. It is more than a hundred feet high and was made by the Arhat Madhyāntika (formerly translated as Madhyāntika, which is a mistake). The Arhat used his supernatural powers to take the craftsmen up to Tushita Heaven to personally observe the wonderful form of Maitreya Bodhisattva. After returning three times, the work was finally completed. Since this statue existed, the Dharma has flowed eastward. Also, in the central Indian country of Zhanzhu (?), northwest of the great city, in the monastery, there is a Stupa built by King Ashoka (King Asoka) (c. 304 BCE - 232 BCE). Inside it contains one sheng of the relics of the Tathagata. In the past, the World Honored One, in this place, for seven days, expounded the wonderful Dharma to the gods and all beings. Next to it are the seats of the three Buddhas of the past, and the places where they walked. Nearby there is also a Maitreya Bodhisattva statue, although small in size, it is majestic and divine, mysteriously efficacious, and miracles occur from time to time. King Yinzheng: More than three hundred li southwest of Kosala in Central India, one reaches Black Peak Mountain. The mountain peak rises steeply and is precipitous and dangerous, without cliffs or valleys, like a complete stone. King Yinzheng had Nāgārjuna excavate this mountain to build a monastery. More than ten li away from the mountain, a tunnel was dug, leading directly to the foot of the mountain. Upward, the stone was carved, and inside there are long corridors and walkways, high platforms and heavy pavilions. The pavilion has five floors, each floor has four courtyards, and each has a monastery, each casting golden statues, the same size as the Buddha's body, exquisitely crafted. The rest of the decorations are also very solemn. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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。惟饰金宝。从山高峰。临注飞泉。周流重阁。交带廊庑。疏寮外穴。明烛中宇。初引正王。建此伽蓝也。人力疲竭。库藏空虚。功犹未半。心甚忧戚。龙猛谓曰。大王何故若有忧色。王曰。辄运大心。敢树胜福。期之永固。待至慈氏。功绩未成。财用已竭。每怀此恨。坐而待旦。龙猛曰。勿忧。崇福胜善。其利不穷。有此弘愿。无忧不济。今日还宫。当极欢乐。后再出游。历览山野。已而至此。平议营建。王既受诲。大石并变为金。王游见金。心口相贺。回驾至龙猛所曰。此日畋游。神鬼所惑。山林之中。时见金聚。龙猛曰。非鬼惑也。至诚所感故有此金。宜时取用。济成胜业。遂以营建。功毕有余。于是五层之中。各铸四大金像。余尚盈积。充诸帑藏。招集千僧。居中礼诵。龙猛菩萨。以释迦佛所宣教法。及诸菩萨所演述论。鸠集部别。藏在其中。故上第一层。惟置佛像。及诸经论。下第五层。居止净人。资产什物。中间三层。僧徒所舍。闻诸先志曰。引正营建已毕。计工人所食盐价。用九拘胝金钱(龙猛。旧云龙树。拘胝者。唐言百亿)。 嗢嗢罗(唐言上)罗汉 南天竺。珠利耶国。都城西不远。有故伽蓝。提婆菩萨与罗汉论义之所。初提婆菩萨。闻此伽蓝。有嗢嗢罗阿罗汉。得六神通。具八解 现代汉语译本： 唯有金银珠宝装饰，从山顶高处引来飞流的泉水，环绕着重重楼阁，交错连接着廊道和厢房，开凿出疏朗的房屋和外面的洞穴，明亮的烛光照亮了中央的殿宇。当初引正王开始建造这座伽蓝（寺庙）。由于耗费了大量人力，国库也空虚了，工程还未完成一半，心中非常忧愁。龙猛（Nāgārjuna）菩萨对国王说：‘大王为何面带忧色？’国王说：‘我发了大愿，想要建造一座殊胜的寺庙，希望它能永久存在，一直到慈氏（弥勒佛，Maitreya）菩萨降生。但是工程尚未完成，财物已经耗尽，常常为此感到遗憾，坐着等待天亮。’龙猛菩萨说：‘不要忧愁。崇尚福德，胜过行善，其利益是无穷无尽的。有了如此宏大的愿望，不用担心不能成功。今天回宫后，应该极尽欢乐。之后再次出游，巡视山野，再到这里，共同商议营建之事。’国王听了龙猛菩萨的教诲。大石头都变成了黄金。国王巡游时看到了黄金，内心欢喜，回宫后对龙猛菩萨说：‘今天出游，好像被神鬼迷惑了一样，在山林之中，时常看到金子堆积。’龙猛菩萨说：‘不是鬼神迷惑。这是因为您的至诚之心所感应，所以才会有这些黄金。应该及时取用，用来完成这项殊胜的功业。’于是用这些黄金来营建寺庙，工程完毕后还有剩余。于是在五层楼阁之中，各自铸造了四大金像，剩余的黄金还很多，就充入国库之中。招集了一千名僧人，在寺庙中诵经礼佛。龙猛菩萨将释迦佛（Śākyamuni Buddha）所宣说的教法，以及诸位菩萨所演说的论著，分门别类地收集起来，藏在寺庙之中。所以第一层只放置佛像以及各种经论，第五层是净人居住的地方，存放着他们的资产和物品，中间三层是僧侣居住的地方。听先辈们说，引正王营建完毕后，计算工人所吃的盐的价格，用去了九拘胝（koṭi）金钱（龙猛，旧时称为龙树，拘胝，唐朝话是百亿）。 嗢嗢罗（Uddālaka，唐朝话是上）阿罗汉 南天竺（Southern India），珠利耶国（Juliya）的都城西边不远处，有一座古老的伽蓝（寺庙），是提婆（Deva）菩萨与罗汉论辩的地方。当初提婆菩萨听说这座伽蓝（寺庙）里，有一位嗢嗢罗（Uddālaka）阿罗汉，得到了六神通，具备八解脱。
