[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) › 18.36 # 法苑珠林 18.36 法苑珠林 18.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.36) 唐竇家大陳公夫人豆盧氏。芮公寬之姊也。夫人信福。每誦金剛般若經。未盡卷一紙許久而不徹後一日昏時苦頭痛。四體不安夜臥逾甚。夫人自念儻死遂不得終經欲起誦之而堂燭已滅。夫人因起令婢然燈。須臾婢還厨中無火。夫人開門於家人房取之。又無火。夫人深益歎恨。忽見厨中有然火燭。上階來入堂內。直至床前去地三尺許。而無人執。光明若晝。夫人驚喜頭痛亦愈。取經誦之。有頃家人鑽燧得火。然燭入堂燭光即滅。便以此夜誦竟之。自此日誦五遍以為常法。後芮公將死。夫人往視。公謂夫人曰。吾姊以誦經之福。當壽百歲生好處也。夫人至年八十方卒於宅。 > Lady Dulu, wife of Duke Dachèn of the Dou clan during the Tang, was the elder sister of Kuan, Duke of Rui. The lady had faith in karmic blessings and constantly recited the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra. For a long time she had not managed to complete about one sheet remaining at the end of the scroll. Later, one day at dusk, she suffered a severe headache, her four limbs were restless, and when she lay down at night, it grew even worse. The lady thought to herself that if she were to die, she would not be able to finish the sūtra, so she wished to rise and recite it, but the candle in the hall had already gone out. The lady thereupon got up and ordered her maidservant to light a lamp. In a moment the maid returned: there was no fire in the kitchen. The lady opened the door to fetch some from the servants' quarters, but there was no fire there either. The lady lamented and grieved even more deeply. Suddenly she saw a burning candle in the kitchen; it ascended the steps, entered the hall, and came straight to the front of her bed, about three chi above the ground, held by no one, shining as bright as day. The lady was surprised and delighted, and her headache was also cured. She took the scripture and recited it. After a short while, the servants obtained fire by twirling a fire-drill; when they brought a lit candle into the hall, the floating candle's light immediately went out. She then finished reciting it that very night. From then on, she made it her regular practice to recite it five times a day. Later, when the Duke of Rui was about to die, the lady went to visit him. The Duke said to the lady, 'Because of the merit of reciting the sūtra, my elder sister will surely live to a hundred years and be born in a good place.' The lady lived to the age of eighty before passing away at her residence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.35) - [Next: 18.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.37) - [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.18.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [冥報記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2082.2.19) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.18.36) · Pramāṇa