[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) › 5.12 # 弘贊法華傳 5.12 弘贊法華傳 5.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.12) 釋法充。姓畢氏。九江人。常誦法花。其遍難紀。兼繕造寺宇。情存住持。末住廬山半頂化城寺修定。自非僧事。未甞妄履。每勸僧眾。無以女人入寺。上損佛化。下墜俗謠。然世以基業事重。有不從者。充歎曰。生不值佛。已是罪緣。正教不行。義須早死。何慮方士不奉戒乎。遂於此山香爐峯上。自投而下。誓粉身骨用生淨土。便於虛中。頭忽倒上。冉冉而下。處於深谷。不損一毛。寺眾初不知也。後有人上峯頂。路望下。千有餘仞。聞人語聲。就而尋之。乃是充也。身命猶存。口誦如故。迎還至寺。僧等感其死諫。為斷女人。經于六年。方乃卒世。時屬隆暑。而尸不臭爛。即隋開皇末年矣。 > Shi Fachong, surnamed Bi, was a native of Jiujiang. He constantly recited the Lotus Sūtra, the number of times beyond reckoning. In addition, he repaired and built monastery buildings, with his heart devoted to maintaining the Dharma. In his later years, he resided at Huacheng Monastery halfway up Mount Lu to practice meditation. Unless on monastic business, he never took a step outside. He constantly urged the assembly of monks: "Do not let women enter the monastery. Above, this harms the Buddha's teachings; below, it gives rise to vulgar gossip." However, because worldly people considered material foundations of major importance, some did not comply. Chong sighed, saying: "Not encountering a buddha in this life is already the consequence of past transgressions. When the correct teaching is not practiced, it is right that one should die early. Why worry that men of the world will not keep the precepts?" He thereupon threw himself down from the Incense Burner Peak of this mountain, vowing to pulverize his flesh and bones so that he might be born in the Pure Land. In mid-air, his head suddenly turned upwards, and he floated gently downward, coming to rest in the deep valley without harming a single hair. The monastic assembly initially knew nothing of it. Later, someone ascended the mountain peak and looked down the path, more than a thousand fathoms deep. Hearing a human voice, he followed the sound to search for it, and it was indeed Chong. His life was still intact, and he was reciting as before. They welcomed him back to the monastery. The monks, moved by his admonition unto death, barred women \[from the monastery\]. Six years later, he finally passed away. The weather was at the height of summer heat, yet his corpse did not putrefy or smell foul. This was at the end of the Kaihuang reign era of the Sui. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.11) - [Next: 5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.13) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067~en-mt.5.12) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.5.18) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.12) · Pramāṇa