[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) › 5.5 # 弘贊法華傳 5.5 弘贊法華傳 5.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.5) 釋僧瑜。姓周。吳興餘杭人。弱冠出家。業素純粹。元喜十五年。與同學僧曇溫慧光等。於廬山南嶺。共建精舍。名曰招隱。瑜常以為結累三塗。情形故也。情將盡矣。形亦宜損。藥王之𨅊。獨何云遠。於是。屢發言誓。始契燒身。以宋孝建二年六月三日。集薪為龕。并請僧設齋。告眾辭別。是日也。雲霧晦合。密雨交零。瑜乃誓曰。若我所志克明。天當清朗。如其無感。便當滂注。使此四輩。知神應之無昧也。言已。雲景明霽。至初夜竟便入薪龕中。合掌平坐。誦藥王品。火焰交至。猶合掌不散。道俗知者。奔赴彌山。並稽首作禮。願結因緣。俄見紫氣騰空。久之乃歇。時年四十四。其後旬有四日。瑜房中生雙桐。根枝豐茂。巨細相如貫壤直聳。遂成奇樹理。識者。以為娑羅寶樹。剋炳泥洹。瑜之庶幾。故見斯證。因號為雙桐沙門。吳郡張辯。為平南長史。親覩其事。具為傳贊。贊曰。 > Shi Sengyu was surnamed Zhou and was a native of Yuhang in Wuxing. He left home \[for the monastic life\] when he came of age (ruoguan). His pure practice was refined and unadulterated. In the fifteenth year of the Yuanjia reign (438), together with his fellow students the monks Tanwen, Huiguang, and others, he co-founded a vihāra on the southern ridge of Mount Lu, naming it Zhaoyin. Sengyu always considered that entanglements in the three evil paths arise on account of emotional attachment and physical form. If emotional attachment is about to be exhausted, then the physical form should also be relinquished. Why should the footsteps of Bhaiṣajyarāja alone be considered distant? Thereupon, he repeatedly made vows, resolving to burn his body. On the third day of the sixth month in the second year of the Xiaojian reign of the Song (455), he gathered firewood to make a shrine, invited the sangha to conduct a vegetarian feast, and took his leave of the assembly. On that day, clouds and mist gathered darkly, and dense rain fell steadily. Sengyu then vowed: 'If what I aspire to is clearly approved, may the sky become clear and bright; if there is no response, then let the downpour continue, so that these four assemblies may know that spiritual resonance is never dim.' When he finished speaking, the clouds cleared and the sky became bright and sunny. At the end of the first watch of the night, he entered the shrine of firewood, sat upright with palms joined, and recited the 'Chapter of Bhaiṣajyarāja'. As the flames closed in, his palms remained joined without parting. Monastics and laypeople who knew of it rushed over, filling the mountain, and all bowed their heads in homage, wishing to forge karmic affinities. Soon after, purple vapor was seen soaring into the sky, lingering for a long time before dissipating. He was then forty-four years old. Fourteen days later, twin parasol trees (tong) sprouted in Sengyu's chamber, with luxuriant roots and branches, both thick and thin, piercing the ground and towering straight up, thereby forming an extraordinary pair of trees. Those who understood considered that the precious Śāla trees brightly illuminated the nirvāṇa, and that Sengyu, being nearly of that caliber, was thus shown this miraculous proof. Hence, he was called the 'Śramaṇa of the Twin Parasol Trees'. Zhang Bian of Wu Commandery, who served as Changshi of Pingnan, witnessed this affair in person and composed a biography and encomium in full detail. The encomium says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.4) - [Next: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.6) - [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.5.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.20) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.19) — 慧皎, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.5) · Pramāṇa