[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) › 79.33 # 法苑珠林 79.33 法苑珠林 79.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [79.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.79.33) 宋沙門道志者。北多寶僧也。嘗僧令知殿塔。自竊帳蓋等寶飾。所取其眾。後遂偷像眉間珠相。既而開穿垣壁若外盜者。故僧眾不能覺也。積旬餘而得病。便見異人以戈矛刺之。時來時去。來輒驚噭應聲流血。初猶日中一兩如此。其後病甚刺者稍數。傷痍遍體。呻呼不能絕聲。同寺僧眾頗疑其有罪。欲為懺謝。始問猶諱而不言。將盡二三日。乃具自陳列泣洟請救曰。吾愚悖不通。謂無幽途。失意作罪。招此殃酷。生受楚考。死嬰刀鑊。已糜之身。唯垂哀恕。今無復餘物。唯衣被氈履。或足充一會。并頻請願具為懺悔。昔偷像相珠有二枚。一枚已屬嫗人不可復得。一以貿錢在陳照家。今可贖取。道志既死。諸僧合集贖得相珠。并設齋懺。初工人復相珠時。展轉迴趣終不安合。眾僧復為禮拜燒香。乃得著焉。年餘而同學等。於昏夜間聞空中有語。詳聽即道志聲也。自說云。自死以來備嬰痛毒。方累年劫未有出期。賴蒙眾僧哀憐救護。贖像相珠故。於苦酷之中時有間息。感自网已。故暫來稱謝言此而已。聞其語時腥腐臭氣苦痛難過。言終久久乃稍歇。此事在泰始末年。其寺好事者。已具條記。 > The monk Daozhi of the Song was a monk of Beiduobao Temple. The community of monks had once assigned him to oversee the hall and pagoda. He secretly stole precious ornaments such as hangings and canopies, taking a great many of them. Later, he went on to steal the pearl of the ūrṇā between the eyebrows of a statue. Afterwards, he made a breach in the wall to make it appear like an outside thief, so the community of monks was unable to discover him. After more than ten days, he fell ill and saw strange men piercing him with spears and lances. They came and went intermittently. Whenever they came, he cried out in alarm, and blood flowed in response to his cries. At first, it happened once or twice a day like this; thereafter, as the illness worsened, the piercings became gradually more frequent. Wounds covered his entire body, and his moaning and crying could not be stilled. The community of monks of the same temple grew rather suspicious that he had committed a transgression, and wished to perform a repentance on his behalf. When first questioned, he still concealed it and would not speak. When he had only two or three days left to live, he then made a full confession of his own accord, weeping with tears and snot, and pleaded for rescue, saying, "I was foolish, perverse, and unenlightened, believing there were no unseen paths. In an errant state of mind I committed transgressions, bringing upon myself this cruel calamity. In life I endure tortures; in death I shall meet with knives and cauldrons. For my already ruined body, I only beg your pity and forgiveness. Now I have no remaining belongings left, only robes, bedding, felt mats, and shoes, which might suffice to fund an assembly. I also repeatedly pray that you will thoroughly make repentance for me. In the past, the ūrṇā pearls I stole from the statues numbered two. One already belongs to an old woman and can no longer be retrieved. The other was exchanged for money and is at the house of Chen Zhao. It may now be redeemed." After Daozhi died, the monks gathered together, redeemed the ūrṇā pearl, and hosted a vegetarian feast and repentance. When the craftsman first went to restore the ūrṇā pearl, he turned it around and around, but in the end it would not fit securely into place. The monks bowed and burned incense for it again, and only then was he able to fix it into place. Over a year later, his fellow students heard voices in the sky in the dark night. Listening closely, it was Daozhi's voice. He said of his own accord, "Ever since I died, I have suffered every torment and poison. It will be many years and kalpas before there is any time of release. Relying on the pity and rescue of the monks, who redeemed the ūrṇā pearl of the statue, amid my severe suffering I occasionally obtain a brief respite. Moved beyond measure, I have come briefly to express my gratitude; that is all." When they heard his words, there was a foul and rotting stench, bitterly painful and difficult to endure. Only long after his speech ended did it gradually subside. This matter took place at the end of the Taishi reign period. A curious person of that temple has already recorded it in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 79.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.79.32) - [Next: 79.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.79.34) - [Up: 79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.79) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.79.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.79.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.79.33) · Pramāṇa