[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) › 8.11 # 弘贊法華傳 8.11 弘贊法華傳 8.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.11) 釋遺俗。不知何人。以唐運初開。遊上雍州醴泉縣南美泉鄉陽陸家。鎮常供養。清儉寡欲。惟誦法華為業。晝夜相係。乃數千遍。以貞觀初。因疾將終。遺屬友人慧廊曰。比雖誦經意望靈驗。以生蒙俗信向之善。若身死後。不須露骸。埋之十載。可為發出。舌根必爛。知無受持。若猶存在。當告道俗。為起一塔。以示感靈。言訖而終。遂依埋葬。至貞觀十一年。廊與諸知故。就墓發之。身肉都銷。惟舌不朽。一縣士女。咸共仰戴。誦持之流。又倍恒度。乃函盛其舌。於陽陸村北甘谷南岸。為建塼塔。識者尊嚴。彌隆信敬。 > Śramaṇa Yisu—it is unknown who he was. At the founding of the Tang dynasty, he traveled to the household of Yang Lu in Meiquan Township, south of Liquan County in Upper Yong Prefecture, where he was continuously provided with offerings. Pure, frugal, and having few desires, he made the recitation of the Lotus Sūtra his sole practice, day and night without interruption, reaching several thousand recitations. At the beginning of the Zhenguan era, falling ill and nearing his end, he left instructions for his friend Huilang, saying: 'Lately, through reciting the sūtra, I have hoped for a spiritual miracle to give rise to faith and devotion in the ignorant worldly folk. After my death, do not expose my remains, but bury them for ten years; then you may dig them up. If the tongue root has rotted, you will know I had no true attainment in upholding the sūtra; if it still remains, inform the monastics and laypeople to build a stūpa to display the spiritual resonance.' Having spoken, he died, and was buried accordingly. In the eleventh year of the Zhenguan era (637), Lang and various acquaintances went to the tomb and excavated it: the flesh of his body had completely decayed, but his tongue alone was uncorrupted. The men and women of the entire county looked up to him with veneration, and the ranks of those who recited and upheld the sūtra doubled the usual number. They placed his tongue in a reliquary box and built a brick stūpa for it on the southern bank of Gan Valley, north of Yanglu Village. Those who knew of it held it in sacred reverence, their faith and devotion growing ever deeper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.10) - [Next: 8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.12) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067~en-mt.8.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.30) — 道宣, Classical Chinese - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.11) · Pramāṇa