[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) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 3.28 # 釋氏稽古略 3.28 釋氏稽古略 3.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.28) 戊子二年三月。帝追念初平天下誅戮多人。乃以御服施諸寺僧懺禮薦度。詔曰。自隋末創義心存拯溺。北征東伐凡所傷殪難可勝紀。手所誅剪將近一千。切以如來聖教深尚仁慈。禁戒之科殺害為重。受命有司京城諸寺。為建齋行道七日七夜。竭誠禮懺。所有衣服並用檀捨。冀三塗之難因斯解脫。萬劫之苦藉此弘濟（唐史）。九月帝詔曰。今百穀資茂。萬寶將成。猶恐風雨失時。子養無寄。敢藉聰明外慈多祉。宜為溥天億兆。仰祈加祐。可於京城及天下諸州寺觀僧尼道士等七日七夜轉經行道。每年正月七月例皆准此（辨正錄）。 > In the second year, wuzi (628), in the third month, the Emperor recalled that in originally pacifying the realm, many people had been slaughtered; he therefore gave his imperial robes as dāna to monks of various monasteries to perform repentances and rites of deliverance. An edict declared: "Ever since righteousness was first raised at the end of the Sui, our mind has been set on rescuing the drowning. In our northern campaigns and eastern expeditions, all those wounded and slain can scarcely be recounted. Those cut down by our own hand approach nearly one thousand. Considering that the sagely teachings of the Tathāgata deeply prize benevolence and compassion, and among the articles of the monastic precepts killing is the gravest, let the authorities be ordered to have the monasteries in the capital establish vegetarian feasts and practice the Way for seven days and seven nights, exhausting their sincerity in rites of repentance. All our clothing shall be given in dāna. We hope that through this, the hardships of the three wretched paths may be liberated, and the sufferings of myriad kalpas broadly relieved by these means" (Tang shi). In the ninth month, the Emperor decreed: "Now the hundred grains flourish, and the myriad treasures are about to ripen. We still fear that wind and rain may lose their season, leaving the people's sustenance without support. Daring to rely on the spiritual intelligence \[of the deities\] and the abounding blessings of extraneous compassion, on behalf of the myriad millions under heaven we humbly pray for divine protection. Let the monks, nuns, Daoist priests, and female Daoists of the monasteries and abbeys in the capital and throughout the prefectures of the realm turn scriptures and practice the Way for seven days and seven nights. Every year in the first and seventh months, let this be the standard without exception" (Bianzheng lu). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.27) - [Next: 3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.29) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.3.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.28) · Pramāṇa