[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) › 6.8 # 法華傳記 6.8 法華傳記 6.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.8) 釋通慧姓虞氏。少有精勤。貞操出家作沙彌。蔬食苦節。專學律儀。更通律藏。二十歲受具足。時有相師。語通云。阿師大聰明智慧無邪相。唯命全短。不能繼軌。通聞此語。遂諮諸大德。將修何功德而得延壽。諸大德達識者共議。一代教中法華最大。若受持不老不死。若能依法受持諷誦。必得長壽。通時流議。捨戒律書。從師受經。即入深山。受持法華經。精勤諷誦。三年出山。更見前所相者云。阿師修何功德。得五十年壽。頓能如此。通云。前被相短壽。入深山諷誦法華經六千遍。若斯勝利歟。更無餘功德。相者歎曰。大乘功德。能延短壽。因此功德。遂為大德。年過九十。後實如相師記。 > Shi Tonghui was of the Yu clan. In his youth he possessed diligent vigor and chaste discipline; he left household life to become a novice, ate vegetarian food, maintained ascetic discipline, and devoted himself to studying the vinaya deportment, further mastering the Vinaya Piṭaka. At the age of twenty he received the full precepts. At that time, a physiognomist said to Tong: "Master, you have great intelligence and wisdom, and lack any evil marks, but your lifespan is completely short; you cannot carry on the lineage." Hearing these words, Tong thereupon consulted various Venerables on what merit he should cultivate to extend his life. The Venerables of penetrating discernment deliberated together: "Among the teachings of the Buddha's lifetime, the Lotus is the greatest. If one upholds it, one will neither age nor die. If you can uphold, chant, and recite it according to the Dharma, you will surely attain a long life." Following their consensus, Tong set aside the books of precepts and vinaya and received the sūtra from his teacher. He immediately entered the deep mountains to uphold the Lotus Sūtra, chanting and reciting it with diligent vigor. After three years, he left the mountains and again met the previous physiognomist, who said: "What merit did you cultivate, Master, to have gained fifty years of lifespan and suddenly be like this?" Tong said: "Previously, my lifespan was physiognomized as short, so I entered the deep mountains and chanted and recited the Lotus Sūtra six thousand times. Could it be such superior benefits as this? I have no other merit." The physiognomist sighed and said: "The merit of the Great Vehicle can extend a short lifespan!" Because of this merit, he eventually became a Venerable, his age exceeding ninety. Later, it indeed matched the physiognomist's prediction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.7) - [Next: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.9) - [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.6.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.8) · Pramāṇa