[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) › [四明尊者教行錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937) › 1.52 # 四明尊者教行錄 1.52 四明尊者教行錄 1.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.1.52) （宗曉）伏讀三朝僧傳，十科選佛西聖之法取材盡矣。而吾祖法智以道供職，眇觀著述洪演興起大教，義解為首，造寺造像營福次之。生於舌根舍利滅後儼然，神異有餘。遺身之際，雖為楊文公勸請而止，豈以一時固阻外其道耶。矧復甞然三指以供佛，斯亦捨身之支派也。大哉！往古高僧十法，師其一而四焉，豈與夫事佛徒勞於百載者同日而語乎。 > I, (Zongxiao), respectfully read the Biographies of Eminent Monks of the Three Dynasties, where the standards of the ten categories for selecting Buddhas by the western sages have exhausted all criteria for selecting talent. Yet our patriarch Fazhi served his duties by means of the Way; broadly surveying his writings, he vastly expounded and revived the great teaching, with doctrinal understanding taking the foremost place, while building temples, making statues, and cultivating merit came second. The preservation of his tongue and relics after extinction were clear and distinct, with supernatural wonders in abundance. At the time he was about to abandon his body, although he was stopped by the earnest pleas of Duke Yang Wen, how could a momentary, firm impediment separate him from his Way? Furthermore, he once burned three of his fingers as an offering to the Buddha; this was likewise an offshoot of abandoning the body. How great! Among the ten categories of eminent monks of antiquity, the Master combined four in himself alone; how could he be spoken of in the same breath as those who merely serve the Buddha in vain for a hundred years? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.1.51) - [Next: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.1.53) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937~en-mt.1.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1937.1.52) · Pramāṇa