[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) › 4.22 # 法華傳記 4.22 法華傳記 4.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.22) 釋慧進。姓姚吳興人也。少而雄勇。任性遊俠。年四十。忽悟心自啟。遂爾離俗。止京師高座寺。蔬食素衣。誓誦法華。用心勞苦。執卷輒病。廼發願。願造法華百部以悔前障。始聚得錢一千六百。時有賊劫來問進。有物不。答云。唯有造經錢在佛處。群賊劫聞之。𧹞然而去。於是聚集信施。得以成經。滿足百部。經成之後。病亦小差。誦法華一部。得過情願。情願既滿厲操愈堅。常迴諸福業。願生安養。未亡少時忽聞空中聲。曰汝所願已足。必得生西方也。至齊永明三年。無疾而卒。八十有五。 > Śramaṇa Huijin, whose secular surname was Yao, was a native of Wuxing. In his youth he was courageous and robust, unrestrained in nature and acting as an errant knight. At the age of forty, he suddenly awakened and his mind opened of itself, whereupon he renounced the secular world and resided at Gaozuo Temple in the capital. Eating vegetarian food and wearing plain garments, he vowed to recite the Lotus Sūtra. Straining his mind and laboring with hardship, whenever he held the scroll he would immediately fall ill. Thereupon he made a vow: he vowed to produce one hundred copies of the Lotus Sūtra to repent of his prior hindrances. Initially, he gathered one thousand six hundred coins. At that time, bandits came and asked Jin if he had any possessions. He replied: 'There are only the coins for producing the sūtras kept at the Buddha's seat.' Hearing this, the bandits left in shame. Thereupon he gathered faithful offerings and was able to complete the sūtras, fulfilling the full hundred sets. After the sūtras were completed, his illness also eased somewhat. He recited a complete copy of the Lotus Sūtra, fulfilling his heartfelt vow. Having fulfilled his heartfelt vow, his disciplined conduct became ever more resolute. He constantly dedicated all his meritorious deeds, vowing to be born in Sukhāvatī. Shortly before his passing, he suddenly heard a voice in the air saying: 'What you vowed has already been fulfilled; you will certainly be born in the Western Realm.' In the third year of the Yongming era of the Qi, he passed away without illness at the age of eighty-five. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.21) - [Next: 4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.23) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.4.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.48) — 慧皎, Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.6.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.22) · Pramāṇa