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Gaya. Sakyamuni’s Attaining2 to the Buddhaship; and Other Legends.
From this place, after travelling to the west for four yojanas, (the pilgrims) came to the city of Gaya;1 but inside the city all was emptiness and desolation. Going on again to the south for twenty le, they arrived at the place where the Bodhisattva for six years practised with himself painful austerities. All around was forest.
Three le west from here they came to the place where, when Buddha3 had gone into the water to bathe, a deva bent5 down the branch of a tree, by means of which he succeeded in getting out of the pool.2
Two le north from this was the place where the Gramika girls presented to Buddha the rice-gruel made with milk;3 and two le north from this (again) was the place where, seated on a rock under a great tree, and facing the east, he ate (the gruel). The tree and the rock are there at the present day. The rock may be six cubits in breadth and length, and rather more than two cubits in height. In Central India the cold and heat are so equally tempered that trees will live in it for several thousand and even for ten thousand years.
Half a yojana from this place to the north-east there was a cavern6 in the rocks, into which the Bodhisattva entered, and sat cross-legged with his face to the west. (As he did so), he said to himself, “If I am to attain1 to perfect wisdom (and become Buddha), let there be a supernatural attestation7 of it.” On the wall of the rock there appeared immediately the shadow of a Buddha, rather more than three feet in length, which is still bright at the present day. At this moment heaven and earth were greatly moved, and devas in the air spoke8 plainly, “This is not the place where any Buddha of the past, or he that is to come, has attained9, or will attain, to perfect Wisdom. Less than half a yojana from this to the south-west will bring you to the patra4 tree, where all past
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vt.达到,获得,完成 | |
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的现在分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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3 Buddha | |
n.佛;佛像;佛陀 | |
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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n.洞穴,大山洞 | |
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的过去式和过去分词 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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adv.往回地,向原处,倒,相反,前后倒置地 | |
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修道院( monastery的名词复数 ) | |
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v.节省,限制,停止;n.舍不得化,节约,限制;连续不断的一段时间从事某件事 | |
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adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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