[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) › 12.39 # 高僧傳 12.39 高僧傳 12.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.39) 釋道冏，姓馬，扶風人。初出家，為道懿弟子。懿病，嘗遣冏等四人，至河南霍山採鍾乳。入穴數里，跨木渡水，三人溺死，炬火又亡，冏判無濟理。冏素誦《法華》，唯憑誠此業，又存念觀音。有頃，見一光如螢火，追之不及，遂得出穴。於是進修禪業，節行彌新。頻作數過普賢齋，並有瑞應。或見梵僧入坐，或見騎馬人至，並未及暄涼，倏忽不見。 > Shi Daojiong, whose lay surname was Ma, was a native of Fufeng. When he first left household life, he became a disciple of Daoyi. When Daoyi fell ill, he once sent four men including Daojiong to Mount Huo in Henan to gather stalactites. Going several li into the cave, they straddled timber to cross the water; three men drowned and their torches went out, so Daojiong judged there was no hope of deliverance. Daojiong had long recited the Lotus Sūtra; he relied solely on the sincerity of this practice and contemplated Avalokiteśvara. After a short while, he saw a light like a firefly; unable to catch up to it, he nevertheless managed to exit the cave. Thereupon he advanced his practice of dhyāna, his disciplined conduct growing ever fresher. He performed the Samantabhadra poṣadha several times, and all had auspicious signs: sometimes he saw an Indian monk enter to sit, or saw a man on horseback arrive, both vanishing abruptly before exchanging pleasantries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.38) - [Next: 12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.40) - [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.12.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.39) · Pramāṇa