[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) › [道宣律師感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107) › 1.25 # 道宣律師感通錄 1.25 道宣律師感通錄 1.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.25) 又問。諸神自在威力殊大。至如蜀川三塔。咸名大石。人有掘者莫測其源至如秦川武功一塔。古者相傳。名曰育王。三十年中一度出現。貞觀已來兩度出現。光瑞殊壯。而舍利如指骨。在石臼中如何陜陋若此。答曰。諸鬼神中貧富不定。各是往業。如人不殊。天中亦爾。隨其所有。而用供養此塔云云。又問。幽冥所感。俗中常有。疑以神與形朽。而猶重來。如記傳中。或經七日百日至三年者。識來形起。如生不殊。如經中云。錄其精神在彼王所。五三七日何也。答曰。人稟七識。識各有神。心識為主。主雖前往。而餘神守護。不足怪也。敢問余云。師言受戒。一戒幾神。余答云。見五戒中。一戒五神。未知大戒如何。答僧之受戒。有二百五十神。若毀一重戒。唯一神去。則二百五十神恒隨戒者。 > He also asked: "The sovereign spiritual power of the various spirits is exceedingly great. As for the three stūpas of Shuchuan, all called 'Great Stone,' people have dug them but none could fathom their origins. As for the stūpa at Wugong in Qinchuan, ancient tradition calls it an Aśoka \[stūpa\]. Once in thirty years it appears; since the Zhenguan era it has appeared twice. Its auspicious light is extraordinarily magnificent, yet its śarīra is like a finger bone placed inside a stone mortar. How can it be so cramped and crude like this?" \[The deva\] replied: "Among the various spirits and ghosts, wealth and poverty are unfixed; each depends on past karma, no different from humans. In the heavens it is also like this. They make offerings to this stūpa according to what they possess, and so on." He also asked: "Spiritual resonance with the netherworld frequently occurs among the laity. I doubt whether, when the spirit decays along with the physical form, it can still return again. As in biographies and records, sometimes after seven days, a hundred days, or up to three years, the consciousness returns and the physical form arises, no different from life. As sūtras say, 'Their consciousness is recorded and held at that king's place for five, three, or seven days.' Why is this?" \[The deva\] replied: "Humans are endowed with seven consciousnesses, and each consciousness has its spirit. The mind-consciousness is the master. Although the master goes forward, the remaining spirits guard and preserve \[the body\]; it is not something to marvel at." \[The deva\] dared to ask me: "Master, in taking the precepts, how many spirits belong to a single precept?" I replied: "In the Five Precepts, I have seen that there are five spirits to one precept. I do not know how it is with the full precepts." He replied: "When a monk receives the precepts, there are two hundred and fifty spirits. If he violates one serious precept, only one spirit departs; thus two hundred and fifty spirits constantly follow the precept-holder." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.24) - [Next: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.26) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107~en-mt.1.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.38.99) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [律相感通傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1898.1.89) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2107.1.25) · Pramāṇa