[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) › 13.18 # 佛祖統紀 13.18 佛祖統紀 13.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.18) 法師惟湛。義烏宋氏。父母遇異僧謂之曰。汝當生子六人。第五者宜令出家。後入道雙林覃恩得度。首謁神照。未久復往依廣智。嘗白智曰。大師所授我所不疑。若圓頓絕待之旨。當須自得。後忽於廣智言下。豁然有悟。與上流交論莫不推服。初敷講於雲間超果。大揚化道。天台一宗盛於三吳自師始。熙寧六年三月八日。建光明會。遽謂眾曰。吾今報緣止此。即舉涅槃遺教。殷勤囑累。趺坐而逝。火浴之頃舍利粲然塔於西余山。海慧若圓。為門弟上首。 > Dharma Master Weizhan belonged to the Song clan of Yiwu. His parents encountered an extraordinary monk who said to them, 'You shall bear six sons; the fifth should be allowed to leave home.' Later he entered the Way at Shuanglin and was ordained through imperial favor. He first visited Shenzhao, and not long after went to rely on Guangzhi. He once addressed Zhi, saying, 'What the Great Master has taught, I do not doubt. But as for the purport of the perfectly sudden and absolute, one must realize it oneself.' Later, under Guangzhi's words, he suddenly attained awakening. When he debated with eminent contemporaries, none failed to yield to him in admiration. He first lectured at Chaoguo in Yunjian, broadly spreading the path of transformation. That the Tiantai school flourished in the Three Wu regions began with the master. On the eighth day of the third month in the sixth year of Xining, he established an assembly for the \*Golden Light \[Sūtra\]\*. Suddenly he addressed the assembly, saying, 'My karmic conditions of retribution end here.' He then brought up the bequeathed teachings of the \*Nirvāṇa \[Sūtra\]\*, earnestly entreating them, sat cross-legged, and passed away. During the cremation, relics sparkled brightly; a stūpa was erected for them at Mount Xiyu. Ruoyuan of Haihui was the foremost of his disciples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.17) - [Next: 13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.19) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.13.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.18) · Pramāṇa