[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) › [淨土往生傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071) › 1.15 # 淨土往生傳 1.15 淨土往生傳 1.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.15) 釋曇弘。黃龍人也。或云廣陵高郵人。宋永初中。南遊番禺。止于臺寺。後適交阯之仙山寺。香火之外。了無他事。誦無量壽及觀經。不知其數。弘每念曰。一身萬緒正念難守。可乘正念早見彌陀。由是於山崦間。積薪為𧂐。一日潛入其薪。口自陳曰。願謝此報。速奉金顏。無於三界以墮諸有。因而縱火。弟子追及。舁之還寺。然其所焚半身已爛。未經月餘爛且復焉。翌日鄉閭嚴持大會。舉寺皆赴。弘於是日復入巖谷。聚薪焚之。鄉民奔救。弘已亡焉。於是益薪進火移日乃盡。弟子收其遺骨。得舍利數百。擊之以石。光焰隨發。竟亦無璺焉。次日有見。弘身作黃金色。乘一金鹿。西行甚急。或問之不答。再問之。惟舉一手。指西而已。人有迫而追之。相去彌遠。其終不及焉。 > Shi Tanhong was a native of Huanglong, or, as some say, of Gaoyou in Guangling. During the Yongchu reign-era of the Song dynasty, he traveled south to Panyu and stayed at Tai Monastery. Later he went to Xianshan Monastery in Jiaozhi. Outside of offering incense and fire, he engaged in nothing else. He chanted the Amitāyus Sūtra and the Contemplation Sūtra times beyond count. Hong often thought, “A single body has myriad distractions, and correct mindfulness is hard to preserve; one should take advantage of correct mindfulness to see Amitābha early.” For this reason, he gathered firewood in a mountain valley to make a pyre. One day, he secretly entered the firewood and stated aloud, “I pray to cast off this retribution body and swiftly behold the golden countenance, never falling into the various realms of existence within the three realms.” Thereupon he set fire to it. His disciples chased after him, reached him, and carried him back to the monastery. However, the burned half of his body was already charred and ulcerated; yet before a month had passed, the wounds completely healed. The next day, the local villagers held a solemn great assembly, and the entire monastery attended. On that day, Hong again went into the rocky valley, piled up firewood, and burned himself. When the villagers ran to save him, Hong had already passed away. They then added more firewood and stoked the flames, which were consumed only after the sun moved. His disciples gathered his remaining bones and obtained several hundred relics (śarīra); striking them with stones, sparks and flames immediately burst forth, yet in the end they showed no crack. The next day, someone saw Hong's body colored golden yellow, riding a golden deer and heading west with great haste. When asked, he did not reply; when asked again, he merely raised one hand, pointing toward the west. Someone pressed on and pursued him, but the distance between them grew ever wider, and in the end could not be overtaken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.14) - [Next: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.16) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071~en-mt.1.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.15) · Pramāṇa