[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) › 23.69 # 法苑珠林 23.69 法苑珠林 23.69 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.69) 晉竺長舒者。其先西域人也。世有資貨為富人。竺居晉元康中內徙雒陽。長舒奉法精至。尤好誦觀世音經。其後隣比失火。長舒家悉草屋。又正下風。自計火已逼近。政復出物所全無幾。乃勅家人不得摙物。亦無灌救者。唯至心誦經。有頃火燒其隣屋。與長舒隔籬而風忽自迴。火亦際屋而止。于時咸以為靈。里中有輕險少年四五人。共毀笑之云。風偶自轉。此復何神。伺晴燥夕當爇其屋。能令不燃者可也。其後天甚旱燥風起亦駛。少年輩密共束炬擲其屋上。三擲三滅。乃大驚懼各走還家。明晨相率詣長舒家。自說昨事稽顙辭謝。長舒答曰。我了無神。政誦念觀世音當是威靈所祐。諸君但當洗心信向耳。自是隣里鄉黨咸敬異焉。 > Zhu Changshu of the Jin was originally from the Western Regions. His family had been wealthy for generations. During the Yuankang era of the Jin, Zhu moved inland to Luoyang. Changshu practiced the Dharma with the utmost sincerity and devotion, and especially liked to recite the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra. Later, a fire broke out in the neighborhood. Changshu's house was entirely thatched, and it happened to be downwind. Considering that the fire was already closing in, and that even if he moved his possessions out, very few could be preserved, he ordered his family members not to carry out goods, nor did they pour water to extinguish the fire. They merely recited the sūtra with one-pointed sincerity. In a short while, the fire burned the adjacent house, separated from Changshu only by a fence, when the wind suddenly turned back of itself. The fire also stopped right at the edge of the house. At that time, everyone considered it a miracle. There were four or five frivolous and dangerous youths in the neighborhood who ridiculed it together, saying, “The wind merely turned by chance; what divinity is there in this? Let us wait for a dry, clear evening to set his house ablaze; only if he can prevent it from burning will it count.” Thereafter, the weather was exceedingly dry and the wind blew swiftly. The youths secretly gathered torches and cast them onto his roof together. Three times they threw them, and three times they were extinguished. Thereupon, they were terrified, and each fled back home. The next morning, they went together to Changshu's house, related the events of the previous evening of their own accord, and bowed their heads to the ground in apology. Changshu replied, “I possess no divine power at all. It is merely that by reciting and keeping in mind Avalokiteśvara, it must be the protection of his awesome spiritual efficacy. You gentlemen need only cleanse your hearts and turn toward faith.” From then on, the entire neighborhood and village revered him as extraordinary. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.68) - [Next: 23.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.70) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.23.69) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.6.50) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.23.69) · Pramāṇa