[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) › 3.17 # 淨土往生傳 3.17 淨土往生傳 3.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.3.17) 釋紹巖。俗姓劉雍州人也。母張氏。始懷巖夢寤甚奇。及生姿貌魁岸。十八進具於懷暉律師。尋乃游吳會。棲息天台四明等山。覃研方等諸經僅十年。又甞與德韶禪師決疑。於臨川文益師既得心矣。因止錢塘湖心寺。專誦法華。甞曰。願誦此經萬部。期生安養。日夜精至。遂感陸地蓮華生焉。舉城瞻矚。人馬交迹。巖以人至喧噪。搴而蹂之。大宋建隆二年。經願云。滿誓焚其身。供養彌陀。與清淨海眾。吳越國王錢氏。苦意留之。其心暫止。其後又投身于曹娥江中。以餧魚鼈。會有漁者拯之。得以復生。漁者拯巖之時。似覺有物。以扶。其足驚濤迅激。泰然其上。錢氏聞之。益加欽愛。特於杭州寶塔寺。建淨土院居之。開寶四年七月九日有疾。疾中目擊蓮華。華之光相。以燭巖身。巖因作偈數首。以示門徒。既而又曰。吾誦蓮經萬部所期。異日蓮臺九品。託以受生。今吾未死。蓮臺先至。所修之因。豈違我哉。後三日將亡之。其心欣慰若自得焉。 > Shi Shaoyan, secular surname Liu, was a native of Yongzhou. His mother, Lady Zhang, when first pregnant with Yan, had a very wondrous waking dream. When he was born, his appearance was imposing. At eighteen, he received full ordination from Vinaya Master Huihui. Soon after, he traveled to Wu and Kuaiji, dwelling on Mount Tiantai, Mount Siming, and other mountains, deeply investigating the various vaipulya sūtras for nearly ten years. He also once resolved his doubts with Chan Master Deshao and attained the mind-ground under Master Wenyi of Linchuan. He then stayed at Huxin Monastery in Qiantang, reciting the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka exclusively. He once said, "I vow to recite this sūtra ten thousand times, hoping to be born in Anyang." Day and night he was devoted and earnest, and in response, lotuses grew upon the dry land. The entire city looked on, and the footprints of people and horses crisscrossed. Because the crowds of people were so noisy, Yan plucked the lotuses and trampled them underfoot. In the second year of the Jianlong reign era of the Great Song, having fulfilled his vow of reciting the sūtras, he vowed to burn his body as an offering to Amitābha and the ocean-like assembly of pure beings. Qian, the King of Wuyue, painstakingly pleaded with him to stay, so his intention was temporarily halted. Later, he threw himself into the Cao'e River to feed the fish and turtles. It happened that a fisherman rescued him, allowing him to live again. When the fisherman rescued Yan, he seemed to feel something supporting Yan's feet; amid the swift and violent raging waves, he stood calmly atop them. When King Qian heard of this, he respected and cherished him all the more, specially building a Pure Land Cloister at Baota Monastery in Hangzhou for him to dwell in. On the ninth day of the seventh month of the fourth year of the Kaibao reign era, he fell ill. During his illness, his eyes saw a lotus, whose radiant image illuminated Yan's body. Yan thereupon composed several gāthās to show to his disciples. Shortly afterward, he said again, "By my reciting ten thousand sets of the Lotus Sūtra, what I hoped for on another day was the nine grades of lotus daises upon which to entrust my birth. Now, before I have even died, the lotus dais has arrived first. How could the causes I have cultivated ever betray me?" Three days later, when he was about to pass away, his mind was joyous and comforted, as if self-possessed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.3.16) - [Next: 3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.3.18) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071~en-mt.3.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.3.17) · Pramāṇa