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English version: Adorned only with gold and jewels, drawing flowing springs from the mountain peaks, surrounding multiple pavilions, interweaving corridors and side rooms, with spacious dwellings and outer caves, bright candles illuminating the central hall. Initially, King Yin Zheng (Yǐn Zhèng) began constructing this Gārama (monastery). Due to the exhaustion of manpower and the depletion of the treasury, the project was not even half completed, causing great sorrow in his heart. Nāgārjuna (Lóngměng) Bodhisattva said to the king, 'Why does Your Majesty appear so worried?' The king replied, 'I have made a great vow to build a magnificent monastery, hoping it will last forever, until the arrival of Maitreya (Císhì) Buddha. However, the project is not yet completed, and the resources are already exhausted. I often regret this and sit waiting for dawn.' Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva said, 'Do not worry. Veneration of merit surpasses good deeds, and its benefits are inexhaustible. With such a grand aspiration, there is no need to worry about failure. Return to the palace today and be exceedingly joyful. Afterwards, travel again, inspect the mountains and fields, and then come here to discuss the construction together.' The king listened to Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva's teachings. The large stones all turned into gold. The king saw the gold during his tour, and his heart rejoiced. Upon returning to Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva, he said, 'Today's tour was as if I were deluded by gods and ghosts. In the mountains and forests, I often saw piles of gold.' Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva said, 'It is not a delusion by ghosts. It is due to the response of your sincere heart that this gold appears. You should take it in time to complete this magnificent undertaking.' Thus, they used the gold to build the monastery, and there was still some left after the project was completed. Therefore, in each of the five-story pavilions, they cast four great golden statues. The remaining gold was abundant, so it was stored in the treasury. They gathered a thousand monks to chant scriptures and worship the Buddha in the monastery. Nāgārjuna Bodhisattva collected the teachings proclaimed by Śākyamuni (Shìjiā) Buddha and the treatises expounded by the Bodhisattvas, categorized