[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) › [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060) › 28.22 # 續高僧傳 28.22 續高僧傳 28.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.22) 釋慧顯。伯濟國人也。少出家。苦心精專。以誦法華為業。祈福請願。所遂者多。聞講三論便從聽受。法一染神彌增其緒。初住本國北部修德寺有眾則講無便清誦。四遠聞風造山諠接。便往南方達拏山。山極深險重隒巖固。縱有往展登陟艱危。顯靜坐其中專業如故。遂終于彼。同學輿屍置石窟中。虎噉身骨並盡。惟餘髏舌存焉。經于三周其舌彌紅赤。柔軟勝常。過後方變紫鞕如石。道俗怪而敬焉。俱緘閉于石塔。時年五十有八。即貞觀之初年也。 > Śramaṇa Huixian was a native of the kingdom of Baekje. He entered the monastic life in his youth, applying his mind with bitter diligence and concentration, making the cantillation of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra his lifelong practice. When he prayed for blessings or made vows, most were fulfilled. Hearing lectures on the Three Treatises, he attended and received them; once the Dharma tinged his spirit, his understanding increased all the more. At first he resided at Xiude Monastery in the northern part of his native country: when there was an assembly he would lecture, and when there was none he would engage in clear cantillation. People from all around heard of his reputation and gathered at the mountain with clamorous bustle. He then departed for Mount Dana in the south. The mountain was exceedingly deep and perilous, with layered precipices and steep crags; even if people sought to visit, the climb was arduous and hazardous. Huixian sat in quietude therein, maintaining his dedicated practice as before. He eventually passed away there. His fellow students carried his corpse and placed it in a stone cave. Tigers devoured his body and bones entirely, leaving only his cranium and tongue. After three weeks, his tongue grew even redder, softer and more supple than usual; only after that did it turn purple and as hard as stone. Monks and laity found it extraordinary and revered it, interring both inside a stone stūpa. He was then fifty-eight years of age, in the first year of the Zhenguan era \[627 CE\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.21) - [Next: 28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.23) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.28.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.44) — Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.22) · Pramāṇa