[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) › 11.28 # 佛祖統紀 11.28 佛祖統紀 11.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.11.28) 法師德賢。臨安人。賜號圓應。為兒時相者曰。他日當有官阨。唯出家可免。父信之。令往依叔父海月。月斥之曰。我翁孫相繼家業始成。汝欲來此作主人耶。師遂去。暨落𩬊復往天竺參淨慧。大明教觀之道。久之遂居第一座。有俗士謁淨慧言。室女為祟所嬈。乍啼乍哭。願師慈救。慧曰。我首座可以治此。士往扣之。師乃令女所居閣上設一榻。既至即就榻睡。少時竟去。女白父曰。適蒙法師開悟於我。今永去矣。自是神識安定。淨慧閒居草堂。師繼其席。果符海月主人之記。居五年無疾而終。語門人曰。吾生前以道力免難。死後恐不能迯。門人造像入祖堂。乃用鐵護其項。建炎中。金虜真珠王子。領兵犯浙。入天竺升祖殿。眾像皆避席而揖。獨師像不為動。王怒令斬之。以頸有鐵不可傷。乃令積薪盈門縱火焚之。薪盡而屋如故。虜大驚讚禮而退。 > Dharma Master Dexian was a native of Lin’an, bestowed with the name Yuanying. When he was a child, a physiognomist said, “In the future he will face an official misfortune; only by becoming a monk can he avoid it.” His father believed this and sent him to rely on his paternal uncle, Haiyue. Haiyue reprimanded him, saying: “Only after generations of fathers and grandsons succeeding one another has our family enterprise been established. Do you wish to come here to become the master?” The Master then left. When his hair was shaved, he went again to Tianzhu to visit Jinghui, and came to understand thoroughly the path of teaching and contemplation. After a long time, he came to occupy the first seat. A layman visited Jinghui and said: “An unmarried maiden in my house is troubled by a possessing spirit, suddenly weeping and suddenly crying out. I pray the Master will compassionately save her.” Jinghui said: “My head monk can cure this.” The layman went to ask him. The Master then ordered a couch to be set up in the upper room where the maiden lived. When he arrived, he went to the couch and slept. After a short while, he finally left. The maiden reported to her father: “Just now I was favored with the Dharma Master’s awakening me; now it is gone forever.” From then on her mental faculties became calm and settled. When Jinghui retired to live in Caotang, the Master succeeded to his seat, which indeed matched Haiyue’s prediction of his becoming the master. After residing there for five years, he died without illness. He said to his disciples: “During my life I avoided disaster through the power of the Way; after my death I fear I cannot escape it.” When his disciples made an image of him to place in the Patriarchal Hall, they used iron to protect its neck. During the Jianyan era, the Jin Jurchen prince Zhenzhu led troops to invade Zhejiang. Entering Tianzhu, he ascended to the Patriarchal Hall; all the images moved aside from their seats and bowed, but only the Master’s image remained unmoved. The prince was enraged and ordered it to be decapitated, but because there was iron on its neck it could not be damaged. He then ordered firewood to be piled up to fill the gate and set on fire to burn it. When the firewood was consumed, the building remained as before. The Jurchens were greatly startled, praised and bowed to it, and withdrew. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.11.27) - [Next: 11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.11.29) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.11.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.11.28) · Pramāṇa