them, and stored them in the monastery. Therefore, the first floor only houses Buddha statues and various scriptures, the fifth floor is where the laypeople reside, storing their assets and belongings, and the middle three floors are where the monks reside. According to the elders, after King Yin Zheng (Yǐn Zhèng) completed the construction, the cost of salt consumed by the workers was calculated to be nine koṭis (jùzhī) of gold coins (Nāgārjuna, formerly known as Longshu, koṭi, in the Tang Dynasty language, means one hundred million). Uddālaka (Wūwàluó, Tang Dynasty language: Above) Arhat Not far west of the capital city of Juliya (Zhūlìyé) in Southern India (Nántiānzhú), there is an ancient Gārama (monastery) where Deva (Típó) Bodhisattva debated with the Arhats. Initially, Deva (Típó) Bodhisattva heard that in this Gārama (monastery), there was an Uddālaka (Wūwàluó) Arhat who had attained the six supernormal powers and possessed the eight liberations. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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脱。遂来远寻。观其风范。既至伽蓝。投罗汉宿。罗汉所居之处。惟置一床。提婆无以为席。乃聚落叶。指令就坐。罗汉入定。夜分方出。提婆于时陈疑。请决罗汉。随难为释。提婆寻声重质。第七转已。杜口不酬。窃运神通力。往兜率陀天。请问慈氏。慈氏为释。因而告曰。彼提婆者。旷劫修行。贤劫之中。当绍佛位。非尔所知。宜深礼敬。如弹指顷。还复本座。乃复抑扬妙义。剖析微言。提婆谓曰。此慈氏菩萨圣智之释也。岂仁者所能详究哉。罗汉曰。然。诚如来旨。于是避席礼谢。深加敬叹。 清辩论师 南天竺。大安达逻国。都城南不远。有大山岩。清辩论师住阿素洛宫。待见慈氏菩萨成佛之处。论师雅量弘远。至德深䆳。外示僧伽之服。内弘龙猛之学。静而思曰。非慈氏成佛。谁决我疑。于观自在菩萨像前。诵随心陀罗尼。绝粒饮水。时历三岁。观自在菩萨。乃现妙色身。谓论师曰。何所志乎。对曰。愿留此身。待见慈氏。观自在菩萨曰。人命危脆。世间浮幻。宜修胜善。愿生睹史多天。于斯礼觐。尚速得见。论师曰。志不可夺。心不可二。菩萨曰。若然者。宜往彼大安达逻国。城南山岩执金刚神所。至诚诵执金刚咒者。当遂此愿。论师于是往而诵焉。三岁之后。神乃谓曰。汝何所愿。若此勤 励。论师曰。愿留此身。待见慈氏。观自在菩萨。指遣来请。成我愿者。其在神乎。神乃授秘方。而谓之曰。此岩石内。有阿素洛宫。如法行请。石壁当开。开即入中。可以待见。论师曰。幽居无睹。讵知佛兴。神曰。慈氏出世。我当相报。论师受命。专精诵持。复历三岁。初无异想。咒芥子以击石壁。豁而洞开。是时百千万众。观睹忘返。论师跨其户。而告众曰。吾久祈请。待见慈氏。圣灵警祐。大愿斯遂。宜可入此。同见佛兴。闻者怖骇。莫敢履户。谓是毒蛇之窟。恐丧身命。再三告语。惟有六人从入。论师顾谢。时众从容而入。入之既已。石壁还合。众皆恐嗟。恨前言之过也(阿修洛。旧曰阿修罗。此云非天)。 佛䭾䟦陀罗禅师 佛䭾䟦陀罗。此云觉贤。本姓释氏。迦维罗卫人。甘露饭王之苗裔也。博学群经。多所通达。少以禅律驰名。常与同学僧迦达多。共游罽宾国。同处积载。达多虽服其才明。而未测其人也。后于密室闭户坐禅。忽见贤来。惊问何来。答云。暂至兜率致敬弥勒。言讫便隐。达多知是圣人。未测深浅。后屡见贤神变。乃敬心祈问。方知得不还果(阿那含果也)。 德光论师 中天竺。秣底补罗国。德光论师。少而英杰。长而弘敏。博物强识。硕学多闻。本习大乘 现代汉语译本：论师（指世亲）说：‘我愿意留住此身，等待见到慈氏（弥勒菩萨）。’观自在菩萨（Avalokiteśvara，即观音菩萨）指派神来邀请，成就我的愿望，大概在于神灵吧。神便授予他秘方，并对他说：‘这岩石内，有阿素洛宫（Asura，旧译阿修罗，意为非天）。如法行事祈请，石壁应当打开。打开后就进入其中，可以等待见到慈氏。’论师说：‘幽居无睹，怎能知道佛陀出世？’神说：‘慈氏出世时，我当相告。’论师接受神谕，专心精进诵持。又过了三年，最初没有其他想法，用咒过的芥子击打石壁，豁然洞开。当时成百上千的人，观看后忘记回去。论师跨过门槛，告诉众人说：‘我长久祈请，等待见到慈氏。圣灵警示保佑，大愿得以实现。应该可以进入这里，一同见证佛陀出世。’听到的人惊恐害怕，没有人敢于进入，认为是毒蛇的巢穴，恐怕丧失性命。再三告知，只有六个人跟随进入。论师回头感谢，当时众人从容进入。进入之后，石壁又合上了，众人都恐慌叹息，后悔之前说的话（阿修洛，旧称阿修罗，这里译为非天）。 佛䭾䟦陀罗禅师（Buddhabhadra） 佛䭾䟦陀罗（Buddhabhadra，意为觉贤），本姓释，是迦维罗卫国人，甘露饭王的后代。博学群经，通达很多经典。年少时就以禅律闻名，常与同学僧迦达多（Saṅghadatta）一同游历罽宾国，同住多年。达多虽然佩服他的才华，但没有测透他。后来在密室闭户坐禅，忽然看见觉贤到来，惊讶地问他从哪里来。觉贤回答说：‘暂时到兜率天致敬弥勒（Maitreya）。’说完就隐身不见了。达多知道他是圣人，但没有测透他的深浅。后来屡次看见觉贤显现神通变化，于是敬心祈问，才知道他已经证得不还果（Anāgāmin，阿那含果）。 德光论师 中天竺（印度中部），秣底补罗国（Matipuraka）的德光论师，年少时就英俊杰出，长大后弘扬佛法，思维敏捷。博览群书，记忆力强，学识渊博，见闻广博。原本学习大乘佛教。