[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) › 96.20 # 法苑珠林 96.20 法苑珠林 96.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [96.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.20) 宋廬山招提寺有釋僧瑜。姓周。吳興餘杭人。弱冠出家業素純粹。元嘉十年與同學曇溫慧光等。於廬山南嶺共建精舍。名曰招隱。瑜嘗以為結累三塗情形故也。情將盡矣形亦宜捐。藥王之轍獨何云遠。於是屢發言誓。始契燒身。以宋孝建二年六月三日。集薪為龕。并請僧設齋。告眾辭別。是日也雲霧晦合密雨交零。瑜乃誓曰。若我所志克明天當晴朗。如其無感便當滂注。使此四輩知神應之無晦也。言已雲景明霽。至初夜竟便入薪龕中。合掌平坐誦藥王品。火焰交至猶合掌不散。道俗知者卉走彌盛。並稽首作禮。願結因緣。咸見紫氣騰空。久之乃歇。時年四十四。其後旬有四日。瑜房中生雙桐樹。根枝豐茂巨細相如。貫壤直聳。遂成奇樹。深識者以為娑羅寶樹。剋炳泥洹。瑜之庶幾。故見斯證。因號為雙桐沙門。吳郡張辯為平南長史。親覩其事。具為傳贊曰。 > Under the Song, at Zhaoti Temple on Mount Lu, there was Shi Sengyu, whose secular surname was Zhou, a native of Yuhang in Wuxing. In his youth he left the household, and his practice was pure and unadulterated. In the tenth year of Yuanjia, together with his fellow students Tanwen, Huiguang, and others, he built a hermitage on the southern ridge of Mount Lu, naming it Zhaoyin ('Summoning the Recluse'). Yu had always considered that fetters to the three destinies (trividhadurgati) arise because of bodily form. When mental passions are nearly exhausted, the bodily form should also be abandoned. Why should Bhaiṣajyarāja's path be far away? Thereupon, he repeatedly made vows and agreed to burn his body. On the third day of the sixth month in the second year of Xiaojian of the Song, he gathered firewood to form a niche, invited the monastic community to hold a feast, and bid farewell to the assembly. On that day, dense clouds and mist gathered, and a heavy rain poured down. Yu then vowed: 'If my resolve is to succeed, the sky should clear; if there is no sympathetic resonance, let it pour, so that these fourfold assemblies may know that divine response is not obscure.' When he finished speaking, the clouds parted and the sky cleared. At the end of the first watch of the night, he entered the wooden niche, joined his palms, sat upright, and recited the 'Bhaiṣajyarāja Chapter'. Even as the flames surrounded him, his joined palms did not separate. Monastics and laypeople who learned of this came rushing in ever greater numbers; they all bowed their heads in prostration and wished to forge a karmic bond with him. Everyone saw purple vapors rise into the sky, ceasing only after a long time. He was forty-four years old at the time. Fourteen days later, a pair of paulownia trees sprouted in Yu's chamber, their roots and branches lush and equal in size, rising straight up through the soil to become marvelous trees. Those with deep discernment regarded them as the precious sāla trees, distinctly manifesting parinirvāṇa, showing this confirmation because of Yu's attainment. Consequently, he was called the 'Twin Paulownias Śramaṇa'. Zhang Bian of Wujun, serving as Senior Clerk of Pacifying the South, witnessed the event in person and composed a biography and eulogy, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 96.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.19) - [Next: 96.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.21) - [Up: 96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.96.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.19) — 慧皎, Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.20) · Pramāṇa