[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) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 10.52 # 佛祖統紀 10.52 佛祖統紀 10.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.52) 法師文備。字昭本。福之侯官鄭氏誦法華維摩圓覺十六觀小般若等。精練不忘。晉天福間。至會稽傳百法論。聞天台三觀為學者指南。遂來謁因師晝夜研心。凡法華淨名光明疏句止觀諸文。悉洞其旨。每與同門恩師。覆述觀法莫逆於心。恩謂人曰。備雖後進。已與吾並驅於義解之途矣。恩師既沒。復北面事恩以卒其業。師氣度深靖終日如愚。或勸其誨人。師曰。講授滿門祖風未墜。抗迹開居從吾所好。於是陶神妙觀。坐忘一室者。三十餘秋。雍熙二年八月。微疾凭几三出圓相謂侍人曰。此吾所見淨土事也。言訖累足而逝。 > Dharma Master Wenbei, courtesy name Zhaoben, was of the Zheng clan of Houguan in Fuzhou. He recited the Lotus, Vimalakīrti, Perfect Enlightenment, Sixteen Contemplations, Small Prajñā, and others, thoroughly mastered them, and never forgot them. During the Tianfu era of the Jin, he arrived in Kuaiji to transmit the Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas; hearing that the Tiantai three contemplations were a guide for scholars, he went to visit Master Yin, inquiring into his mind day and night. Regarding all the commentaries, phrases, and texts of the Lotus, Vimalakīrti, Golden Light, and Calm-and-Insight, he thoroughly penetrated their principles. Whenever he recapitulated the methods of contemplation with his fellow student Master En, they were in perfect accord. En said to others: "Although Bei is a junior, he has already galloped side by side with me on the path of theoretical understanding." After Master Yin passed away, \[Wenbei\] turned north to serve En to complete his studies. The master's demeanor was deeply quiet; all day long he seemed simple. When someone advised him to instruct others, the master said: "Lecturing and teaching fill the doors, and the ancestral tradition has not fallen; standing apart and dwelling in seclusion follows my own preference." Thereupon, he nurtured his spirit in the wonderful contemplation and sat in oblivion in a single room for more than thirty years. In the eighth month of the second year of the Yongxi era, suffering from a slight illness, he leaned on an armrest, drew a circle three times, and said to his attendants: "This is what I have seen of the Pure Land." Having finished speaking, he crossed his feet and passed away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.51) - [Next: 10.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.53) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.10.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.10.52) · Pramāṇa