[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) › [華嚴經傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073) › 4.17 # 華嚴經傳記 4.17 華嚴經傳記 4.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.17) 釋法念。姓王氏。大原之茂族也。年三十出家。性簡傲憙遊。放頗從習。眾莫齒之。嘗夢。入幽司具受楚毒。及覺轉念悛革。而未知津向。時遇沙門智炬等。頻\[曰/月\]冥感。遂專誠轉讀不息晨昏。每一執經。涕泣橫墜。若此者三載于茲矣。後忽眉毛墮落。瘡疾遍身。念弄慶交襟。欣斯現受。大設施會。以答神功。懃加轉讀。復經三載。乃身瘡漸愈焉。念自爾廣勸士俗。依之懺洗。繕𨵃之家。十室而九。年六十有八。終於所住。 > Shi Fanian, surnamed Wang, came from an eminent clan of Taiyuan. At the age of thirty he left the household life. By nature aloof and fond of wandering, he was undisciplined and followed vulgar habits, such that the monastic assembly would not deign to associate with him. He once dreamed that he entered the nether administration and suffered extreme agony. Upon waking, his thoughts shifted and he reformed, yet he did not know which path to follow. At that time, meeting the śramaṇa Zhiju and others who repeatedly spoke of miraculous responses from the unseen realm, he dedicated himself wholeheartedly to chanting and reading without cessation day or night. Every time he held a scripture, tears would stream down his face. Things continued like this for three years. Later, his eyebrows suddenly fell out and sores broke out all over his body. Fanian's joy and celebration mingled in his breast, rejoicing that he was experiencing retribution in this present life. He held a great feast of offering to requite the divine efficacy, and applied himself with redoubled diligence to chanting and reading. After another three years had passed, the sores on his body gradually healed. From then on, Fanian widely exhorted scholars and commoners to repent and purify themselves in reliance on this; nine out of ten households repaired their transgressions. At the age of sixty-eight, he passed away at his dwelling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.16) - [Next: 4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.18) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073~en-mt.4.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.4.17) · Pramāṇa