[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) › 31.22 # 法苑珠林 31.22 法苑珠林 31.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.22) 宋江陵琵琶寺有釋慧安。未詳何許人。年十八出家。止江陵琵琶寺。風貌庸率頗共輕之。時為沙彌。眾僧列坐輒使行水。安執空瓶從上至下。水常不竭。時咸以異焉。及受具戒稍顯靈迹。常月晦夕共同學慧濟上堂布薩。堂戶未開。安乃綰濟指從壁隙而入。出亦如之。濟甚駭懼不敢發言。後與濟共至塔下便語。濟云。吾當遠行今與君別。頃之便見天人伎樂香華布滿空中。濟唯驚懼竟不得語。安又謂曰。吾前後事迹慎勿妄說。說必有咎。唯西南有一白衣。是新發意菩薩。可具為說之。於是辭去。便附商人入湘川。中路患痢極篤。謂船主曰。貧道命必應盡。但出置岸邊不須器木。氣絕之後即施蟲鳥。商人依其言出臥岸側。夜見火焰從身而出。商人怪懼。就往觀之已氣絕矣。商人行至湘東。見安亦已先至。俄又不知所之。濟後至陟屺寺。詣隱士南陽劉虬具言其事。虬即起遙禮之。謂濟曰。此得道之人。入火光三昧也。 > During the Song, at Pipa Temple in Jiangling, there was the monk Hui'an. It is not known where he was from. At the age of eighteen he renounced household life and stayed at Pipa Temple in Jiangling. His manner was uncouth and vulgar, so people generally looked down on him. When he was a śrāmaṇera, whenever the monks sat in rows, they would send him to serve water. Holding an empty pitcher from top to bottom \[of the row\], the water was never exhausted. At that time, everyone considered it wondrous. When he received the full precepts, his miraculous traces gradually became manifest. On the final evening of every month, he would go up to the hall with his fellow student Huiji for the poṣadha. The hall doors were not yet open, but An took hold of Ji's finger and entered through a crack in the wall; their exit was the same. Ji was terrified and did not dare to utter a word. Later, when he went with Ji beneath the stūpa, he said to Ji: "I am to make a distant journey, and now bid you farewell." In an instant, divine beings, instrumental music, incense, and flowers were seen filling the sky. Ji was only terrified and could not speak at all. An also said to him: "Be careful not to speak recklessly of my past and present deeds. If you speak, there will surely be blame. Only in the southwest is there a white-robed layman who is a newly resolved bodhisattva; you may recount them in full to him." Thereupon he bade farewell and departed. He then accompanied merchants into Xiangchuan. On the journey, he fell critically ill with dysentery. He said to the master of the boat: "My life must surely end. Just take me out and set me on the bank; there is no need for a vessel or wood. Once my breath is cut off, give me to the insects and birds." The merchants followed his words, taking him out to lie by the bank. At night, they saw flames emerging from his body. Astounded and afraid, the merchants went to look and found his breath had already ceased. When the merchants traveled to Xiangdong, they saw An had already arrived before them. Presently, it was not known where he went. Later, Ji went to Zhiqi Temple and visited the recluse Liu Qiu of Nanyang, recounting the matter in full. Qiu immediately arose, bowed to him from afar, and said to Ji: "This is a man who has attained the Way, entering the fire-radiance samādhi." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.21) - [Next: 31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.23) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.31.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.31.22) · Pramāṇa