[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) › 3.51 # 集神州三寶感通錄 3.51 集神州三寶感通錄 3.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.51) 隋開皇中。蔣州人嚴恭者。於郭下造精舍。寫法華經。清淨供養若紙若筆。必以淨心不行欺詐。信心而與不行乞覓。隨得便營如法經營。給書生歡喜。常有十人道俗送直。恭親檢校勞不告倦。甞有人從貸經錢一萬。恭不獲已與之。貸者得錢船載中覆。錢失人活。是日恭入錢庫見一萬錢濕如水洗怪之。後見所貸錢人。方知其沒溺。又有商人至宮亭湖。祭神上物。夜夢神云。倩君以物送與嚴恭法花。令經用也。及覺所上之物在前。又恭曾至市買紙少錢。忽有人持三千錢授恭曰。助君買紙。言已不見。又有漁人。夜見。江中火焰焰浮來。以船迎之。乃是經函。及明尋視。乃是嚴家經。其後發願。略云。無一字而不經眼。無一字而不用心。及大業末子孫猶傳經業。群盜相約不入其里。里人賴之至今。故業猶爾。 > During the Kaihuang era of the Sui, Yan Gong, a man of Jiang Prefecture, built a retreat below the outer city walls to copy the Lotus Sūtra. He made pure offerings; whether of paper or brushes, it was always done with a pure heart, practicing no deception. He accepted what was given in faith, never begging or seeking, and undertook the work as donations were received, managing it strictly according to the Dharma, providing for the scribes to their delight. There were constantly ten monastics and laypeople providing funds. Gong personally inspected and oversaw the work, never professing weariness at his toil. Once, someone borrowed ten thousand cash of sūtra money from him; unable to refuse, Gong gave it to him. Having obtained the cash, the borrower loaded it onto a boat, which capsized in midstream; the money was lost, but the man survived. That day, Gong entered the money vault and saw ten thousand cash dripping wet as if washed in water, which he found astonishing; only later, upon meeting the man who borrowed the cash, did he learn of the drowning. Furthermore, a merchant went to Lake Gongting and presented offerings to the deity; at night he dreamed that the deity told him: 'I request you to take these things and deliver them to Yan Gong's Lotus \[project\] to be used for the sūtra.' Upon waking, the offered goods were before him. Once, when Gong went to the market to purchase paper and was short of cash, a person suddenly appeared, handed Gong three thousand cash, and said: 'To assist you in buying paper.' Having spoken, he vanished. Moreover, a fisherman at night saw flames floating toward him on the river; approaching with his boat, he found it was a sūtra case. When he examined it at dawn, it proved to be a sūtra of the Yan family. Later, \[Gong\] made a vow, which said in brief: 'Let there be no character that does not pass before my eyes, no character upon which I do not apply my mind.' Up to the end of the Daye era, his descendants still carried on the sūtra enterprise. Groups of bandits made an agreement not to enter their village; the villagers have relied upon this to this day, and the enterprise continues as of old. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.50) - [Next: 3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.52) - [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.3.51) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.10.65) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.51) · Pramāṇa