[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) › 96.28 # 法苑珠林 96.28 法苑珠林 96.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [96.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.28) 隋廬山甘露峯釋大志。姓顧氏。會稽山陰人。師事天台伏膺日久。顗覩其容知其神志。故見者眄睞測非凡器。後於蓮華山甘露峯南。建靜觀道場。頭陀為業。分爾一身不避虓虎。聞有惡獸輒往投之皆避不噉經于七載。禪業無絕。晚住此山福林寺。會大業併除流徙隱逸。慨法倰遲一至於此。乃變服毀形麁布為衣。在佛堂內高聲慟哭。三日三夕。初不斷絕。寺僧慰喻。志曰。余歎惡業乃如此耶。惡盡此骸申明正教。遂往東都上表曰。願陛下興顯三寶。當燃一臂於嵩岳用報國恩。帝乃許之。勅設大齋。七眾通集。志不食三日。登大棚上。燒鐵鑪赤。用烙其臂。竝令焦黑。以刀截斷。肉裂骨現。又烙其骨令焦黑已。布裹蠟灌下火燃之。光曜巖岫。于時大眾見其苦行。皆痛心髓不安其足。而志雖加燒烙詞色不變。言笑如故。或誦法句歎佛功德。或為眾說法言談苦切。臂燒既盡如先下棚。七日入定。跏坐而卒。時年四十有三矣。 > During the Sui dynasty, there was the monk Shi Dazhi of Ganlu Peak on Mount Lu. His secular surname was Gu, and he was a native of Shanyin in Kuaiji. He served Tiantai \[Zhiyi\] as his master and submitted his heart to him for a long time. When \[Zhi\]yi saw his countenance, he knew his spirit and resolve; thus those who looked upon him observed that he was no ordinary vessel. Later, to the south of Ganlu Peak on Mount Lianhua, he established the Jingguan Daocheng (Pure Contemplation Bodhimaṇḍa), practicing dhūta austerities as his vocation. Alone with his single body, he did not avoid roaring tigers. Whenever he heard there was a fierce beast, he would go and cast himself before it, yet they all avoided him and would not eat him. This went on for seven years, and his meditation practice never ceased. Later in life he lived at Fulin Temple on this mountain. When the Daye reign-era brought abolitions, dispersals, and flights into seclusion, he grieved that the Dharma had declined to such a degree. He thereupon changed his attire, disfigured his appearance, dressed in coarse cloth, and wailed loudly inside the Buddha hall. For three days and three nights, he did not pause at all. The temple monks consoled and advised him, but Dazhi said, "I lament that evil karma should reach such an extent! Let this skeleton be exhausted in evil, so as to make clear the orthodox teaching." Thereupon he went to the Eastern Capital and submitted a memorial saying, "I pray that Your Majesty revive and manifest the Three Jewels. I shall burn one arm on Mount Song to repay the imperial kindness." The Emperor granted permission and decreed that a great vegetarian feast be prepared, gathering all seven assemblies. Dazhi fasted for three days, climbed onto a large scaffold, heated an iron brazier red-hot, and used it to brand his arm, making it entirely scorched and black. He severed it with a knife so that the flesh tore open and the bone appeared. He again branded the bone until it was scorched black, wrapped it in cloth, poured wax over it, and set it alight from below. Its light shone over the crags and peaks. At that time, when the great assembly saw his ascetic practice, their hearts and marrows all ached and they could not stand still on their feet. Yet although Dazhi was being burned and branded, his expression and speech did not change, and he spoke and laughed as before. At times he recited Dharma verses praising the Buddha's virtues, and at times preached the Dharma to the assembly with earnest and poignant words. Once his arm had burned away completely, he descended from the scaffold as before. He entered samādhi for seven days and died while sitting cross-legged. He was forty-three years of age at the time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 96.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.27) - [Next: 96.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.29) - [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.96.28) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法華傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2068.10.10) — Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.13) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.28) · Pramāṇa