[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) › 12.44 # 高僧傳 12.44 高僧傳 12.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.44) 釋慧果，豫州人。少以蔬苦自業。宋初遊京師，止瓦官寺。誦《法華》、《十地》。嘗於圊廁見一鬼致敬於果云：「昔為眾僧作維那，小不如法，墮在噉糞鬼中。法師德素高明，又慈悲為意，願助以拔濟之方也。」又云昔有錢三千埋在柿樹下，願取以為福。果即告眾掘取，果得三千，為造《法華》一部，并設會。後夢見此鬼云：「已得改生，大勝昔日。」果以宋太始六年卒，春秋七十有六。 > Shi Huiguo was a native of Yu Province. In his youth he dedicated himself to a simple diet of bitter greens. Early in the Song, he traveled to the capital and stayed at Waguan Temple. He recited the Lotus and the Daśabhūmika. Once in the latrine he saw a ghost pay respect to him, saying, "In the past I served as the karmadāna for the saṃgha, but slightly failed to act in accordance with the Dharma, and fell among the dung-eating pretas. Dharma Master, your virtue is inherently exalted, and you are mindful of compassion; I pray that you will aid me with a means of deliverance." He also said that in the past he had buried three thousand coins under a persimmon tree, and wished that Huiguo would dig them up to make merit. Huiguo then told the assembly and dug them up, indeed finding three thousand coins; he commissioned a set of the Lotus Sūtra and hosted a gathering. Later he saw this ghost in a dream, saying, "I have already attained rebirth in a new life, far superior to past days." Huiguo died in the sixth year of the Taishi reign period of the Song, at the age of seventy-six. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.43) - [Next: 12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.45) - [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.12.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.20) — Classical Chinese - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.10.44) — Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.11) — Classical Chinese - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.28) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.44) · Pramāṇa