[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) › 7.58 # 法華傳記 7.58 法華傳記 7.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.58) 釋智琰。師事智凱。頗有潔操。巧書無比。自欲寫法華。貧道不得紙。夢鳳凰含紙來。覺見案有紙。即書一部收置塔中。發願云。此經不朽必生後佛世。願力有感。雨霜不濕塔上耳。 > Shi Zhiyan studied under Zhiyi. He possessed considerable moral purity and his calligraphy was incomparably skillful. He wished to copy the Lotus Sūtra himself, but being a poor monk, he could not obtain paper. He dreamed that a phoenix came holding paper in its beak. When he awoke, he saw paper on his desk; he immediately wrote out one copy and deposited it inside a stūpa. He made a vow, saying, "May this sūtra not decay, and may I certainly be born in the era of a future Buddha!" His vow had sympathetic resonance: neither rain nor frost ever dampened the top of the stūpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.57) - [Next: 7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.59) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.7.58) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.58) · Pramāṇa