[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) › 6.30 # 法華傳記 6.30 法華傳記 6.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.30) 比丘尼妙法。俗姓李氏京兆長人也。母閔氏。初夢一梵僧持三莖蓮華。授而語之曰。與爾良種。宜善護持。因有身焉。遂誕生立字稱蓮華。年漸長大。不樂居家。情欣出俗。年十二。其姊教法華經。披文如有宿習。日誦八紙。未盈月餘誦一部訖。人美其德。名曰妙法。遂於佛前。焚香立願。諷誦八千遍。兼誦通無量義及普賢觀。三莖之夢。將非其事乎。靜夜諷誦。其聲及百餘里。遠近所聞無大小聲。凡入道已後。志節彌堅。臨終之時告徒眾言。普賢現我前。安慰我心。諸師友悉來迎。即往生淨土。言已而卒。座生三莖白蓮。如池生時。華七日不萎落。見者謂奇瑞耳。 > The nun Miaofa, secular surname Li, was a native of Jingzhao. Her mother, née Min, initially dreamed of an Indian monk holding three stalks of lotus flowers, who handed them to her and said, "I give you good seed; care for it well." Because of this, she became pregnant. When she gave birth, she named the child Lianhua (Lotus). As she grew older, she took no pleasure in family life and wished to leave secular life. When she was twelve, her elder sister taught her the Lotus Sūtra. She read the text as if she had studied it in a past life, chanting eight sheets a day, and before a month had passed, she had completely chanted the entire scripture. People praised her virtue and named her Miaofa (Wondrous Dharma). Thereupon before the Buddha, she burned incense and made a vow to chant and recite it eight thousand times, and also to chant and master the Amitārtha-sūtra and the Samantabhadra Contemplation Sūtra. Was this not indeed the fulfillment of the dream of the three stalks? When she chanted in the quiet of the night, her voice reached over a hundred li away; heard near and far, its volume seemed neither louder nor softer. After entering the Way, her integrity grew ever firmer. Near her death, she told the assembly, "Samantabhadra has appeared before me to comfort my heart. All my masters and friends have come to welcome me, and I am about to be reborn in the Pure Land." Having spoken, she passed away. Three stalks of white lotuses grew from her seat, just as when growing in a pond, and the flowers did not wither or fall for seven days. Those who saw it regarded it as a miraculous omen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.29) - [Next: 6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.31) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.6.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.30) · Pramāṇa