[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) › 18.27 # 法苑珠林 18.27 法苑珠林 18.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.27) 隋鄜州寶室寺沙門法藏。戒行精淳為性質直。至隋開皇十三年。於洛交縣韋川城造寺一所。佛殿精妙僧房華麗。靈像幡華並皆修滿。至大業五年。奉勅融併寺塔送州大寺。有破壞者。藏師並更修補造堂安置。兼造一切經。已寫八百卷。恐本州無好手紙筆。故就京城舊月愛寺寫。至武德二年閏二月。內身患二十餘日。乃見一人身著青衣好服在高閣上。手把經卷告法藏云。汝立身已來雖大造功德悉皆精妙。唯有少分互用三寶物。得罪無量。我今把者即是金剛般若。汝能自造一卷。令汝所用三寶之物得罪悉滅。藏師于時應聲即答言。造藏師雖寫餘經未寫金剛般若。但願病差不敢違命。既能覺悟。弟子更無餘物。唯有三衣瓶鉢偏袒祇支等。皆悉捨付大德及諸弟子。並造般若。得一百卷。未經三五日。臨欲捨命具見阿彌陀佛來迎。由經威力得生西方不入三塗。 > During the Sui, the śramaṇa Fazang of Baoshi Temple in Fuzhou kept the precepts purely and was of an upright nature. In the thirteenth year of the Kaihuang era of the Sui, he built a temple in the walled town of Weichuan in Luojiao County. The Buddha hall was exquisite, the monastic quarters splendid, and the sacred images, banners, and flowers were all fully adorned. In the fifth year of the Daye era, by imperial decree \[smaller\] temples and pagodas were merged and transferred to the great temples of the prefectures. For those that were damaged, Master Zang repaired them all and built halls to house them. In addition, he produced a complete canon of scriptures, having already copied eight hundred fascicles. Fearing that his home prefecture lacked fine paper and brushes, he went to the former Yue'ai Temple in the capital to copy them. In the intercalary second month of the second year of the Wude era, he fell ill for more than twenty days. He then saw a person dressed in fine blue-green garments atop a high pavilion, holding a sūtra scroll in his hand, who told Fazang, "Since you established yourself, although you have performed great acts of merit and all have been exquisite, you have on a few occasions misapplied the property of the Three Jewels, incurring immeasurable guilt. What I am now holding is the Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā. If you can personally produce one fascicle of it, the guilt incurred by your misapplication of the property of the Three Jewels will be completely expiated." At that moment, Master Zang replied in response, "I will make it!" Although Master Zang had copied other scriptures, he had not yet copied the Vajracchedikā-prajñāpāramitā. \[He thought:\] "I only hope my illness will be cured; I dare not disobey the command. Since I have been made aware, I, this disciple, have no other belongings; I have only my three robes, bowl, pitcher, upper garment, and inner robe. I renounce them all and entrust them to the Venerable Ones and my disciples to produce the Prajñā \[Sūtra\]." He produced one hundred fascicles. Within three to five days, when he was about to give up his life, he saw Amitābha Buddha come to welcome him. Through the mighty power of the sūtra, he attained rebirth in the Western \[Pure Land\] and did not enter the three destinies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.26) - [Next: 18.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.28) - [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.18.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.27) · Pramāṇa