[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) › 1.61 # 釋門自鏡錄 1.61 釋門自鏡錄 1.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.61) 竺曇遂。不知何許人。少遊放蕩。不修戒行。而矜傲自持長於姦宄。或一言致犯便積年懷恚。同寺長少莫不被其瞋憾也。甞一夕夢。婦人來語。君應作青溪廟神。後遇疾將終。謂同學曰。我平生多忤少於質直。更以福德淺薄。當受鬼神之身為青溪廟主。諸君有緣可垂訪也。及死果聞廟所有新神。諸道人往至廟中與相酬對。音響言笑猶若平生。乃請僧轉經。有慧覲沙門。舊恒讀誦。因為作數契。每訖吟沈。亦輒唱菩薩面。悲不自勝。皆為之流涕。因言。今受惡身非常醜穢。艱辛劇苦何可復言。弟子舊房戶限下有錢五千。可為追福。庶離斯苦。於是而別。僧為懺悔設齊。廟遂寂無神迹也。 > Zhu Tansui, of unknown origin, lived a dissolute life in his youth and did not cultivate moral conduct. Arrogant and self-important, he excelled in treachery and wickedness. If a single word offended him, he would harbor resentment for years; no one in the monastery, whether elder or junior, escaped his wrath and indignation. One night, he dreamt of a woman coming to say, "You should become the spirit of the Qingxi Shrine." Later, when he fell ill and was about to die, he said to his fellow students, "Throughout my life, I have been obstinate and deficient in straightforwardness; moreover, because my merit and virtue are shallow, I must receive the body of a ghost-spirit and become the master of the Qingxi Shrine. If you gentlemen have the karmic affinity, please pay a visit." When he died, it was indeed heard that there was a new spirit at the shrine. The monks went to the shrine and conversed with it, its voice, speech, and laughter being just like in life. They then invited the monks to chant sūtras. There was a śramaṇa named Huijian, who had constantly read and recited them in the past; he therefore chanted several melodies for him. Whenever each finished, he sighed deeply and likewise cried out, "O face of the Bodhisattva!" Unable to contain his sorrow, they all wept for him. He then said, "Now having received an evil body, I am extraordinarily hideous and foul; how can the hardships and intense suffering be described again? Beneath the doorsill of your disciple's former room, there are five thousand coins; you may use them to generate posthumous merit for me, in the hope that I may escape this suffering." Thereupon, they parted. The monks performed confession and repentance and held a vegetarian feast for him, after which the shrine was quiet, with no further supernatural traces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.60) - [Next: 1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.62) - [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.1.61) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.7.46) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.61) · Pramāṇa