[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) › [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068) › 10.4 # 法華傳記 10.4 法華傳記 10.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.10.4) 釋慧紹。不知氏族。小兒時。母哺魚肉輒吐咽菜不疑。於是便蔬食。至八歲出家為僧。後隨要止臨川招提寺。誦法華經。每至藥王品。廼密有燒身之志。常雇人斫薪。積於東山石室數丈。中央開一龕。足容己身。廼還寺辭要。於燒身之日。於東山設大會告別。知識其口闔境奔波車馬人眾。及齎金寶者。不可稱計。至夜初更。行道誦經。紹自行香竟。執燭燃薪。入中而坐。誦藥王本事品。眾既不見紹。悟其已去。禮拜未畢。悉至蘇已。洞燃誦經聲未息。火至額聞唱一心。言已奄絕。大眾咸見有一星。其大如斗。直下烟中。俄而上天。時見者咸謂。天宮迎紹。經三日薪聚乃盡。前臨終時謂同行曰。吾燒身處。當生梧桐。慎莫伐之。燒身三日果生矣。 > Śramaṇa Huishao: His clan and ancestry are unknown. As a small child, whenever his mother fed him fish or meat he would invariably vomit, yet he swallowed vegetables without hesitation; thereupon he took to a vegetarian diet. At the age of eight, he left household life to become a monk. Later, following Yao, he stayed at Zhaoti Monastery in Linchuan. He recited the Lotus Sūtra, and whenever he came to the 'Bhaiṣajyarāja Chapter', he secretly formed the aspiration to burn his body. He often hired men to chop firewood, piling it several fathoms high in a stone chamber on the Eastern Mountain. In the center he opened a niche sufficient to hold his own body. He then returned to the monastery to bid Yao farewell. On the day of burning his body, he held a grand assembly on the Eastern Mountain to take his leave. His acquaintances and the entire region came rushing—carriages, horses, crowds of people, as well as those bringing gold and valuables, were beyond count. At the first watch of the night, while circumambulating and reciting the sūtra, Shao personally offered incense, held a torch, lit the firewood, entered inside, and sat down. He recited the 'Chapter on the Ancient Deeds of Bhaiṣajyarāja'. When the assembly could no longer see Shao, they realized he had already gone. Before their prostrations were finished, all arrived \[to find\] the ghee fully consumed and ablaze, yet the sound of his sūtra recitation had not ceased. When the fire reached his brow, he was heard to chant 'One Mind', and with these words he expired. The great assembly all saw a star as large as a bushel measure descend straight into the smoke and, after a moment, ascend to heaven. Those who saw it at the time all said that the heavenly palace was welcoming Shao. After three days, the pile of firewood was finally exhausted. Before approaching his end, he had told his fellow practitioners: 'At the place where I burn my body, a wutong tree will grow. Be careful not to fell it.' Three days after he burned his body, it indeed grew. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.10.3) - [Next: 10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.10.5) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.10.4) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.19) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.10.4) · Pramāṇa