[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) › 53.147 # 佛祖統紀 53.147 佛祖統紀 53.147 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [53.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.147) 唐高祖。書生苟倩。空中書金剛經曰。擬諸天讀誦。後大雨。其地丈餘不濕。異僧曰。此地空中有經。諸天以寶蓋覆之○太宗。岑文本常念普門品。乘舟吳江。舟覆隨波至岸。後於家設齋。一僧曰。天下方亂。君幸不預。災終至富貴。太宗朝為中書令○玄宗。沙門楚金誦法華經。至寶塔品。塔忽現前○遂州任善病亡。同一僧至閻王所。僧曰。常誦金剛經。忽有五色雲迎僧升天。冥官謂善曰。汝亦曾誦。即令放還。漣水趙壁路逢亡妻言。今受苦。可取衣裝造金剛經。一部將畢。因過墓所。老人云。汝妻已生天○蘇珪合家常誦金剛經。姜崔氏以瘦瘁竊食肉。為骨骾氣絕見閻王。責曰。汝夫是肉身菩薩。汝何為食肉。賴有誦經功延壽二十年。遂蘇○肅宗。沙門抱玉入京受戒。帝夢吳僧誦法華。口出五色光（云云）○代宗。沙門道遵置法華經院。舉高行十四人常持法華。以燭繼晝○別駕周伯達常持金剛經。忽見梵僧自稱須菩提。謂曰。汝誦經何不斷肉。伯達竦懼。即蔬素。祥感屢見○文宗。尚食厨烹雞子。忽群卵呼觀音菩薩。勅不得用雞子。又一日食蛤蜊。有擘不開者。俄變為大士形。因詔天下寺院皆立觀音像。 > Under Emperor Gaozu of the Tang: The scholar Gou Qian wrote the Diamond Sūtra in the air, saying, "This is intended for all the devas to read and recite." Later there was a great rain, but the area of over a zhang was not wet. An extraordinary monk said, "In the air above this ground there is a sūtra, and all the devas cover it with a jeweled parasol." ○ Under Emperor Taizong: Cen Wenben constantly recited the Universal Gate Chapter; when crossing the Wu River by boat, the boat capsized, but he followed the waves to the shore. Later he held an offering feast at home, and a monk said, "The realm is just now in turmoil; you fortunately do not partake in it, and disaster will ultimately lead to wealth and honor." During Taizong's reign, he became Director of the Secretariat. ○ Under Emperor Xuanzong: The śramaṇa Chujin was reciting the Lotus Sūtra, and when he reached the Stūpa Chapter, the stūpa suddenly manifested before him. ○ Ren Shan of Suizhou died of illness, and together with a monk arrived at King Yama's place. The monk said, "I constantly recited the Diamond Sūtra." Suddenly five-colored clouds welcomed the monk and ascended to heaven. The nether official said to Shan, "You too once recited it," and immediately ordered him released to return. Zhao Bi of Lianshui met his deceased wife on the road; she said, "I am now suffering; you can take my clothing to produce a Diamond Sūtra." When one copy was nearly completed, as he passed by her grave, an old man said, "Your wife has already been born in heaven." ○ Su Gui's entire household constantly recited the Diamond Sūtra; Lady Jiang-Cui, because she was emaciated and exhausted, secretly ate meat, and choked on a bone until her breath ceased and she saw King Yama, who rebuked her, saying, "Your husband is a flesh-body bodhisattva; why did you eat meat? Relying on the merit of reciting the sūtra, your life is extended by twenty years." She then revived. ○ Under Emperor Suzong: The śramaṇa Baoyu entered the capital to receive precepts; the Emperor dreamed of a monk from Wu reciting the Lotus Sūtra, with five-colored light issuing from his mouth (and so on). ○ Under Emperor Daizong: The śramaṇa Daozun established a Lotus Sūtra Cloister and selected fourteen men of noble conduct to constantly uphold the Lotus Sūtra, continuing through the day with candles. ○ Assistant Prefect Zhou Boda constantly upheld the Diamond Sūtra; suddenly he saw an Indian monk who called himself Subhūti, who said to him, "Since you recite the sūtra, why have you not abstained from meat?" Boda was terrified, immediately turned to a vegetarian diet, and auspicious responses appeared repeatedly. ○ Under Emperor Wenzong: When the imperial kitchen was cooking chicken eggs, suddenly the eggs called out to Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva; an imperial edict forbade the use of chicken eggs. Furthermore, one day when he was eating clams, there was one that could not be opened; presently it transformed into the form of the Great Being. Therefore, an imperial edict ordered all temples throughout the realm to erect images of Avalokiteśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 53.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.146) - [Next: 53.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.148) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.53.147) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.53.147) · Pramāṇa