[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) › [三寶感應要略錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084) › 1.37 # 三寶感應要略錄 1.37 三寶感應要略錄 1.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.37) 張元壽并州人。雖有善心。其家以殺生為業。双親亡沒。後斷殺生業。修念阿彌陀佛。發心為救双親。造阿彌陀佛三尺像。安置舊室。香花燈明。供養禮拜。其夢室中有光。光中乘蓮臺者二十餘人。於中二人。近於庭上呼元壽。壽即問誰。答吾是汝父母。雖解念佛三昧。好酒肉食。殺生魚鳥等多故。墮叫喚地獄。雖墮地獄。以念佛力。熱鐵融銅如涼水。昨日沙門身長三尺。來說法。同業者二十餘人。聞沙門說。皆離地獄。方生淨土。時熟以是因緣來告。在空中人者。即地獄中同業者也。說此事已。指西方而去。以所夢語僧。皆謂所造像。往地獄中救苦矣。 > Zhang Yuanshou was a native of Bingzhou. Although he possessed a good heart, his household made killing living beings their livelihood. After both of his parents had died, he subsequently renounced the livelihood of killing and cultivated the mindfulness of Amitābha Buddha. Giving rise to the aspiration to save both his parents, he made a three-foot image of Amitābha Buddha, enshrined it in an old chamber, and made offerings and prostrations with incense, flowers, and bright lamps. In a dream, there was light in the room, and within the light were more than twenty people mounted on lotus pedestals. Among them, two approached the courtyard and called out to Yuanshou. Yuanshou then asked, 'Who are you?' They replied: 'We are your parents. Although we understood the samādhi of mindfulness of the Buddha, we were fond of wine and meat, and killed many living beings such as fish and birds, and for that reason fell into the Hell of Screaming. Although we fell into hell, by the power of mindfulness of the Buddha, the burning iron and molten copper were like cool water. Yesterday, a śramaṇa three feet in height came and preached the Dharma. More than twenty people of the same karma, hearing what the śramaṇa preached, all escaped hell and are now to be born in the Pure Land. Since the time is ripe, we have come by this cause and condition to tell you. Those who are in the air are our fellow karma-sharers from hell.' Having spoken of this matter, they pointed to the west and departed. When he related what he had dreamed to the monks, they all said that the image he had made had gone into the hell to rescue them from suffering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.36) - [Next: 1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.38) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084~en-mt.1.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.37) · Pramāṇa