[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) › 6.21 # 弘贊法華傳 6.21 弘贊法華傳 6.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.21) 釋淨見。不知何許人。童稚出家。多住崇高及龍門山。誦法華經。至一萬三千遍。內精修妙觀。深入禪要。既誦持積久。身力疲困。過二十餘年後。忽聞住處北邊。有諸小兒。言語鬧亂。轉覺煩悶。亦不測小兒從何所來。時有一白頭老公。著白練裙襦。每來參問云。禪師四大何如。師答。漸覺羸頓。又不知何處。得多許小兒。日相煩亂。不復可忍。老公云。師往其戲處坐。待彼脫衣入水洗浴。師隨抱一小兒衣還。若來取者。慎勿與之。其若罵師。師慎勿應答。弟子自來語之。見。即隨老公語。往候之。諸小兒。果脫衣入池洗浴。乃抱得小兒衣還房。小兒尋後索衣。見。憶老公言囑。永不還之。小兒即惡口。毀謗禪師。言及宗祖。師亦不應。白頭老公尋至。語小兒云。汝入師懷裏。小兒初不肯從。老公驅逼數迴。始入見懷。沒在腹內。老公問師。四大何如。見云。氣力勝於從來。老公尋去。自爾已後。體力休強。禪誦數倍。識者云。此當是普賢菩薩。令山神驅諸藥之精。變為小兒。使其服之。除疾病耳。淨見。即邈禪師之教授禪法之師也。後不知所終。 > Shi Jingjian: it is not known where he was from. He left household life in his childhood and mostly lived on Mount Chonggao and Mount Longmen. He recited the Lotus Sūtra up to thirteen thousand times. Internally he diligently cultivated subtle contemplation, deeply entering the essentials of dhyāna. Having accumulated recitation and practice for a long time, his physical strength was exhausted. After more than twenty years, he suddenly heard many young boys speaking in a noisy, chaotic clamor to the north of his dwelling, making him feel increasingly troubled and vexed, nor could he fathom where the boys had come from. At that time, there was an old white-headed man wearing a white silk skirt and jacket who frequently came to pay his respects, asking: "How are the Dhyāna Master's four great elements?" The master replied, "I gradually feel emaciated and exhausted, and I do not know from where so many young boys have come to trouble and vex me daily; it is no longer bearable." The old man said, "Master, go and sit at the place where they play. Wait until they take off their clothes and enter the water to bathe, then carry back the clothes of one boy. If they come to take them, be careful not to give them back. If they curse you, be careful not to reply; I will come myself to speak to them." Jian followed the old man's words and went to watch for them. The boys indeed stripped their clothes and entered the pool to bathe. He carried a boy's clothes back to his room. The boy soon followed, demanding the clothes. Jian remembered the old man's instructions and firmly refused to return them. The boy then used foul language, slandering the Dhyāna Master and mentioning his ancestors. The master also did not reply. The old white-headed man soon arrived and said to the boy, "Enter the master's bosom." The boy at first refused to comply, but after the old man drove and pressed him several times, he finally entered Jian's bosom and vanished into his abdomen. The old man asked the master, "How are your four great elements?" Jian said, "My energy and strength surpass what they ever were." The old man soon departed. From that time on, his physical strength was robust and vigorous, and his dhyāna and recitation multiplied several times. Those with insight said: "This must have been the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra ordering the mountain spirit to gather the essence of various medicinal herbs and transform it into a boy, causing him to ingest it to eliminate his illness." Jingjian was the master who instructed Dhyāna Master Miao in the methods of dhyāna. Later it was not known where he ended his days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.20) - [Next: 6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.22) - [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.6.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.21) · Pramāṇa