[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) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 12.38 # 高僧傳 12.38 高僧傳 12.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.38) 釋法宗，臨海人。少好遊獵，嘗於剡遇射孕鹿母墮胎，鹿母銜箭，猶就地舐子。宗迺悔悟，知貪生愛子，是有識所同。於是摧弓折矢，出家業道。常分衛自資，受一食法，蔬苦六時，以悔先罪。誦《法華》、《維摩》。常昇臺諷詠，響聞四遠。士庶稟其歸戒者三千餘人，遂開拓所住，以為精舍。因誦為目，號曰「法華臺」也。宗後不測所終。 > Shi Fazong was a native of Linhai. In his youth he was fond of hunting. Once in Shan he shot a pregnant deer, causing her to miscarry; the mother deer, holding the arrow in her mouth, still fell to the ground to lick her fawn. Fazong then repented and realized that clinging to life and loving one's offspring is shared by all sentient beings. Thereupon he broke his bow and snapped his arrows, leaving household life to pursue the Path. He always sustained himself through piṇḍapāta, observed the practice of eating only one meal a day, and endured bitter greens throughout the six periods of the day to repent of his past transgressions. He recited the Lotus and Vimalakīrti sūtras. He often climbed up to a terrace to chant, and the sound could be heard far in all directions. Over three thousand gentry and commoners received the refuges and precepts from him, and he subsequently expanded his dwelling into a monastery. Taking his recitation as its name, it was called "Lotus Terrace." His end is not known. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.37) - [Next: 12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.39) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.12.38) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.10) — Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.38) · Pramāṇa