[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) › [樂邦文類](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a) › 3.42 # 樂邦文類 3.42 樂邦文類 3.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.42) 維某年月日，岳州大和尚終于聖安寺。凡為僧若干年，年若干，有名無姓，世莫知其閭里宗族、所設施者。有問焉，而以告曰：性吾姓也。其原無初、其胄無終，承于釋師，以系道本。吾無姓耶？法劍云者我名也。實且不有名，惡乎存吾有名耶？性海吾鄉也，法界吾宇也，戒為之墉、慧為之戶，以守則固、以居則安，吾閭里不具乎？度門道品其數無極，菩薩大士其眾無涯，吾與之戚而不吾異也。吾宗族不大乎？其道可聞者如此。而止讀《法華經》、《金剛般若經》，數逾千萬。或譏以有為，曰：吾未甞作。嗚呼！佛道逾遠，異端競起，唯天台大師為得其說。和尚紹承本統以順中道，凡受教者不失其宗。生物流動趣向混亂，惟極樂正路為得其歸。和尚勤求端慤以成至願，凡聽信者不惑其道。或譏以有跡，曰：吾未甞行。始居房州龍興寺，中徙于是州，作道場于楞伽北峯，不越閫者五十祀。和尚所嚴事皆世高德，始出家事而依者曰卓然師，居南陽立山、葬岳州。就受戒者曰道頴師，居荊州。弟子之首曰懷遠師，居長沙安國寺，為南岳戒法，歲來侍師。會其終，遂以某日葬于卓然師塔東若干步。其銘曰： > On such-and-such a year, month, and day, the Great Upādhyāya of Yuezhou passed away at Sheng'an Monastery. He had been a monk for a certain number of years, and his age was such-and-such; he had a personal name but no surname, and the world did not know his hometown, his lineage, or his undertakings. When someone inquired, he would reply, saying: 'Nature is my surname. Its source has no beginning; its lineage has no end; inherited from the Śākya Master, it binds to the root of the Dao. Am I without a surname? Fajian (Dharma Sword) is what is called my name. In reality, name itself does not exist—how then could my name remain?' He also said: 'The ocean of nature is my homeland, and the dharmadhātu is my dwelling. Precepts are its walls, and wisdom is its gates: guarded by them, one is secure; abiding in them, one is at peace. Are my village and neighborhood not complete? The gates of deliverance and the requisites of the path are infinite in number; the bodhisattvas and mahāsattvas are boundless in multitude. I am kin to them and they are not different from me. Is my lineage not grand?' What could be heard of his path was like this. Yet he solely recited the Lotus Sūtra and the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra, their recitations numbering in the tens of millions. Some criticized him for engaging in conditioned action, to which he said: 'I have never done anything.' Alas! As the Buddha's way grew ever more distant, deviant doctrines competed to arise, and only the Great Master of Tiantai grasped his teaching. The Upādhyāya inherited the original lineage and complied with the Middle Way, so that all who received his instruction did not lose their school's source. Living beings drift along, their destinations confounded and chaotic; only the direct path to Ultimate Bliss succeeds in being their refuge. The Upādhyāya diligently sought with upright sincerity to accomplish the ultimate vow, so that all who listened and believed were not deluded about its path. Some criticized him for leaving traces, to which he said: 'I have never walked.' At first, he lived at Longxing Monastery in Fangzhou, and later moved to this prefecture, establishing a bodhimaṇḍa on the northern peak of Mount Laṅkā, not stepping beyond the threshold for fifty years. Those whom the Upādhyāya revered and served were all exalted and virtuous persons of the age. When he first left home, the one he served and relied upon was Master Zhuoran, who resided at Mount Li in Nanyang and was buried in Yuezhou. The one from whom he received the full precepts was Master Daoying, who resided in Jingzhou. The foremost of his disciples was Master Huaiyuan, who resided at Anguo Monastery in Changsha, upheld the Vinaya methods of Nanyue, and came each year to attend upon the Master. Present at his passing, he thereupon buried him on such-and-such a day a certain number of paces east of Master Zhuoran's stūpa. The inscription reads: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.41) - [Next: 3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.43) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a~en-mt.3.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1969a.3.42) · Pramāṇa