[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) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 8.38 # 佛祖歷代通載 8.38 佛祖歷代通載 8.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.8.38) （十六）　魏朝元會。沙門曇始振錫至宮門。吏白太武曰。趣斬之。刃下無傷。又白。臨殿陛矣。太武抽佩劍自斬之。亦不能傷。劍微有痕如線。令收捕投虎檻中。虎皆怖伏不敢瞬。左右請以天師試之。虎即虓吼太武大驚。延始上殿。再拜悔謝。魏書佛老志云。沙門惠始清河張氏子。初聞羅什出經。詣長安見之。學習禪定於白渠北。晝入城聽講。夕還處靜。三輔識者高之。武帝滅姚氏留子義真鎮長安。及義真為赫連屈局所敗。始身被刃而無傷。屈局怒召始於前。以所佩劍自擊之。又不能害。乃懼而謝。後至魏多所化導。自初習定至卒。五十餘年。未甞寢臥。跣行足不沾泥。愈加鮮白。世號白足阿練若。太武深加敬禮。始預知終期。齋潔端坐。僧徒滿側。泊然而寂。停尸十日容色不變。閱十餘年改葬貌亦如存。舉世歎異。及葬日送者萬餘人。皆號慕哭之慟。中書監高允。為傳頌其德云。 > (16) At the New Year assembly of the Wei court, the monk Tanshi shook his mendicant staff and arrived at the palace gate. An officer reported to Taiwu, who said, "Hasten to behead him!" Under the blade, he suffered no injury. The officer reported again, "He has arrived before the palace steps!" Taiwu drew his own sword to behead him, but likewise could not harm him; the sword bore only a faint mark like a thread. He ordered him captured and thrown into a tiger cage; the tigers all cowered in fear and did not dare even blink. Those around requested to test the Celestial Master in the same way; the tigers immediately roared. Taiwu was greatly alarmed; he invited Tanshi up into the hall, bowed twice, and repented with apologies. The "Treatise on Buddhism and Daoism" in the Book of Wei states: The monk Huishi was a son of the Zhang clan of Qinghe. When he first heard that Kumārajīva was translating sūtras, he went to Chang'an to see him. He practiced meditative absorption north of the Bai Canal; by day he entered the city to listen to lectures, and in the evening he returned to dwell in quietude. Discerning people of the Sanfu region esteemed him. When Emperor Wu destroyed the Yao clan, he left his son Yizhen to garrison Chang'an. When Yizhen was defeated by Helian Qugai, Shi was struck with blades on his body but suffered no injury. Qugai was enraged, summoned Shi before him, and struck him with his own sword, yet again could not harm him; he was frightened and apologised. Later he arrived in Wei and did much teaching and converting. From his first practice of meditation until his death, over fifty years, he never lay down to sleep. He walked barefoot without his feet touching mud, and they grew ever more fresh and white; the world called him the White-Footed Araṇyaka. Taiwu showed him profound reverence. Shi knew his end beforehand; after fasting and purifying himself, he sat upright. With monks filling the space beside him, he passed away peacefully and quietly. His corpse lay for ten days with its countenance unchanged; after more than ten years, when he was reburied, his appearance was still as if alive. The entire world marvelled at it. On the day of his burial, more than ten thousand mourners wailed with longing and wept bitterly. Gao Yun, Director of the Palace Secretariat, composed a biography praising his virtue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.8.37) - [Next: 8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.8.39) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.8.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.8.38) · Pramāṇa