佛祖統紀 37.36

English (machine translation) 37.36

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37.36

In the first year of the Zhongdatong era, the Emperor visited Tongtai Monastery to lecture on the gold-lettered Three Wisdoms Prajñā Sūtra and performed the great pure renunciation. The Crown Prince and the ministers ransomed him back to the palace with one hundred million coins. That night, the monastery's stūpa caught fire. His Majesty said: 'This is the doing of Māra.' He then issued an edict saying: 'When the Way is high, Māra flourishes; when cultivating goodness, obstacles arise.' Thereupon he rebuilt a twelve-story stūpa.

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佛祖統紀 — 志磐, Classical Chinese