[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) › [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067) › 10.12 # 弘贊法華傳 10.12 弘贊法華傳 10.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.10.12) 釋曇韻。定州人。行年七十。隋末喪亂。隱于離石比干山。常誦法花經。欲寫其經。無人同志。如此積年。忽有書生。無何而至。云所欲潔淨。並能行之。於是。清旦食訖。入浴著淨衣。受八戒。含香燒香。寂然抄寫。至暮方出。明又如先。曾不告倦。及經寫了。如法親奉。相送出門。斯須不見。乃至裝潢。一如□法。韻受持讀之。七重裏結。一重一度。香水洗手。初無暫廢。後遭胡賊。乃箱盛其經。置高巖上。經年賊靜。方尋不見。周慞窮覓。乃於巖下獲之。箱巾糜爛橃朽。見經如舊鮮好。 > Shi Tanyun was a native of Dingzhou, seventy years of age. During the upheavals and chaos at the end of the Sui, he secluded himself on Mount Bigan in Lishi. He constantly recited the Lotus Sūtra and wished to copy the sūtra, but there was no one who shared his aspiration. Years passed in this way. Suddenly, a scribe arrived out of nowhere, saying that he could practice whatever purifications were desired. Thereupon, early in the morning after finishing his meal, \[the scribe\] would bathe, put on pure clothes, receive the eight precepts, hold incense in his mouth, burn incense, and silently transcribe the text, only coming out when dusk fell. The next day was again like the first, and he never complained of fatigue. When the sūtra was finished copying, \[Tanyun\] reverently presented it in accordance with the rules and saw \[the scribe\] out the door; in an instant, he was nowhere to be seen. Even as to its mounting and ornamentation, it was entirely in accordance with the correct rules. > > Tanyun maintained and read it, wrapping it in seven layers of cloth; for each layer, he washed his hands with scented water each time, never neglecting this for a moment. Later, encountering barbarian raiders, he placed the sūtra in a box and set it on a high cliff. After a year, when the raiders were quelled, he went to look for it but could not find it. Searching anxiously and thoroughly, he finally retrieved it beneath the cliff: the box and the wrapping cloth were rotten and decayed, but when he examined the sūtra, it was as fresh and pristine as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.10.11) - [Next: 10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.10.13) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067~en-mt.10.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.10.12) · Pramāṇa