[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) › 5.8 # 法華傳記 5.8 法華傳記 5.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.8) 僧玄秀者。住黃州隨華寺。其性清慎溫恭為志。常誦法華。每感徵異。未以為怪。時屬炎暑。同友逐涼。遣召秀來。欲有談笑。既至房前。但見羽衛嚴肅人馬偉大。怖而返告。同往共觀。如初不異。轉至後門。其徒彌盛。上望空中填塞無際。多乘象馬類雜鬼神。乃知其感通也。置而却返。明晨慚謝。朋從遂絕。秀專斯業。隋末終焉。 > Monk Xuanxiu resided at Suihua Temple in Huangzhou. By nature he was pure, prudent, gentle, and respectful in his aspirations. He constantly recited the Lotus, and whenever he elicited strange omens, he never regarded them as miraculous. Once during the summer heat, his companions were seeking a cool place and sent for Xiu, wishing to chat and laugh. When the messenger reached the front of his room, he saw only a solemn and formidable guard of attendants with towering figures and horses; terrified, he returned and reported it. They went together to observe, and it was just as before without difference. Moving around to the back door, the retinue was even larger; looking up into the sky, it was packed without limit, mostly riding elephants and horses, a mixed company of ghosts and spirits. They thus realized it was his spiritual resonance. Leaving it be, they returned, and the next morning they apologized in shame; their social visits subsequently ceased. Xiu devoted himself exclusively to this vocation, and passed away at the end of the Sui. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.7) - [Next: 5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.9) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.5.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.28.31) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.5.8) · Pramāṇa