[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) › [龍舒增廣淨土文](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970) › 5.48 # 龍舒增廣淨土文 5.48 龍舒增廣淨土文 5.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.5.48) 禪師名延壽，本丹陽人，後遷餘杭，少誦法華經。初為縣衙校，多折官錢。勘之，止是買放生命。罪當死，引赴市。曹錢王使人探之，若顏色變即斬之，不變來奏。臨斬，顏色不變。乃貸命，遂為僧。於禪觀中，見觀音以甘露灌其口，乃獲觀音辯才，下筆盈卷。著《萬善同歸集》、《宗鏡錄》等共數百卷。住持雪竇、永明，日課一百八事，精進以修西方。既坐化，焚畢為一塔。有僧每日遶塔禮拜，人問其故，僧云：「我撫州僧也。因病至陰府，命未盡放還。見殿角有僧畫像一軸，閻羅王自來頂拜。我問：『此僧何人？』主吏云：『此杭州永明寺壽禪師也。凡人死者皆經此處，唯此一人不經此處，已於西方極樂世界上品上生。王敬其人，故畫像供養。』我聞之故，特發心來此遶塔作拜。」以此見精修西方者為陰府所重。 > The Chan master's name was Yanshou; he was originally a native of Danyang and later moved to Yuhang. In his youth he chanted the Lotus Sūtra. At first he was an officer in the county yamen and used up much official funds. Upon investigation, it was only for buying and releasing living beings. His crime deserved death, and he was led to the execution ground. Prince Qian of Wuyue sent someone to observe: if his facial expression changed, he was to be beheaded; if it did not change, they were to report back. Facing execution, his facial expression did not change. His life was therefore spared, and he subsequently became a monk. In Chan contemplation, he saw Avalokiteśvara pouring sweet dew into his mouth, whereupon he attained Avalokiteśvara's eloquence, filling scrolls as his brush moved. He composed the Collection of Ten Thousand Virtues Converging in the Same Return, the Mirror of the Source, and others, totaling several hundred fascicles. He served as abbot at Xuedou and Yongming, undertaking one hundred and eight daily practices, and diligently cultivated for the Western Direction. After he passed away sitting upright, he was cremated and a pagoda was built. A monk circumambulated the pagoda and made prostrations every day. When someone asked him the reason, the monk said: "I am a monk from Fuzhou. Due to illness, I arrived at the underworld, but because my lifespan was not exhausted, I was released to return. I saw a hanging scroll with a painting of a monk in the corner of the hall, and King Yama personally came to prostrate to it. I asked: 'Who is this monk?' The officer in charge said: 'This is Chan Master Shou of Yongming Monastery in Hangzhou. All mortals who die pass through this place; only this one person did not pass through this place, having already attained rebirth of the highest grade of the highest class in the Western Sukhāvatī. The king reveres this man, and therefore has his portrait painted to make offerings to it.' Having heard this, I specially gave rise to the resolve to come here, circumambulate the pagoda, and make prostrations." From this it can be seen that those who diligently cultivate for the Western Direction are held in high esteem by the underworld. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.5.47) - [Next: 5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.5.49) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970~en-mt.5.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.5.48) · Pramāṇa