[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) › 9.18 # 法華傳記 9.18 法華傳記 9.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.18) 廣州法譽。其性麁惡。無惡不造。其人命終。至閻羅王廳。王勅錄官。撿此人所造之罪福札。錄官勅馬頭牛頭大力羅剎娑將來其札。爾時六人。從座而起。向東北方。行入大鐵扉藏。取出鐵札。積滿三車。六人力卒竭力牽引。而來至廳前。王使諸錄史官撿挍。唯在記錄惡。無記善札。諸錄史白王言。全無記善。王嗔恚曰。汝最惡入寶山虛手歸。告錄史曰。三車札盡不。史言。二車既盡。一車將盡。王言。更細求挍。即如王勅更細撿挍。中古小札之端。錄附一善。所謂法譽往詣僧伽藍。說法華經。暫時聽聞講說。如札白王。王言。善哉法譽有大功德。五十隨喜之功德。尚勝二乘之極聖。況初會聽聞。豈無滅罪。既依聞法華經故。罪即除滅。此人可生天堂。乃放還人間。王更勅吏。惡業雖無量。不如一善。何不賞其一善。汝等將可燒惡錄札。即如王勅。燒記惡札。法譽矚目而坐。生希奇念。蒙放恩活。對親屬說此因緣悔謝矣。 > Fayu of Guangzhou was coarse and wicked by nature, committing every evil imaginable. When his life ended, he arrived at the court of King Yama. The king ordered the recording officials to inspect the slips of offenses and blessings wrought by this man. The recording officials ordered the horse-headed and ox-headed rākṣasas of great strength to bring the slips. At that time, six beings arose from their seats and went toward the northeast; entering a great iron-doored treasury, they brought out iron slips that filled three carts. The six strongmen pulled with all their might and brought them before the court. The king ordered the various record clerks to inspect them, but there were only records of evil and no slips recording good. The clerks addressed the king, 'There is entirely no record of good.' The king said angrily, 'You are most wicked! You entered the jewel mountain and returned empty-handed!' He asked the clerks, 'Have all the slips of the three carts been examined?' The clerks replied, 'Two carts are exhausted; the third cart is nearly exhausted.' The king said, 'Search and examine more closely!' In accordance with the king's order, they examined them more closely, and on the tip of a small slip from the middle period, a single good deed was appended: namely, that Fayu had visited a saṅghārāma where the Lotus Sūtra was being expounded and had briefly listened to the sermon. They reported this to the king according to the slip. The king said: 'Splendid! Fayu possesses great merit. The merit of the fiftieth person who rejoices in accord still surpasses the highest sages of the two vehicles; how much more so for one who listens in the initial assembly! How could his sins not be eradicated? Now, because he heard the Lotus Sūtra, his sins are immediately eliminated. This man may be born in heaven!' He was then released back to the human realm. The king further ordered the officers, 'Although evil karma is immeasurable, it is not equal to a single good deed. Why not reward his single good deed? You should take the slips recording evil and burn them.' In accordance with the king's order, they burned the slips recording evil. Fayu sat watching with wide eyes, conceiving an extraordinary thought. Receiving clemency, he was revived, and he told his relatives of these causes and conditions, repenting and apologizing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.17) - [Next: 9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.19) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068~en-mt.9.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.18) · Pramāṇa