[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) › 9.46 # 法華傳記 9.46 法華傳記 9.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.46) 僧孝慈。年可五十。幼少已來。依投信行禪師。說三階佛法。以修苦行。常乞食為業。六時禮懺。著糞掃衣。隨所至處。說三階佛法。勸誘朦俗。每說三階佛法時甞言。不合讀誦大乘經典。若讀誦者。入十方阿鼻地獄。急須懺悔。後於一時在岐州。說三階佛法。于時有一優婆夷。持法華經。又勸有緣。誦持法華經。其禪師孝慈。勸彼持法華經優婆夷等言。汝等持法華經。不當根機。合入地獄。勸令捨誦。遂有數箇優婆夷捨持經。於時禪師處眾中懺悔。持法華經罪其元首。勸持法華經。優婆夷情中不忿。遂於大齋日。禪師為眾說三階佛法。當此時座下萬人以來其優婆夷。於大眾中。燒香發願言。若某乙持法華經。不稱佛意。願某乙見身著惡病。令大眾共知持法華經得此罪報。又願生身。陷入阿鼻地獄。願眾同見。若某乙持法華經。稱順佛意。禪師亦爾。當此優婆夷發願之時。其禪師被神打。失音不語西高座上唱集錄者。亦失音不語。下既有五箇老禪師。亦失音不語。其先捨誦法華經。數人因此既發心。誦法華經更生殷重。 > The monk Xiaoci was about fifty years old. From his youth, he had relied on Dhyāna Master Xinxing, preaching the Three Stages Dharma and cultivating ascetic practices. He made begging for food his constant vocation, performed the six periods of prostration and repentance, and wore robes made of discarded rags. Wherever he went, he preached the Three Stages Dharma to guide the ignorant commoners. Whenever he preached the Three Stages Dharma, he would say: 'It is improper to read and recite the scriptures of the Great Vehicle. If you read and recite them, you will enter the Avīci Hells of the ten directions; you must urgently repent!' Later, at one time in Qizhou, he preached the Three Stages Dharma. At that time, there was an upāsikā who upheld the Lotus Sūtra and also encouraged those with affinity to chant and uphold the Lotus Sūtra. That Dhyāna Master Xiaoci exhorted the upāsikā and others who upheld the Lotus Sūtra, saying: 'You who uphold the Lotus Sūtra do not suit the spiritual capacity \[of this age\], and ought to enter hell.' He urged them to abandon its recitation, and consequently several upāsikās gave up upholding the sūtra. At that time, the Dhyāna Master stood among the assembly to perform repentance, taking upholding the Lotus Sūtra as the foremost sin. The upāsikā who encouraged upholding the Lotus Sūtra was indignant in her heart. Subsequently, on the day of a great vegetarian feast, the Dhyāna Master was preaching the Three Stages Dharma to the assembly. At that time, with nearly ten thousand people seated below, that upāsikā burned incense among the great assembly and made a vow, saying: 'If my upholding of the Lotus Sūtra does not accord with the Buddha's intent, I pray that I will contract a severe illness in this present life, so that the great assembly will all know that upholding the Lotus Sūtra receives this retribution of sin; I also pray that my living body will sink into the Avīci Hell, so that the assembly may witness it together. But if my upholding of the Lotus Sūtra accords with and follows the Buddha's intent, may the same befall the Dhyāna Master!' At the moment this upāsikā made her vow, the Dhyāna Master was struck by a spirit, lost his voice, and could not speak. The one on the high seat to the west who proclaimed the collections also lost his voice and could not speak. Below, five elder Dhyāna masters likewise lost their voices and could not speak. The several people who had previously abandoned reciting the Lotus Sūtra thereupon gave rise to the aspiration, and became even more earnest in reciting the Lotus Sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.45) - [Next: 9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.47) - [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.9.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.9.46) · Pramāṇa