[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 22.12 # 佛祖統紀 22.12 佛祖統紀 22.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.22.12) 法師楚金。廣平程氏。七歲出家。禮藏探經法華在手。九歲依西京龍興寺具戒。習智者教。嘗誦經至寶塔品。身心泊然寶塔忽現。釋迦分身滿虛空界。禪坐六年。誓建斯塔。誠懷一啟檀信自來。於築基夜誦經行道。眾聞天樂異香。玄宗夢空中楚金二字。詰朝訪問。咸以師對。乃親製多寶塔額賜縑緍為助。功畢之日五色瑞雲凝於塔上。謂同學曰。鑿井見泥去水不遠。鑽木已熱得火可諳。凡我七人聿成一志。晝夜誦經香煙不斷。乃於春秋二時。集七七僧行法華三昧。奉旨許為常式。前後感獲舍利七百粒。血書法華菩薩戒經。以祝九重。寫法華千部。金字三十六部。用鎮寶塔。復寫千部散施信人。化緣既畢右脇而逝。薪盡火滅雪顏如生。天子遣塔於城西。貞元十三年。左街功德使竇文場奏先師楚金。於天寶初為國建塔。置法華道場。今僧眾禮念。六十餘年經聲不絕。乞加旌表。詔諡大圓法師。 > Dharma Master Chujin was of the Cheng clan of Guangping. He left household life at age seven. When paying homage to the Tripiṭaka and drawing lots for a scripture, the Lotus Sūtra came into his hand. At age nine, he took the full precepts at Longxing Monastery in the Western Capital and studied the teachings of Zhiyi. Once, when reciting the sūtra to the "Chapter on the Apparition of the Jeweled Stupa," his body and mind became calm and still, and the jeweled stupa suddenly manifested, with Śākyamuni's emanations filling the realms of empty space. He sat in meditation for six years, vowing to erect this stupa. Once his sincere resolve was voiced, donors and faithful supporters arrived naturally. On the night the foundation was built, while he was reciting the sūtra and circumambulating, the crowd heard heavenly music and rare fragrances. Emperor Xuanzong dreamed of the two characters "Chu Jin" in the air. When he inquired about it the next morning, everyone pointed to the Master. The Emperor thereupon personally brushed the plaque for the Prabhūtaratna Stupa and bestowed fine silks and cash to assist him. On the day of completion, five-colored auspicious clouds gathered over the stupa. The Master said to his fellow practitioners, "When digging a well one reaches mud, the water is not far off; when drilling wood produces heat, getting fire can be expected. We seven have forged a single resolve, chanting scriptures day and night with incense smoke unbroken." Thereupon, in both spring and autumn, he gathered forty-nine monks to practice the Lotus Samādhi, and an imperial decree permitted this to become an established custom. Over time, seven hundred relic grains were wondrously obtained. He wrote the Lotus Sūtra and Bodhisattva Precepts Sūtra in his own blood to pray for the Emperor. He copied one thousand sets of the Lotus Sūtra, and thirty-six sets in gold characters to enshrine in the jeweled stupa; he also copied another thousand sets to distribute among the faithful. His teaching affinity being fulfilled, he passed away resting on his right side. Though the fuel was consumed and the flame extinguished, his radiant white countenance appeared as if alive. The Son of Heaven ordered a stupa to be erected west of the city. In the thirteenth year of Zhenyuan, Dou Wenchang, the Commissioner for Merit and Virtue of the Left Street, presented a memorial stating that the late Master Chujin had erected a stupa for the state at the beginning of the Tianbao era and established the Lotus Bodhimaṇḍa, where the monastic assembly had performed reverence and recitation for over sixty years without the sound of scriptures ceasing, requesting an imperial commendation. An imperial decree posthumously titled him Dharma Master Dayuan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.22.11) - [Next: 22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.22.13) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.22.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.22.12) · Pramāṇa