[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) › 6.14 # 弘贊法華傳 6.14 弘贊法華傳 6.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.14) 釋慧進。姓姚氏。吳興人也。少而雄勇。任性遊俠。年三十。忽悟心自啟。遂爾離俗。止京師高座寺。蔬食素衣。誓誦法華。用心勞苦。執卷輒病。乃發願。願造法華百部。以悔前障。始聚得錢一千六百。時有劫來。問進。有物不。答云。唯有造經錢在佛處。群劫聞之。赧然而去。於是。聚集信施。得以成經。滿足百部。經成之後。病亦少差。因誦法華一部。情願既滿。勵操逾堅。常迴諸福業。願生安養。未亡少時。忽聞空中聲曰。汝所願已足。必得生西方也。至齊永明三年。無病而卒。春秋八十有五。時。京師龍花寺。復有釋僧念。誦法華。蔬食避世。 > Shi Huijin, surnamed Yao, was a native of Wuxing. In his youth he was bold and brave, giving free rein to his nature as a knight-errant. At the age of thirty, his mind suddenly opened in awakening; he thereupon left secular life and stayed at Gaozuo Monastery in the capital. Eating vegetarian food and wearing plain garments, he vowed to recite the Lotus Sūtra. Exerting his mind with great toil, he fell ill whenever he held the scrolls. He then made a vow, wishing to produce one hundred sets of the Lotus Sūtra to repent of his past hindrances. When he had first gathered one thousand six hundred coins, robbers came and asked Huijin, "Do you have any belongings?" He answered, "There is only the money for producing sūtras placed before the Buddha." The bandits heard this, felt ashamed, and left. Thereupon, faithful donations gathered and he was able to complete the sūtras, fulfilling the full hundred sets. After the sūtras were completed, his illness also improved slightly. He then recited one complete copy of the Lotus Sūtra. His wish having been fulfilled, his discipline became all the firmer. He constantly dedicated all his meritorious karma, wishing to be reborn in the Land of Peace and Sustenance (Anyang). Shortly before his death, he suddenly heard a voice in the air say: "Your wish has already been fulfilled; you will surely attain rebirth in the Western Direction." In the third year of the Yongming era of the Qi, he died without illness at the age of eighty-five. At that time, at Longhua Monastery in the capital, there was also Shi Sengnian, who recited the Lotus Sūtra, ate vegetarian food, and withdrew from the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.13) - [Next: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.15) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067~en-mt.6.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.48) — 慧皎, Classical Chinese - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.22) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.14) · Pramāṇa