歷代三寶紀 10.137

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右一十部一十二卷。文帝世。罽賓三藏禪師曇摩蜜多。宋言法秀。生而連眉。為人沈邃甚有慧鑒。常有善神潛形密護。每之國境神必託夢告其王。知去亦如之。誓以遊方教化為志。習性清修不拘名利。初到燉煌即立禪閣於閑曠地。植㮈千株開園百畝。禪眾濟濟趣者如雲。元嘉年初來到建鄴屆止中寺。晚憩祇洹。即譯禪經及以神呪。兼復傳畫迦毘羅神王像形。迄至于今是其則也。

The above ten texts in twelve fascicles. In the era of Emperor Wen, Tripiṭaka Dhyāna Master Dharmamitra (in the language of the Song: "Dharma-Excellence") of Jibin had joined eyebrows from birth. By nature he was profound and possessed great wisdom and insight. Virtuous deities constantly concealed their forms to protect him secretly. Whenever he went to a kingdom's border, the deities would certainly enter the king's dreams to inform him, and did the same when they knew he was departing. He vowed to take traveling and teaching as his aim; his disposition was pure and cultivated, unbound by fame or profit. When he first arrived in Dunhuang, he established a meditation hall in an open and quiet spot, planting a thousand plum trees and clearing a garden of a hundred mu. The meditating assembly was numerous, and those flocking to it were like clouds. In the beginning of the Yuanjia era he came to Jianye and stayed at Zhong Temple, later residing at Zhihuan. He translated dhyāna sūtras and incantations, and also transmitted and painted the image of the divine king Kapila, which remains a model to this day.