[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) › 4.44 # 法華傳記 4.44 法華傳記 4.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.44) 釋慧顯。百濟國人也。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。有眾則講。無便清誦。四遠聞風。造山諠接。便往南方達拏山。山極深險重隒巖固。縱有往展。登陟艱危。顯靜坐其中。專業如故。遂終于彼。同學輿屍。置石窟中。虎噉身骨並盡。惟餘髏舌存焉。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。俱緘閉于石塔。時年五十有八。即貞觀之初年也。 > Shi Huixian was a man of the kingdom of Baekje. He left home in his youth and, with a diligent and focused mind, took the recitation of the Lotus Sūtra as his vocation. He prayed for blessings and made vows, most of which were fulfilled. Hearing lectures on the Three Treatises, he went to listen and receive them; once the Dharma tinged his spirit, his resolve grew all the more. At first he dwelt at Sudeok Monastery in the northern part of his country; whenever there was an assembly, he would lecture, and when there was none, he would recite clearly. People near and far heard of his reputation and crowded the mountain in clamorous gatherings. He then went to Mount Dana in the south. The mountain was extremely deep and perilous, with layered precipices and solid crags; even if people wished to visit, the climb was arduous and dangerous. Xian sat quietly within it, his focused practice remaining as before. He eventually ended his life there. His fellow students carried his corpse and placed it in a stone cave. Tigers devoured his body and bones entirely, leaving only his cranium and tongue. After three weeks, his tongue became even redder, soft and supple beyond the ordinary. Only afterward did it turn purple and hard as stone. Monastics and laypeople marveled at it and revered it, and together sealed it in a stone stūpa. He was fifty-eight years of age, which was the first year of the Zhenguan era (627 CE). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.43) - [Next: 4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.45) - [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.4.44) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.22) — 道宣, Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.8.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.4.44) · Pramāṇa