[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) › 6.50 # 法華傳記 6.50 法華傳記 6.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.50) 竺長舒者。其先西域人也。世有資貨為富人。竺居。普元康中內徙洛陽。長舒奉法精至尤好。誦觀世音經。其後隣比失火。長舒家悉草屋。又正下風。自計火已逼近政復出物所全無幾。乃勅家人不得摙物。亦無灌救者。唯至心誦經有頃。火燒其隣屋。與長舒隔籬。而風忽自迴。火亦際屋而止。于時咸以為靈。里中有輕險少年四五人。共毀笑之云。風偶自轉。此復何神伺晴燥夕。當熱其屋。能令不燃者可也。其後地甚旱燥。風起亦駛。少年輩密共束炬。擲其屋上。三擲三滅。乃大驚懼。各走還家。明晨相率詣長舒家。自說昨事。稽顙辭謝。長舒答曰。我了無神政誦念觀世音。當是威靈所祐。諸君但當洗心信向耳。自是隣里鄉黨。咸敬異焉（法苑第二十三）。 > Zhu Changshu's ancestors were originally people of the Western Regions. For generations they possessed wealth and were an affluent family. In the Yuankang era of the Jin dynasty, they moved inland to Luoyang. Changshu served the Dharma with exquisite sincerity, and was particularly fond of reciting the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra. Later, a fire broke out in the neighborhood. Changshu's house was entirely thatched with straw and happened to be directly downwind. He reasoned to himself that the fire was already closing in, and that even if he moved his goods out, very few would be saved. He therefore ordered his family not to carry anything out, nor did any of them pour water to extinguish the flames; he simply recited the sūtra with the utmost sincerity. After a short while, the fire burned down his neighbor's house, separated from Changshu's by only a fence, but the wind suddenly turned back on its own, and the fire stopped right at the eaves of his house. At the time, everyone regarded this as miraculous. In the village were four or five reckless, deceitful youths who mocked it together, saying, "The wind happened to turn on its own; what divine power could there be in this? When an evening is clear and dry, we should set fire to his house; if he can keep it from burning, only then will it count." Later, the ground was extremely dry and parched, and a swift wind arose. The band of youths secretly tied torches together and threw them onto his roof; three times they threw them, and three times they were extinguished. They were greatly terrified and fled back to their homes. The following morning, they led one another to Changshu's house, related what had happened the previous night, and bowed their heads to the ground in apology. Changshu replied, "I have no divine power at all; I merely recited and recollected Avalokiteśvara. This must have been the protection of that awe-inspiring spirit. You gentlemen need only purify your minds and turn to faith." From then on, all the neighbors and villagers held him in extraordinary respect. (Fayuan, fascicle 23). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.49) - [Next: 6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.51) - [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.6.50) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.69) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.50) · Pramāṇa