[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) › 8.30 # 法華傳記 8.30 法華傳記 8.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.8.30) 絳州有孤山。西河造立堂舍。多樹林木。頗得山居形勝處也。永徽年中有二人僧。同房而住。一人名僧行。行三階佛法。一人名僧法。行法華三昧。二人要契。若先亡者。必告生處。如昔無著世親。後僧行先亡。雖思慕之三年。無示告生處。堂有觀音像。斷食祈誓。必有感應。僧法斷食五日。在堂不出戶外。至五日夜。夢有一沙門謂法曰。汝執取我裳角。將見僧行生處。即執裳角。須臾至地獄。猛火熾燃。不可親近。鐵網七重而覆其上。鐵扉四面閉甚固。百千沙門。犯淨戒不調身心者。在中受苦。沙門謂防守羅剎曰。此中有沙門僧行不。答有。又曰欲見。答不可見。沙門語羅剎昔同行思慕而來。我等佛子。汝如何固惜。答若欲見隨意即見。時羅剎以鋒貫黑炭示之曰。此是僧行也。僧法見黑炭流泣。沙門釋子。如何受重苦願欲見昔形。時羅剎唱活宛如平生。但身體燒爛。謂法曰。吾昔貢高恣犯。汝將救吾苦。法曰。如何救之。答為造法華經。法曰。如何造。答一日之中。以可畢其功。法曰。貧道豈可一日中畢。答吾苦不可忍。剎那難過。非一日猛利行。焉得苦息。爾時羅剎嗔呵。以鋒貫之。投地獄中。法隨前沙門而出夢覺。即日捨衣鉢資。雇書生四十人。一日寫之。供養禮拜。其夜又夢。前沙門來告。僧行早離地獄苦。近生第二天。盛自手注之而所見也。 > In Jiangzhou there is Gushan. In Xihe, hall buildings were erected and many trees and groves were planted, richly obtaining the scenic beauty of a mountain dwelling. During the Yonghui era, there were two monks who lived in the same room. One was named Sengxing, who practiced the Buddha-Dharma of the Three Stages. One was named Sengfa, who practiced the Lotus Samādhi. The two made an agreement: whichever died first must report the place of rebirth, just like Asaṅga and Vasubandhu of old. Later, Sengxing died first. Although \[Sengfa\] yearned for him for three years, there was no report revealing the place of rebirth. In the hall, there was a statue of Avalokiteśvara; if one fasted and prayed with a vow, there was sure to be a sympathetic resonance. Sengfa fasted for five days, staying in the hall without stepping outside the door. On the fifth night, he dreamed that a śramaṇa said to Fa, 'Take hold of the corner of my robe, and I will lead you to see Sengxing's place of rebirth.' He then took hold of the corner of the robe, and in an instant arrived in hell. The fierce flames were blazing intensely, so that one could not approach. Seven tiers of iron nets covered it from above, and iron gates on four sides were sealed very securely. Hundreds of thousands of śramaṇas who had broken the pure precepts and failed to regulate body and mind were suffering torment inside. The śramaṇa said to the guarding rākṣasas, 'Is the śramaṇa Sengxing here?' They answered, 'He is.' He further said, 'I wish to see him.' They answered, 'He cannot be seen.' The śramaṇa told the rākṣasas, 'His former fellow-practitioner has come out of yearning. We are disciples of the Buddha; why do you adamantly begrudge it?' They replied, 'If you wish to see him, you may see him as you please.' Thereupon a rākṣasa impaled a piece of black charcoal on a spear point, showed it to him, and said, 'This is Sengxing.' Sengfa saw the black charcoal and wept tears. 'As a śramaṇa and a disciple of the Śākya, how could he suffer such heavy torment? I wish to see his former appearance.' At that moment, the rākṣasa shouted, 'Live!' and he appeared exactly as in life, but his body was burned and decayed. He said to Fa, 'Formerly, I was haughty and transgressed at will. Will you save me from my torment?' Fa said, 'How can I save you?' He answered, 'By producing the Lotus Sūtra for me.' Fa said, 'How can it be produced?' He answered, 'Within a single day, you can complete the task.' Fa said, 'How could this poor monk complete it in a single day?' He answered, 'My torment is unbearable; even an instant is hard to endure. Without vigorous and acute practice in a single day, how could the torment cease?' At that time, the rākṣasa rebuked him in anger, impaled him on the spear point, and cast him into hell. Fa followed the former śramaṇa out and woke from the dream. On that very day, he gave away his robes, bowl, and possessions, and hired forty scribes to copy it in a single day, making offerings and prostrations. That night, he dreamed again that the former śramaṇa came and told him, 'Sengxing has long since left the torments of hell and was recently born in the second heaven.' This was personally recorded and witnessed by Sheng himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.8.29) - [Next: 8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.8.31) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.8.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.8.30) · Pramāṇa