[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) › 40.24 # 法苑珠林 40.24 法苑珠林 40.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.24) 晉初竺長舒先有舍利重之。其子為沙門名法顏。每欲還俗。笑曰。舍利是沙石耳。何足可貴。父投之水中。五色三匝光高數尺。見徵生信遂不歸俗。長舒臨死還發俗念。輒病委頓。卒為沙門。以舍利安江夏塔中。 > In the early Jin, Zhu Changshu previously had a śarīra and valued it deeply. His son became a śramaṇa named Fayan. Often wishing to return to secular life, he laughed and said, "Śarīra are merely sand and stones; how are they worthy of value?" The father cast it into water; \[surrounded by\] five colours, it circled three times, its light several feet high. Seeing this manifestation, \[Fayan\] gave rise to faith and in the end did not return to secular life. When Changshu was about to die, he again gave rise to worldly thoughts, immediately fell sick and exhausted, and in the end died as a śramaṇa. The śarīra was enshrined in the stūpa of Jiangxia. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.23) - [Next: 40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.25) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.40.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.24) · Pramāṇa