[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) › 18.16 # 法苑珠林 18.16 法苑珠林 18.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.16) 齊武陵世并東看山人。掘見土黃白。又見一物狀如兩脣。其中有舌鮮紅赤色。以事聞奏。帝問道俗。沙門法尚曰。此持法華者。六根不壞也。誦滿千遍其徵驗矣。乃集持法華者圍繞誦經。纔始發聲此靈脣舌一時鼓動。同見毛豎以事奏聞。乃石函緘之（右六驗出梁高僧傳并雜錄記）。 > During the reign of Emperor Wuling of the Qi, a man looking over the eastern mountains dug and found yellowish-white earth. He also saw an object shaped like two lips, inside of which was a tongue of fresh, vivid red color. The matter was reported to the throne. The emperor questioned both clergy and laity. The śramaṇa Fashang said: "This was a keeper of the Lotus Sūtra; his six sense faculties do not decay. When one recites it a full thousand times, this is the manifest sign." Thereupon they gathered keepers of the Lotus Sūtra to surround it and recite the sūtra. Just as they began to raise their voices, these miraculous lips and tongue stirred at once. All who beheld it felt their hair stand on end. The matter was memorialized to the throne, and it was sealed in a stone casket. (The above six verifications are taken from the Liang Biographies of Eminent Monks and Miscellaneous Records). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.15) - [Next: 18.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.17) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.18.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [三寶感應要略錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.2.132) — Classical Chinese - [大唐內典錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2149.10.51) — Classical Chinese - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.35) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.16) · Pramāṇa