[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) › 2.78 # 三寶感應要略錄 2.78 三寶感應要略錄 2.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.2.78) 玄宗皇帝開元末歲有相者。聞聲知長短壽。於資聖寺。聞門外聲。唯有今日壽。即出見之。童子年十三。色貌端正。悲愍默入。明日復聞前童兒。年既七十餘歲延。生奇特念。即出問由致。童兒曰。吾今夜寄宿僧房。聞壽命經。更無餘事。相師歎曰。佛法不可思議。以占相智。不可識之矣。 > In the final years of the Kaiyuan era of Emperor Xuanzong, there was a physiognomist who could determine long or short lifespan upon hearing a voice. At Zisheng Monastery, hearing a voice outside the gate, \[he knew\] the person had only today to live. He went out at once to see him: it was a thirteen-year-old boy of dignified and handsome appearance. With pity and sorrow, \[the physiognomist\] silently went back inside. The next day, he heard the same young boy again; his life was now extended past seventy years. Arousing a sense of the extraordinary, he immediately went out and asked the cause. The boy said, "Tonight I lodged in a monk's chamber and heard the Sūtra of Longevity; there was nothing else." The physiognomist sighed and said, "The Buddha Dharma is inconceivable; it cannot be known by the wisdom of divination and physiognomy." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.2.77) - [Next: 2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.2.79) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084~en-mt.2.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.2.78) · Pramāṇa