佛祖統紀 26.30

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法師曇詵。廣陵人。幼從遠公出家。勤修淨業兼善講說。注維摩經行於世。常著窮通論以明宿修。述蓮社錄以記往生。又能別識鳥獸毛色俊鈍之性。洞曉草木枝幹甘苦之味。妙盡其理。人知其有密證云。元嘉十七年集眾謂曰。自建寺以來至此五十年。吾之西行最在其後。即加趺念佛百聲。閉息遂絕。春秋八十。

Dharma Master Tanxun was a native of Guangling. In his youth, he renounced the householder's life under Master Yuan. He diligently cultivated pure karma and was also skilled in lecturing. He wrote a commentary on the *Vimalakīrti-nirdeśa Sūtra* that circulated in the world. He often composed the *Treatise on Adversity and Prosperity* to clarify cultivation in past lives, and compiled the *Record of the Lotus Society* to record those who attained rebirth. Furthermore, he could discern the fine and dull temperaments of birds and beasts from their fur and feathers, and fully understand the sweet and bitter properties of the branches and trunks of plants and trees, plumbing their principles to the utmost subtlety. People realized that he possessed secret realization. In the seventeenth year of the Yuanjia reign era, he gathered the assembly and addressed them, saying: “Since the founding of this monastery until now, fifty years have passed. My westward journey will be the very last among them.” He immediately sat cross-legged, recited the Buddha's name one hundred times, held his breath, and passed away. His age was eighty.