[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) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 1.52 # 宋高僧傳 1.52 宋高僧傳 1.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.1.52) 空之行化利物居多，於總持門最彰殊勝，測其忍位莫定高卑。始者玄宗尤推重焉，嘗因歲旱，勅空祈雨。空曰：「過某日可禱之，或強得之，其暴可怪。」勅請本師金剛智設壇，果風雨不止，坊市有漂溺者，樹木有拔仆者。遽詔空止之。空於寺庭中揑泥媼五六，溜水作梵言罵之，有頃開霽矣。 > Amoghavajra's deeds of transforming and benefiting living beings were very numerous, and in the dhāraṇī-gate he was the most markedly superior; guessing his stage of forbearance, one cannot determine whether it was high or low. In the beginning, Xuanzong held him in especially high esteem. Once, because of a drought that year, he ordered Amoghavajra to pray for rain. Amoghavajra said: "Only after such-and-such day may we pray for it; if it is obtained by force, its violence will be alarming." An imperial edict requested his root master, Vajrabodhi, to set up an altar; indeed, the wind and rain did not cease, so that people in the wards and markets were washed away and drowned, and trees were uprooted and blown over. \[The emperor\] hastily decreed that Amoghavajra stop it. Amoghavajra kneaded five or six mud hags in the temple courtyard, rinsed them with water, and scolded them in Sanskrit words; after a short while, it cleared up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.1.51) - [Next: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.1.53) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.1.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.1.52) · Pramāṇa