[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) › 8.9 # 弘贊法華傳 8.9 弘贊法華傳 8.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.9) 釋慧顯。伯濟國人也。少出家。苦心精專。以誦法華為業。祈福請願。所遂者多。聞講三論。便從聽受法。一染神。彌增其緒。初住本國北部修德寺。有眾即講。無便清誦。四遠聞風。造山諠接。便往南方達拏山。山極深嶮。重巖崇固。縱有往展。登陟艱危。顯靜坐其中。專業如故。遂終于彼。同學與。屍置石窟中。虎噉身骨並盡。唯餘髏舌存焉。經于三周。其舌彌紅赤。柔軟勝常。過後方變紫。鞭如石。道俗怪而敬焉。緘于石塔。時年五十有八。即貞觀之初年也。 > Śramaṇa Huixian was a native of Baekje. He went forth from home when young, devoted and earnest in mind, making the recitation of the Lotus Sūtra his practice. When he prayed for blessings and made vows, most were fulfilled. Hearing lectures on the Three Treatises, he went to listen to and receive the teaching; once it touched his mind, his cultivation flourished all the more. At first he dwelt at Xiude Temple in the northern part of his homeland; whenever there was an assembly he would lecture, and when there was none he would recite in solitude. Hearing of his reputation from far and wide, people flocked to the mountain in noisy throngs. He then moved south to Dana Mountain, which was exceedingly deep and perilous, with layered crags steep and solid; even if someone wished to visit, the climb was arduous and dangerous. Xian sat quietly therein, pursuing his practice as before, and eventually passed away there. His fellow students placed his corpse in a rock cave. Tigers devoured his body and bones entirely, leaving only his cranium and tongue. After three full weeks, his tongue became even redder, softer and more supple than usual. Only after that did it turn purple and hard as stone. Monastics and laypeople marveled at it and revered it, sealing it inside a stone stūpa. He was then fifty-eight years old, in the first year of the Zhenguan era (627). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.8) - [Next: 8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.10) - [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.8.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.22) — 道宣, Classical Chinese - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.44) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.9) · Pramāṇa