[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) › 6.32 # 法華傳記 6.32 法華傳記 6.32 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.32) 貞觀三年。虞林通發心。欲誦法華。俗寰勞務。多不能稱素意。遂因患致死。忽有六人冥官。前後圍繞。至大城門。傍見有一僧自云。吾是藥王也。汝誦經願。不稱其意頓致死。即可誦一偈。教其文曰。每自作是念以何令眾生得入無上道速成就佛身。菩薩授偈。謂之曰。若誦此偈。能變地獄為蓮華池。能轉苦器。作佛界身。努力莫忘。林盡誦通。遂入城中見王。王問。此人有功德不。答無別修善。唯誦一偈。王曰。其偈如何。林誦之聲所及處。受苦之人。皆得解脫。十八地獄。變作華池。王曰。止止不須復誦。早還人間。即經二日方蘇。說此因緣。祥親所見聞也。 > In the third year of Zhenguan, Yu Lintong resolved his mind to chant the Lotus Sūtra. However, troubled by secular duties, he was largely unable to fulfill his original aspiration, and consequently fell ill and died. Suddenly, six underworld officials surrounded him front and back and brought him to the gate of a great city. To the side he saw a monk who announced himself, saying, "I am Bhaiṣajyarāja. Your vow to chant the sūtra was not fulfilled according to your wish before you suddenly died. You may chant a single verse." He taught him the text, saying, "'I constantly think to myself: / How can I cause sentient beings / to enter the unsurpassed way / and quickly accomplish the Buddha body?'" The Bodhisattva bestowed the verse upon him and said, "If you chant this verse, you can turn hell into a lotus pond and transform vessels of suffering into the bodies of the Buddha realm. Strive hard and do not forget it." Lintong fully mastered and recited it. He then entered the city and met the king. The king asked, "Does this man possess merit?" They answered, "He has practiced no other good, but has only chanted a single verse." The king said, "How does that verse go?" Wherever the sound of Lintong's chanting reached, those suffering were all liberated, and the eighteen hells transformed into lotus ponds. The king said, "Stop, stop! There is no need to chant any further. Return swiftly to the human realm." After two days, he revived and recounted these causes and conditions. This is what I, Xiang, personally saw and heard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.31) - [Next: 6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.33) - [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.6.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.32) · Pramāṇa