佛祖統紀 10.37

10.37

禪師道遵。字宗達。吳興張氏。年二十。受具戒學毘尼。復參左溪習止觀及法華三昧。嘗從容謂門人曰。堯舜之民不必獨義。教之至也。教若不至民何咎焉。乃廣寫法華。置經院於姑蘇支硎山。舉高行沙門二七人。常持法華。以燭繼晝。用揚大雄之慈聲。大歷元年。郡刺史韋元甫。尚書劉晏等。尊慕大乘相與表奏。賜名法華道場。於是自江以東。置經院者十七所。皆法於師也。師於山中鑄像寫經。講演妙法臨壇度人。歲無虛景。天寶元年。於靈巖道場行法華三昧。忽覩大明上燭於天。身在光中以問荊溪。溪釋之曰。智惠光明從心流出。將以顯發第一義天者也。又嘗見此身在空中坐。先達謂是垢盡理明洞達無礙之相。興元元年七月晦。無疾告終。寺眾同夢大殿忽傾。咸知法匠將亡之兆。傳教門人靈輸法盛道忻靈源。皆善弘禪法云。

Chan Master Daozun, styled Zongda, was of the Zhang clan of Wuxing. At the age of twenty, he received full ordination and studied the Vinaya. He then visited Zuoxi to practice calming and contemplation as well as the Lotus Samādhi. He once said calmly to his disciples, 'The people under Yao and Shun were not righteous solely by themselves; it was because instruction reached them thoroughly. If instruction does not reach them, how can the people be blamed?' He then widely copied the Lotus Sūtra and established a sūtra academy at Mount Zhixing in Gusu, recommending fourteen monks of lofty conduct to constantly hold the Lotus Sūtra, continuing through night with candles, to propagate the compassionate voice of the Great Hero. In the first year of the Dali era, the Commandery Prefect Wei Yuanfu, Minister Liu Yan, and others, revering and admiring the Great Vehicle, submitted a joint memorial, and it was granted the name Lotus Bodhimaṇḍa. Thereupon, east of the Yangtze River, seventeen sūtra academies were established, all modeling themselves after the Master. On the mountain, the Master cast statues, copied sūtras, expounded the sublime Dharma, and ascended the platform to ordain people, without letting a day pass in vain. In the first year of Tianbao, while practicing the Lotus Samādhi at the Lingyan Bodhimaṇḍa, he suddenly saw a great light shining upward to the sky, with his body in the midst of the light. He asked Jīngxī about it, and Jīngxī explained, 'The light of wisdom flows forth from the mind, and it is about to reveal the heaven of the supreme truth.' He also once saw this body sitting in empty space; earlier masters said this was a sign of defilements exhausted, principle bright, and penetrating unobstructed. On the last day of the seventh month of the first year of Xingyuan, he announced his end without illness. The community of the temple simultaneously dreamt that the main hall suddenly collapsed, and all knew it was an omen that the master of the Dharma was about to pass away. His disciples who transmitted the teaching—Lingshu, Fasheng, Daoxin, and Lingyuan—were all said to skillfully propagate the Chan Dharma.