[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) › [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106) › 3.20 # 集神州三寶感通錄 3.20 集神州三寶感通錄 3.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.20) 序曰。三寶弘護各有司存。佛僧兩位。表師資之有從。聲教一門。誠化導之靈府。故佛僧隨機識見之緣出沒。法為除惱滅結之候常臨。所以捨身偈句恒列於玄崖。遺法文言總會於龍殿。良是三聖敬重。藉顧復之劬勞。幽明荷恩。慶靜倒之良術。所以受持讀誦必降徵祥。如說修行無不通感。天竺往事固顯常談。震旦見緣紛綸恒有。士行投經於火聚。焰滅而不燋。賊徒盜葉於客堂。腕重而不舉。或合藏騰於天府。或單部瑞於王臣。或七難由之獲銷。或二求因之果遂。斯徒眾矣。不述難聞。敢隨代錄用呈諸後。經不云乎。為信者施。疑則不說。至如石開矢入心決致然。水流氷度情疑頓決。斯等尚為士俗常傳。況慧拔重空道超群有。心量所指窮數極微。因緣之遘若影隨形。祥瑞之徒有逾符契。義非隱默。故述而集之。然尋閱前事多出傳紀。志怪之與冥祥。旌異之與徵應。此等眾矣。備可覽之。恐難覩其文。固疏其三數。并以即曰所詳。示存感通之在數。 > The preface says: For the propagation and protection of the Three Jewels, each has its respective domain. The two ranks of Buddha and Saṃgha demonstrate whence master and disciple derive; the single gate of audible teaching is truly the numinous storehouse of transformation and guidance. Thus Buddha and Saṃgha appear and disappear in accordance with the conditions of beings' faculties and consciousness, while the Dharma is constantly present as the means for dispelling afflictions and extinguishing defilements. For this reason, verses spoken upon abandoning the body are forever inscribed on mysterious cliffs, and the textual words of the bequeathed Dharma are gathered together in dragon palaces. Truly, it is through the reverence of the three holy ones relying on the toil of protective nurturing, and through both the unseen and manifest realms bearing their grace, celebrating the excellent method of quieting inversions. Therefore, receiving, holding, reading, and reciting will inevitably call down auspicious portents; practicing as taught will without fail achieve sympathetic resonance. Past events in India are firmly established in common discourse, while observed conditions in the land of China are continually manifold. Shixing cast a scripture into a heap of fire, and the flames were extinguished without burning it; bandits stole birch-bark leaves from a guest hall, and their wrists grew so heavy they could not lift them. In some cases, an entire canon soared to the heavenly mansions; in others, a single volume showed auspicious signs before kings and ministers. In some instances, the seven disasters were averted through it; in others, the two wishes were fulfilled because of it. Such cases are legion; if not related, they would seldom be heard, so I venture to record them by dynasty to present them to later generations. Does not the scripture say? ‘It is given for those of faith; if there is doubt, it is not spoken.’ When a rock opens to let an arrow enter, it is caused by the mind's determination; when water flows yet ice permits passage, doubts of the heart are abruptly resolved. If such things are still commonly handed down among scholars and the vulgar, how much more so for wisdom that breaks through layered emptiness and the Way that transcends all existences! Where the mental compass points, it plumbs the calculations and reaches the infinitesimal; the confluence of causes and conditions is like a shadow following the form, and classes of auspicious signs surpass mere imperial tallies. As its significance should not be kept in obscurity, I have set down and gathered them. Yet when examining past events, most derive from biographies and records: tales of anomalies and unseen omens, displays of marvels and verifiable responses. These are numerous and may be fully examined. Fearing their texts might be difficult to access, I have summarily set forth a few of them, together with what has been examined in present days, to preserve and show that sympathetic resonances indeed have their instances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.19) - [Next: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.21) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106~en-mt.3.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.10.38) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.20) · Pramāṇa