佛祖統紀 11.30

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法師永堪。賜號慈覺。高介特立。平時不履尼寺。從淨慧學克肖其道。後繼神智。居天竺二十一年。四海學者推為宗主。嘗訓於眾曰。明道而不克行。是猶見飯而不肯食。終為飢人也。別日又謂眾曰。汝輩一向忍飢何為。眾愧其言。一時學士皆相率進行。為世英偉云。

Dharma Master Yongkan, bestowed with the name Cijue, was aloof and uniquely upright. Ordinarily, he never set foot in nunneries. Studying under Jinghui, he closely modeled himself after his way. Later he succeeded Shenzhi, residing at Tianzhu for twenty-one years. Scholars from the four seas looked up to him as the leader of the tradition. He once instructed the assembly, saying: “To understand the Way yet be unable to practice it is like seeing rice yet being unwilling to eat it; in the end one is a starving person.” On another day he also said to the assembly: “Why do you all stubbornly endure starvation?” The assembly felt ashamed at his words. Scholars of that time followed one another in advancing forward; he was said to be an outstanding hero of the world.