[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) › 2.32 # 法華傳記 2.32 法華傳記 2.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.2.32) 釋僧導京兆人。十歲出家。從師受業。師以觀世音經授之。讀竟諮師。先經有幾卷。師欲試之。廼言止有此耳導曰。初云爾時無盡意。故知爾前已應有事。師大悅之。授以法華一部。於是晝夜看尋。粗解文義。貧無油燭。常採薪自照。至年十八。博轉讀多作都講。講法華為業而已（出講記。今見傳不云講法華為業）。 > Shi Sengdao was a native of the Capital Region (Jingzhao). At the age of ten, he went forth into the monastic life and studied under a master. His master handed him the Guanshiyin Sūtra. Having finished reading it, he consulted his master: 'How many fascicles are in the sūtra before this?' His master, wishing to test him, then said: 'There is only this.' Dao said: 'At the beginning it says, "At that time, Inexhaustible Mind..."; therefore I know there must already have been matters before this.' His master was greatly pleased, and conferred upon him the complete Lotus Sūtra. Thereupon, day and night he examined and investigated it, roughly understanding the text and meaning. Being poor without oil or candles, he would constantly gather firewood to illuminate his reading. By the age of eighteen, he had read widely and often served as chief interlocutor (dujiang), making the lecturing on the Lotus Sūtra his sole pursuit. (Extracted from the Lecture Records; the current biography does not state that lecturing on the Lotus Sūtra was his sole pursuit.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.2.31) - [Next: 2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.2.33) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.2.32) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.52) — 慧皎, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.2.32) · Pramāṇa