[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) › 48.63 # 佛祖統紀 48.63 佛祖統紀 48.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.63) 二年。皇太子言。宣政院先奉旨。歐西番僧人者截其首。詈之者斷其舌。此法昔所未聞者。乖國典且於僧無益。僧俗相犯已有明憲。乞更其令。從之。是年禁白蓮社。毀其祠宇。以其人還隷民籍。中書省臣言。宣政院奏免僧道也。里可溫答失蠻租稅。臣等議田有租商有稅。乃祖宗成法令。宣政院一體奏免非制也有旨依例徵之。 > In the second year, the Crown Prince stated: 'The Bureau of Tibetan and Buddhist Affairs previously received a decree stating that whoever strikes a Western monk shall have his head cut off, and whoever reviles one shall have his tongue severed. Such a law was unheard of in the past; it violates national statutes and is of no benefit to the monks. For offenses between monastics and laity, clear laws already exist. I beg that this order be changed.' This was approved. In this year, the White Lotus Society was banned, its shrines and buildings destroyed, and its followers returned to registration as commoners. Ministers of the Central Secretariat stated: 'The Bureau of Tibetan and Buddhist Affairs memorialized to exempt Buddhist and Daoist monks, as well as Arkagun and Danishmand, from land taxes and commercial levies. Your servants deliberate that land has rent and commerce has taxes; these are established laws of the ancestors. That the Bureau of Tibetan and Buddhist Affairs should memorialize across the board for exemption is not proper governance.' An imperial decree was issued ordering that taxes be collected according to precedent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 48.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.62) - [Next: 48.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.64) - [Up: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.48.63) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.48.63) · Pramāṇa