[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) › [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064) › 1.25 # 神僧傳 1.25 神僧傳 1.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.1.25) 竺法慧。本關中人。方直有戒行。入嵩高山事浮圖蜜為師。晉康帝建元元年至襄陽止羊叔子寺。不受別請每乞食。輒齎繩床自隨於閑曠之路。則施之而坐。時或遇雨以油帔自覆。雨止唯見繩床。不知慧所在。訊問未息慧已在床。每語弟子法昭曰。汝過去時折一雞脚。其殃尋至。俄而昭為人所擲。脚遂永疾。後語弟子云。新野有一老公當命過。吾欲度之。仍行於畦畔之間。果見一公將牛耕田。慧從公乞牛。公不與。慧前自捉牛鼻。公懼其異。遂以施之。慧牽牛呪願。七步而反以牛還公。公少日而亡。後征西庾稚恭鎮襄陽。既素不奉法。聞慧有非常之迹。甚嫉之。慧預告弟子曰。吾宿對尋至。誡勸眷屬令勤修福善。爾後二日果收而刑之。春秋五十八矣。臨死語眾人云。吾死後三日天當暴雨。至期果洪注城門水深一丈。居民渰沒多有死者。 > Zhu Fahui was originally a native of Guanzhong. He was upright, forthright, and of pure moral conduct. He entered the Songgao Mountains to serve Fotumi as his teacher. In the first year of Jianyuan of Emperor Kang of Jin, he arrived in Xiangyang and stayed at the Yang Shuzi Monastery. He did not accept separate invitations; whenever he begged for food, he would carry a rope-bed with him along quiet and open roads, set it down, and sit. Sometimes when encountering rain, he would cover himself with an oiled cape; when the rain stopped, people saw only the rope-bed and did not know where Fahui was. Before their questioning ceased, Fahui was already on the bed. He often said to his disciple Fazhao: 'In a past life you broke a chicken's leg; the retribution will soon arrive.' Soon after, Zhao was thrown down by someone, and his leg became permanently crippled. Later, he said to his disciples: 'An old man in Xinye is due to pass away; I wish to deliver him.' He then walked along the dikes between the fields and indeed saw an old man leading an ox to plow the field. Fahui begged the old man for the ox. The old man would not give it. Fahui stepped forward and grabbed the ox's nose himself; terrified by his uncanny nature, the old man thereupon gave it to him as dāna. Fahui led the ox while chanting a dedication of merit, took seven steps, turned back, and returned the ox to the old man. A few days later, the old man died. Later, Yu Zhigong, General Who Conquers the West, was stationed in Xiangyang. Since he had never revered the Dharma and heard that Fahui possessed extraordinary miraculous traces, he was extremely jealous of him. Fahui forewarned his disciples, saying: 'My past retribution will soon arrive,' and exhorted his followers to diligently cultivate merit and goodness. Two days later, he was indeed arrested and executed. His worldly age was fifty-eight. Facing death, he said to the crowd: 'Three days after I die, heavy rain will fall from heaven.' When the appointed time arrived, a deluge poured down; the water at the city gate reached a depth of ten feet, flooding and drowning residents, causing many deaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.1.24) - [Next: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.1.26) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.1.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.1.25) · Pramāṇa