[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) › [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083) › 1.40 # 釋門自鏡錄 1.40 釋門自鏡錄 1.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.40) 釋慧眺。姓莊氏。少出家。以小乘為業。馳譽江漢。承象王哲公講三論。心生不忍曰。三論明空講者著空。言訖舌出三尺。鼻眼兩耳並皆流血。七日不語。有汰律師聞之。曰汝大癡也。一言毀經罪過五逆。可信大乘方得免耳。乃令懺悔舌還收入。便輿往哲所誓聽大乘。後每講法華華嚴。用陳懺謝。甞在松林坐禪。見有三人形服都雅。請受菩薩戒。受訖白。曰禪師大利根。若不改心信大乘者。千佛出世猶在地獄。聞此語重屬。涕泗交流大哭還寺。在哲房前宛轉嗚咽。不能得語。又勸化俗士造華嚴大品法華維摩思益各百部。終時感林樹變白。可謂過而能改焉。 > The monk Huitiao was surnamed Zhuang. He went forth into renunciation in his youth, took the Hīnayāna as his vocation, and his fame spread along the Changjiang and Han Rivers. Hearing that Master Xiangwang Zhe was lecturing on the Three Treatises, an intolerable feeling arose in his heart, and he said: 'The Three Treatises expound emptiness, and those who lecture on them are attached to emptiness!' As soon as he finished speaking, his tongue protruded three feet, and blood flowed from his nose, eyes, and both ears. For seven days he could not speak. The Vinaya Master Tai heard of it and said: 'You are greatly deluded! Slandering the sūtras with a single word incurs a crime surpassing the five heinous deeds. Only if you believe in the Mahāyāna will you be able to escape it.' He then had him repent, and his tongue was drawn back in. He was then carried on a litter to Master Zhe's place, vowing to listen to the Mahāyāna. Later, whenever he lectured on the \*Lotus\* and \*Avataṃsaka\*, he used it to express his repentance. Once, while sitting in meditation in a pine grove, he saw three people whose appearance and clothing were entirely elegant, requesting to receive the bodhisattva precepts. Having received them, they addressed him, saying: 'Meditation Master, your faculties are greatly sharp. If you had not changed your mind and believed in the Mahāyāna, even when a thousand Buddhas appeared in the world you would still be in hell.' Hearing these words repeated, tears streamed down, and he wept aloud as he returned to the monastery. In front of Master Zhe's room he tossed about and sobbed, unable to speak. Furthermore, he encouraged laypeople to produce one hundred copies each of the \*Avataṃsaka\*, the \*Great Perfection of Wisdom\*, the \*Lotus\*, the \*Vimalakīrti\*, and the \*Viśeṣacintibrahma-paripṛcchā\*. At the time of his passing, he moved the trees of the forest to turn white. He may indeed be called one who was able to correct his faults! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.39) - [Next: 1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.41) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083~en-mt.1.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.40) · Pramāṇa