[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 14.25 # 法苑珠林 14.25 法苑珠林 14.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.25) 隋時凝觀寺僧法慶。開皇三年造夾紵釋迦立像一軀。舉高一丈六尺。像功未畢慶身遂卒。其日又有寶昌寺。僧大智死。經三日而便蘇活。遂向寺僧說云。於閻羅王前見僧。法慶甚有憂色。少時之間又見像來王前。王遽走下階合掌禮拜此像。像謂王曰。法慶造我今仍未畢奈何令死。王顧召一人曰。法慶合死未。答曰。命未合終。而食料已盡。王曰。可給荷葉令終其福業也。俄而不見。大智蘇活為寺僧說之。乃令於凝觀寺看之。須臾之間遂見法慶蘇活。所說與大智不殊。法慶蘇後常食荷葉以為佳味。及噉餘食終不得下。像成之後數年乃卒。其像儀相圓滿屢放光明。此寺雖廢其像現存。 > During the Sui dynasty, there was a monk named Faqing at Ningguan Temple. In the third year of the Kaihuang reign era, he made a standing dry-lacquer statue of Śākyamuni sixteen feet in height. Before the work on the statue was finished, Faqing suddenly died. On that very day, at Baochang Temple, another monk named Dazhi also died, but after three days he revived. He then said to the monks of his temple: 'Before King Yama, I saw the monk Faqing looking extremely distressed. A short while later, I saw this statue come before the king. The king hastily ran down the steps and joined his palms in reverence to the statue. The statue said to the king: "Faqing was making me, and now it is still not finished; why have you caused him to die?" The king looked around and summoned a subordinate, asking: "Is it Faqing’s time to die or not?" The subordinate replied: "His life was not yet destined to end, but his provisions of food were exhausted." The king said: "You may grant him lotus leaves so that he may complete his meritorious endeavor." Suddenly they were gone.' When Dazhi revived, he related this to the monks of his temple. They then sent someone to Ningguan Temple to look; in a moment, they saw Faqing revive as well. What he recounted did not differ in the least from Dazhi's words. After Faqing revived, he constantly ate lotus leaves, finding them delicious; but whenever he ate other food, he could never swallow it. Several years after the statue was completed, he passed away. The statue's marks were perfectly rounded, and it frequently emitted light. Although this temple is now abandoned, the statue still exists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.24) - [Next: 14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.26) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.14.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [三寶感應要略錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.19) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.25) · Pramāṇa