[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) › 14.33 # 佛祖統紀 14.33 佛祖統紀 14.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.14.33) 法主淨梵。嘉禾人姓䉡。母龔氏。夢佛光滿室遂有娠。及生因名佛護。十歲從勝果師永懺主出家。常念阿彌陀佛。或問年少何為念佛。答曰。我欲往他方丈求掛搭去。年十八受具戒。即依超果湛師學。未久復往謁神悟。屢親講說大契夙心。元祐初主姑蘇大慈。講三大部十餘過。餘文稱是。受業門生殆遍吳地。信人稟戒幾滿城邑。嘗率二十七人修法華三昧。以二十八日為期。如此三會。感普賢大士授戒羯磨。至稱淨梵比丘。則洪音震響如撞巨鐘。三昧將圓。有二僧作禮曰。今春到石橋禮聖迹。忽見空中散華異香非常。一僧遽曰。姑蘇梵法主。期懺散華至此。語畢不見。因來瞻禮。長洲令黃公彥。刻記於石云。異哉師之道力。其與北京進法師。夢釋迦授戒。南嶽夢四十二人加羯磨法。異世同效。師製期懺規式。二浙至今行之。嘗依讖譯光明。別製懺儀。與眾同修。感格屢見。禪觀之處眾見金甲神王跪於座前。後於一處期懺。見韋天按行懺室。行人有遭其點察者。輒障起而退。夜居西院。時暑酷熱眾不安臥。師方披三衣坐水閣上。忽風雪飛集涼氣逼人。旦謂眾曰。夏行冬令眾皆歎仰。知為神龍翊衛變熱為涼也。元符中夢黃衣請至冥府。王者迎就座。令吏檢祥靄簿云。淨梵比丘。屢經多劫長講法華。王即起頂禮遣使送還。政和中太守應公婢。為祟所嬈歌笑不休。請師施戒即刻神定。葛氏請師為亡夫施戒。即見夫恭敬於師遶座三匝稱已得解脫。宣和初。郡守賈公。敬師高行。補為管內法主。建炎元年十月坐亡。闍維得舍利甚多。藏塔於橫塘般若。 > Dharma Lord Jingfan was a native of Jiahe, surnamed Ji. His mother, Lady Gong, dreamed that the light of the Buddha filled the room, whereupon she became pregnant. When he was born, he was consequently named Fohu (Buddhapālita). At ten years old, he left home under Repentance Master Yong of Shengguo. He constantly recited Amitābha Buddha. Someone asked why he recited the Buddha's name at such a young age. He answered, "I wish to go to another Abbot's room to seek lodging." At eighteen, he received the full precepts, and immediately relied on Master Zhan of Chaoguo to study. Before long, he went again to pay respects to Shenwu; repeatedly attending his lectures, it greatly accorded with his innate aspirations. In the early Yuanyou era, he presided over Daci in Gusu. He lectured on the Three Great Works more than ten times, and on other texts proportionally. The disciples who received his instruction virtually filled the Wu region, and faithful people receiving the precepts almost filled the cities and towns. He once led twenty-seven people to cultivate the Lotus Samādhi for a period of twenty-eight days. He did this three times. It moved the Great Being Samantabhadra to bestow the precepts and perform the karmavācanā. When the name "Bhikṣu Jingfan" was called, a resonant voice boomed like the striking of a giant bell. As the samādhi was about to conclude, two monks bowed and said, "This spring, when we arrived at the Stone Bridge to pay homage to the sacred traces, we suddenly saw flowers scattered in the air and extraordinary fragrance. One monk abruptly said, 'Dharma Lord Fan of Gusu is conducting a period repentance, and the scattered flowers have reached here.' Having finished speaking, he disappeared. Therefore we came to pay homage." Huang Gongyan, the Magistrate of Changzhou, carved a record on stone, saying, "Marvelous is the master's power of the Way! It shares the same efficacy in different eras as Master Jin of Beijing dreaming of Śākya bestowing the precepts, and Nanyue dreaming of forty-two people adding the karmavācanā rites." The master established the regulations and rituals for period repentances, which are practiced in the two Zhe regions to this day. Relying on the \*Suvarṇaprabhāsa\* translated by Dharmakṣema, he separately composed a repentance ritual and cultivated it together with the assembly, repeatedly witnessing resonant responses. At the place of dhyāna contemplation, the assembly saw a divine king in golden armor kneeling before the seat. Later, during a period repentance at another place, Heavenly King Skanda was seen inspecting the repentance hall; whenever any practitioner was scrutinized by him, an obstacle arose and the practitioner withdrew. While staying in the Western Compound at night during scorching summer heat, the assembly could not sleep peacefully. As the master was wearing the three robes and sitting on a water pavilion, suddenly wind and snow gathered, and a chilling coolness pressed upon people. At dawn he said to the assembly, "In summer, winter's command was executed." The assembly all marveled and looked up to him, knowing that divine dragons had guarded him, transforming heat into coolness. During the Yuanfu era, he dreamed that an envoy in yellow invited him to the underworld. The king welcomed him to take a seat, and ordered an official to check the register of auspicious vapors, which said: "Bhikṣu Jingfan has continuously lectured on the \*Lotus Sūtra\* through many kalpas." The king immediately rose, bowed in reverence, and sent an envoy to escort him back. During the Zhenghe era, the maidservant of Prefect Ying was harassed by a ghost, singing and laughing incessantly; when the master was invited to confer the precepts, her spirit immediately calmed. Lady Ge invited the master to confer the precepts on her deceased husband, and she immediately saw her husband revering the master and circumambulating the seat three times, declaring that he had attained liberation. In the early Xuanhe era, Prefect Jia respected the master's lofty conduct and appointed him Dharma Lord of the jurisdiction. In the tenth month of the first year of the Jianyan era, he passed away seated. From his cremation, many śarīras were obtained, which were enshrined in a stupa at Prajñā in Hengtang. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.14.32) - [Next: 14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.14.34) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.14.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.14.33) · Pramāṇa