[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) › 15.43 # 佛祖統紀 15.43 佛祖統紀 15.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.15.43) 法師介然。四明鄞人。受業福泉山之延壽。明智居南湖。從其學遂悟境觀之旨。元豐初。專修淨業三載。期滿謂同修慧觀仲章宗悅曰。念佛三昧往生要法也。乃然三指。誓建十六觀堂。中設西方三聖殿。環以池蓮。功成復然三指以報佛恩。於是修觀之士。有所依託焉。 > Dharma Master Jieran was a native of Yin in Siming. He received his training at Yanshou on Mount Fuquan. When Mingzhi resided at Nanhu, he followed him in study and attained awakening to the purport of object and contemplation. At the beginning of the Yuanfeng era, he exclusively cultivated the pure karma for three years. When the period was completed, he said to his fellow cultivators Huiguan, Zhongzhang, and Zongyue: 'The Buddha-mindfulness samādhi is the essential method for rebirth \[in the Pure Land\].' He then burned three of his fingers and vowed to build a Sixteen Contemplations Hall, within which was established a Hall of the Three Sages of the West, surrounded by lotus ponds. When the work was accomplished, he again burned three fingers to repay the Buddha's benevolence. Thereupon, those who cultivated contemplation had a place to rely upon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.15.42) - [Next: 15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.15.44) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.15.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.15.43) · Pramāṇa