[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) › 33.13 # 佛祖統紀 33.13 佛祖統紀 33.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.13) 身燈　佛言。我昔於閻浮提作國王。剜身出肉深如大錢。以蘇油灌中作千燈炷。語婆羅門。請說經法。求無上道（菩薩本行經）菩薩為法因緣剜身為燈（涅槃經）。 > Body Lamps: The Buddha said: 'Long ago in Jambudvīpa, I was a king. I gouged my flesh to a depth resembling a large coin, filled it with ghee, and made a thousand lamp wicks. I said to a brāhmaṇa, "Please speak the scriptures and the Dharma, as I seek the unsurpassed Way"' (from the \*Sūtra of the Bodhisattva's Former Deeds\*). A bodhisattva, for the sake of the causes and conditions of the Dharma, gouged his body to make lamps (from the \*Nirvāṇa Sūtra\*). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.12) - [Next: 33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.14) - [Up: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.33.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.13) · Pramāṇa