[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) › 5.27 # 法苑珠林 5.27 法苑珠林 5.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.27) 晉長安釋慧嵬。不知何人。止長安大寺戒行澄潔。多栖處山谷。修禪定之業。有一無頭鬼來。嵬神色無變。乃謂鬼曰。汝無頭。便無頭痛之患。一何快哉。鬼便隱形。復作無腹鬼來。但有手足。嵬又曰。汝既無腹。便無五藏之憂。一何樂哉。須臾復作異形。嵬皆隨言遣之。後久時天甚寒雪。有一女子來求寄宿。形貌端正。衣服鮮明。姿媚柔雅。自稱天女。以上人有德。天遣我來以相慰喻。談欲言勸動其意。嵬執志貞確一心無擾。乃謂女曰。吾心若死灰。無以革囊見試。女遂陵雲而逝。顧謂歎曰。海水可竭。須彌可傾。彼上人者秉志堅貞。後以晉隆安三年。與法顯俱游西域。不知所終。續有釋賢護。姓孫。涼州人。來止廣漢閻興寺。常習禪為業。又善律行纖豪無缺。以晉隆安五年卒。臨亡口出五色光明。照滿寺內。遺言使燒身。弟子行之。既而支節都盡。唯手一指不然。因埋之塔下（右一出梁朝高僧傳）。 > The śramaṇa Shi Huiwei of Chang'an during the Jin dynasty was of unknown origins. Residing at a great monastery in Chang'an, his observance of the precepts was pure and clean. He mostly dwelt in mountain valleys, practicing the work of dhyāna meditation. A headless ghost came, but Wei's countenance did not change. He said to the ghost: 'Having no head, you have no suffering of headaches. How delightful!' The ghost then concealed its form and returned as a belly-less ghost, possessing only hands and feet. Wei said again: 'Since you have no belly, you have no worry over the five viscera. How joyful!' In an instant it again assumed different shapes, but Wei dismissed them all in accordance with his words. Long afterward, the weather was bitterly cold with snow. A woman came asking for lodging; her appearance was upright and dignified, her clothing fresh and bright, and her demeanor seductive, gentle, and elegant. She called herself a heavenly maiden, saying: 'Because the Venerable One has virtue, Heaven has sent me to comfort and console you.' Talking of desire, she tried to sway his mind. Wei held firm to his resolute intention, his single mind undisturbed. He said to the woman: 'My mind is like dead ashes; do not test me with a leather sack \[of filth\].' The woman then soared into the clouds and vanished, turning back to sigh and say: 'The sea waters may dry up, and Mount Sumeru may tumble, but that Venerable One holds his resolve firm and pure.' Later, in the third year of the Long'an reign era of the Jin dynasty, he traveled together with Faxian to the Western Regions, and his final end is unknown. Next, there was Shi Xianhu, surnamed Sun, a native of Liangzhou. He came to reside at Yanxing Temple in Guanghan, constantly taking the practice of dhyāna as his occupation. He was also skilled in monastic vinaya conduct, without the slightest flaw. He died in the fifth year of the Long'an reign era of the Jin dynasty. Nearing death, five-colored light shone from his mouth, filling the entire monastery. His dying instruction was to have his body cremated, which his disciples carried out. When finished, all his limbs and joints were reduced to ashes, and only a single finger of his hand was unburned. They consequently buried it beneath a stūpa. (The preceding one is from the Liang dynasty Gao seng zhuan). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.26) - [Next: 5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.28) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.5.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.5.27) · Pramāṇa