[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) › 8.5 # 弘贊法華傳 8.5 弘贊法華傳 8.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.5) 釋慧超。俗姓范氏。丹陽建元人也。少有遠量。溫雅明達。蕭然有拔塵之想。於是研窮祕藏。用成其願焉。誦法華經。以為恒業。時光州大蘇山慧思禪師。悟一乘之妙義。明三觀之奧旨。超聞之。與天台智者。仙城慧命。契結良因。累年尋詣。禪師。常語眾曰。超公得忍人也。會稽淨業法師。卜居藍谷。欽超道德。親自邀請。共隱八年。常勤六度。又甞法令嚴峻。禁勒沙門。超。潛伏瓦窯。綿歷三紀。後時難廓清。拂衣而去。告窯主曰。貧道。此中誦法華經。已千餘遍。可掃灑供養。勿更用之。其人不信。仍修舊貫所燒之瓦。遂變作蓮華之形。周植四壁。遠近見者。咸歎異之。又甞在寺誦經。有一猛獸。來聽超誦。兼為受戒。以手撫之。略如家犬。語曰。檀越好去。即依言而返。感徹幽明。難以具記。後臥疾。弟子流涕跪問。答曰。吾之常也。長生不忻。夕死不慼。乃面西而坐云。第一義空。清淨智觀。奄然長往。年七十有七。即武德五年十二月六日也。自超九歲入道。即誦法華經。凡五十餘年。向二十千遍。 > Shi Huichao, whose secular surname was Fan, was a native of Jianyuan in Danyang. In his youth he had broad capacity, was gentle, refined, bright, and discerning, and had the untrammeled aspiration to transcend the worldly dust. Thereupon he thoroughly investigated the secret treasuries to fulfill his vow. He took reciting the Lotus Sūtra as his constant practice. At that time, Chan Master Huisi of Mount Dasu in Guangzhou had awakened to the wondrous meaning of the One Vehicle and illuminated the profound purport of the three contemplations. Hearing of this, Huichao, together with Zhizhe of Tiantai and Huiming of Xiancheng, formed wholesome connections and visited him for several years. The Chan master would often say to the assembly: "Venerable Chao is a man who has attained forbearance." Dharma Master Jingye of Kuaiji, settling in Langu, admired Huichao's virtue and personally invited him to live together in seclusion for eight years, constantly diligent in the six perfections. Furthermore, when the laws were harsh and śramaṇas were prohibited and suppressed, Huichao concealed himself in a brick kiln for thirty-six years. Later, when the troubles cleared, he shook his robes and prepared to leave. He told the owner of the kiln: "I have recited the Lotus Sūtra here over a thousand times. You may sweep, sprinkle, and make offerings here; do not use it again." The man did not believe him and still proceeded as before to fire bricks; the bricks then turned into the shapes of lotus flowers, covering the four walls all around. Those near and far who saw them all gasped in wonder. Once, when he was reciting the sūtra in a temple, a fierce beast came to listen to Huichao's recitation and also to receive the precepts from him. He stroked it with his hand, much like a domestic dog, and said: "Danapati, go in peace." It then turned and went back as instructed. His spiritual resonance reached the unseen and seen worlds, difficult to record in full. Later, when he fell ill and lay in bed, his disciples wept and knelt to ask after him. He answered: "This is normal for me. I do not rejoice in long life, nor do I grieve at dying in the evening." He then sat facing west, said: "Emptiness of ultimate truth, pure contemplation of wisdom," and suddenly passed away. He was seventy-seven years old, on the sixth day of the twelfth month of the fifth year of the Wude era. From the age of nine, when Huichao entered the path, he recited the Lotus Sūtra for more than fifty years, totaling nearly twenty thousand times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.4) - [Next: 8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.6) - [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.8.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.5) · Pramāṇa