[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) › 3.367 # 釋氏稽古略 3.367 釋氏稽古略 3.367 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.367) 布袋和尚。名契此。示跡明州奉化縣。常以杖荷一布袋携破席。凡供身之具盡貯袋中。入市見物則乞。或醯醢魚菹。纔接入口分少許投囊中。時號長汀子。至是貞明二年三月三日坐於嶽林寺廊下說偈曰。彌勒真彌勒。分身千百億。時時示時人。時人自不識。偈已安然而化。其後他州復見其負囊而行。競圖其像而奉祀之。 > The Cloth-Bag Monk (Budai Heshang), named Qici, manifested his presence in Fenghua County of Mingzhou. He often carried a cloth bag on a stick and held a broken mat; whatever he used to sustain his body was entirely stored in the bag. When he entered the market and saw things, he would beg for them, even if it were vinegar, minced meat, fish, or pickled vegetables; no sooner had he put a tiny bit into his mouth than he threw the rest into the sack. At that time, he was called Changtingzi. Reaching this point, on the third day of the third month of the second year of Zhenming, he sat beneath the corridor of Yuelin Monastery and spoke a verse, saying: > "Maitreya, the true Maitreya, > Divides his body into hundreds of billions of forms; > From time to time he shows himself to the people of the time, > Yet the people of the time do not recognize him." > Having spoken the verse, he calmly passed away. Later, people in other prefectures saw him again walking with his sack on his back, and they vied with one another to paint his likeness and make offerings to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.366](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.366) - [Next: 3.368](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.368) - [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.3.367) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.17.76) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.367) · Pramāṇa