[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) › 33.40 # 佛祖統紀 33.40 佛祖統紀 33.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.40) 水陸齋　梁武帝。夢神僧告之曰。六道四生受苦無量。何不作水陸大齋以拔濟之。帝以問諸沙門無知之者。唯誌公勸帝。廣尋經論必有因緣。帝即遣迎大藏。積日披覽。創立儀文。三年而後成。乃建道場。於夜分時親捧儀文悉停燈燭。而白佛曰。若此儀文理協聖凡。願拜起燈燭自明。或體式未詳。燭暗如故。言訖一禮燈燭皆明。再禮宮殿震動。三禮天上雨華。天監四年二月十五日。就金山寺依儀修設。帝親臨地席。詔祐律師宣文。當時靈響不能備錄。周隋之際此儀不行。至唐咸亨中。西京法海寺英禪師。夢泰山府君召往說法。後獨坐方丈。見一異人前告之曰。向於泰山府君處竊覩尊容。聞世有水陸大齋可以利益幽品。其文是梁武所集。今大覺寺吳僧義濟得之。願師往求如法修設。師尋詣大覺。果得其文。遂於月望修齋已畢。復見向異人與徒屬十數前至謝曰。弟子即秦莊襄王也（莊襄是秦始皇父。至唐咸亨九百四十年）又指其徒曰。此范睢穰侯白起王翦張儀陳軫。皆秦臣也。咸坐本罪幽囚陰府。昔梁武金山設會前代紂王之臣皆得脫免。弟子是時亦暫息苦。但以獄情未決故未獲脫。今蒙齋懺弟子與此輩并列國君臣。皆承法力得生人間。言訖而隱。自是英公常設此齋流行天下（東川楊諤水陸儀○蜀中有楊推官儀文。盛行於世）。 > Water and Land Retreat: Emperor Wu of the Liang dreamt of a divine monk who told him, 'Sentient beings in the six destinies and four modes of birth suffer immeasurably. Why not establish the Great Water and Land Retreat to deliver them?' The Emperor asked various monks, but none understood it. Only Master Baozhi encouraged the Emperor, saying, 'If you search broadly through the scriptures and treatises, there will surely be a basis.' The Emperor immediately sent for the Tripiṭaka to be brought, and spent days perusing it, initiating the ritual text, which was completed after three years. Thereupon he established a bodhimaṇḍa, and in the middle of the night, holding the ritual text in his own hands, extinguished all the lamps and candles, addressing the Buddha: 'If this ritual text accords in principle with both the noble and the ordinary, may the lamps and candles light themselves when I rise from bowing. If the form and style are not yet appropriate, let the candles remain dark as before.' Having spoken, at the first bow the lamps and candles all lit up; at the second bow the palace shook; at the third bow flowers rained from the sky. On the fifteenth day of the second month in the fourth year of Tianjian (505 CE), relying on the ritual, it was performed at Jinshan Temple. The Emperor attended the earthly seats in person and decreed Vinaya Master You to proclaim the text. The miraculous responses at that time cannot be recorded in full. Between the Zhou and Sui dynasties, this ritual fell into disuse. In the Xianheng reign period of the Tang (670–674 CE), Dhyāna Master Ying of Fahai Temple in the Western Capital dreamt that the Lord of Mount Tai summoned him to preach the Dharma. Later, while sitting alone in his abbot's quarters, he saw an extraordinary person step forward and say to him, 'Earlier, at the residence of the Lord of Mount Tai, I stole a glance at your revered presence. I heard that in the world there is a Great Water and Land Retreat that can benefit the classes in the netherworld. Its text was compiled by Emperor Wu of Liang; now the Wu monk Yiji of Dajue Temple has obtained it. I pray that you, Master, will go seek it and perform it according to the Dharma.' The Master promptly went to Dajue Temple and indeed obtained the text; he then performed the retreat on the full moon. When it was finished, he again saw the extraordinary person arrive with more than ten followers to thank him, saying, 'Your disciple is King Zhuangxiang of Qin (Zhuangxiang was the father of the First Emperor of Qin; up to the Xianheng era of the Tang was nine hundred and forty years).' He also pointed to his followers, saying, 'These are Fan Sui, the Marquis of Rang, Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Zhang Yi, and Chen Zhen; all were ministers of Qin. All, through their own offenses, were imprisoned in the underworld administration. Formerly, when Emperor Wu of Liang established the assembly at Jinshan, the ministers of King Zhou of the preceding dynasty were all delivered; your disciple also temporarily ceased suffering at that time, but because the judicial case was not yet settled, I was not yet delivered. Now, receiving this retreat and repentance, your disciple together with these men, as well as the rulers and ministers of the various states, all rely on the power of the Dharma to attain rebirth in the human realm.' Having spoken, they vanished. From then on, Master Ying constantly performed this retreat, and it spread throughout the realm (Yang E's Water and Land Ritual of Dongchuan: in Shu, there is Judicial Commissioner Yang's ritual text, which circulates widely in the world). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.39) - [Next: 33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.41) - [Up: 33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.33.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.6.34) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.33.40) · Pramāṇa