[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) › 3.9 # 高僧傳 3.9 高僧傳 3.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.9) 頃之，欲南歸，青州刺史請留過冬，顯曰：「貧道投身於不反之地，志在弘通，所期未果，不得久停。」遂南造京師，就外國禪師佛馱跋陀，於道場寺譯出《摩訶僧祇律》、《方等泥洹經》、《雜阿毘曇心》，垂百餘萬言。顯既出《大泥洹經》，流布教化，咸使見聞。有一家失其姓名，居近朱雀門，世奉正化，自寫一部，讀誦供養，無別經室，與雜書共屋。後風火忽起，延及其家，資物皆盡，唯《泥洹經》儼然具存，煨燼不侵，卷色無改，京師共傳，咸歎神妙。其餘經律未譯。 > Shortly afterwards, he wished to return to the south. The Regional Inspector of Qingzhou asked him to stay to spend the winter, but Faxian said: "I threw myself into lands from which none return, with my mind set on propagation; since what I aspired to has not yet been achieved, I cannot stay long." He then traveled south to the capital, and approached the foreign dhyāna master Buddhabhadra at Daochang Temple to translate the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya, the Fangdeng nihuan jing, and the Za apitan xin, amounting to nearly one million words. After Faxian produced the Great Nirvāṇa Sūtra, it was circulated and transformed people, enabling all to see and hear it. There was a family whose name is lost, residing near the Zhuque Gate, who had for generations revered the correct teachings. They personally copied a set to chant and worship; having no separate sūtra room, they kept it in the same room with miscellaneous secular books. Later, a wind-driven fire suddenly arose and spread to their home, completely consuming their possessions; only the Nirvāṇa Sūtra remained intact and complete, unaffected by the ashes and embers, with the colour of the scrolls unchanged. This was passed around throughout the capital, and all praised it as miraculous. The remainder of his sūtras and vinaya were not yet translated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.10) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.3.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.9) · Pramāṇa