四明尊者教行錄 7.252

7.252

祖師自雞林來，首訪螺溪，盡得天台之道。復欲杭海，太守錢公固留之，使者顧公亦舍其室，為師傳道授業之所，故法智、慈雲二大士從是出焉。今寶雲之居，邦人目為通師翁道場是也。其間廢興相襲，不得而詳。住持瑩公坐席未溫，首歛巾盂以估於眾得錢一百萬，內外道俗又得錢百萬，太師魏國史公捐國夫人簪珥以施之，合為利益長生庫，以備歲時土木鐘鼓無窮之須。後五年建大講堂，半取其贏以助工役，實其志也。瑩公性淳直，而御眾以寬。寶雲初歸，有侈心者，輒起重輕之議。至有僧吏恃權以橈之，權虎而寇。傍人為震栗，而瑩自若也。太師魏公實知之，至是則人皆悅服。余聞先佛捐軀以求道，無一芥子許地空無佛身，至空劫積塵之初，所謂草樹巖崖成道利生之所率先成就，此豈智術所能致哉？今寶雲盧焰之餘才一甲子，則氣象復還舊觀，此瑩之心與昔人願轂俱馳而不忘也。後世因循苟且之事，瑩恥而不為，如石之堅、如地之載，其所植立如此，故余不得不書。瑩嗣東堂元慧師，瑩公名宗瑩云。紹熙三年七月旦日橘洲老衲寶曇記。

The ancestral master came from Jilin and first visited Luoxi, completely mastering the Way of Tiantai. When he wished to cross the sea again, Prefect Qian adamantly detained him, and Commissioner Gu also donated his residence as a place for the master to transmit the Way and bestow instruction; therefore, the two great masters Fazhi and Ciyun emerged from this place. Today's Baoyun residence is what the local people call the bodhimaṇḍa of Ancestral Master Tong. Its alternations of decay and flourishing over time cannot be recounted in detail. Before his seat had even grown warm, Abbot Venerable Ying first collected his robe and bowl to evaluate contributions among the assembly, obtaining one million cash, and obtained another million cash from monastics and laity inside and outside. Grand Preceptor Duke Shi of Wei donated the hairpins and earrings of his lady to give to it, combining them into an Ever-Generating Treasury for Public Welfare to provide for the inexhaustible seasonal needs of construction, bells, and drums. Five years later, when constructing the Great Lecture Hall, half of the surplus was taken to assist the construction work, fulfilling his original intention. Venerable Ying was pure and upright by nature, and guided the assembly with leniency. When Baoyun was first restored, there were ambitious persons who constantly stirred up disputes over status. There were even monastic officials who relied on authority to harass him, acting like tigers and bandits. Bystanders trembled in fear, yet Ying remained calm and composed. Grand Preceptor Duke Wei truly knew of this, and at this point everyone gladly submitted. I have heard that past buddhas gave up their bodies to seek the Way, so that not even a mustard seed's breadth of land is without a buddha's body; and at the beginning of the accumulation of dust in the empty kalpa, places where grass, trees, and cliffs serve for attaining the Way and benefiting living beings were first accomplished. How could this be achieved by mere intellect or artifice? Now, only one sexagenary cycle after the residual flames at Baoyun, its atmosphere has returned to its former appearance; this is because Ying's mind and the axle of the ancient masters' vows run together without forgetting. As for the negligent and makeshift deeds of later generations, Ying was ashamed of them and would not do them. Solid as stone and supportive as the earth, his upright foundation was like this, and therefore I could not but record it. Ying was an heir of Master Yuanhui of Dongtang; Venerable Ying's name was Zongying. Recorded on the first day of the seventh month of the third year of Shaoxi by the old monk Baotan of Juzhou.