[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) › 3.31 # 集神州三寶感通錄 3.31 集神州三寶感通錄 3.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.31) 昔元魏天平年中。定州募士孫敬德。在防造觀音像。年滿將還在家禮事。後為賊所引。不堪拷楚。遂妄承罪。明日將決。其夜禮懺流淚。忽如睡夢見一沙門教誦救苦觀世音經。經有諸佛名。令誦千遍得免苦難。敬德忽覺。如夢所緣了無差錯。遂誦一百遍。有司執縛向市。且行且誦臨刑滿千遍。刀下斫之折為三段。皮肉不傷。易刀又斫。凡經三換刀折如初。監司問之。具陳本末。以狀聞丞相高歡。歡為表請免死。因此廣行世。所謂高王觀世音也。敬德還設齋迎像。乃見像項上有三刀痕。見齊書。 > Formerly, during the Tianping reign era of the Northern Wei, Sun Jingde, a conscripted soldier of Dingzhou, made an image of Avalokiteśvara while serving at a border post. When his term was completed and he was about to return home to worship and serve it, he was later implicated by bandits. Unable to endure the torture, he falsely confessed to the crime. He was to be executed the next day. That night, weeping tears as he performed rites of repentance, suddenly, as if in a sleep-dream, he saw a śramaṇa teaching him to recite the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra for Saving from Suffering. The sūtra contained the names of various Buddhas, and he was told that reciting it one thousand times would allow him to escape suffering and distress. Jingde suddenly awoke, and everything was completely without error, just as it had appeared in his dream. He then recited it one hundred times. The officials bound him and led him toward the marketplace; he recited as he walked, and as he faced execution he completed the thousand recitations. When the blade struck down, it broke into three pieces; his skin and flesh were unharmed. They changed the blade and struck again, but through three changes of the blade, it broke as before. The supervising official questioned him, and he related the whole affair from beginning to end. They reported the circumstances to Prime Minister Gao Huan, who submitted a memorial requesting his exemption from death. Because of this, it circulated widely in the world; this is the so-called Gao Wang Avalokiteśvara \[Sūtra\]. When Jingde returned home, he hosted a vegetarian feast and welcomed the image, whereupon he saw three blade marks on the neck of the image. This appears in the Book of Qi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.30) - [Next: 3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.32) - [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.3.31) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.10.47) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.31) · Pramāṇa