佛祖統紀 44.10

44.10

二年三月。迦濕彌羅國沙門目羅失稽來。進梵經菩提樹葉○七月西天沙門達磨波來進梵經。賜紫服○九月上幸譯經院。令三藏諸僧坐。賜香茶繒綵有差○上以諸寺住持先是僧職遷補或非其才。至是召見便殿閱試行業。三年諸王府侍讀孫奭奏。請減損修寺度僧。上曰。釋道二門有助世教。人或偏見往往毀訾。假使僧道時有不檢。安可即廢○詔釋道歲度十人者。特放一人不試經業○婺州沙門志蒙徐氏。衣錦衣喜食猪頭。言人災祥無不驗。呼人為小舅自號曰徐姊夫。一日坐化於三衢吉祥寺。遺言。吾是定光佛。至是奉真身。祈禱神應不歇。世目之豬頭和上。

In the third month of the second year, the monk Muluoshiji from Kaśmīra arrived to present Sanskrit sutras and bodhi-tree leaves. In the seventh month, the monk Damopo (Dharmapāla) from the Western Heavens arrived to present Sanskrit sutras; he was bestowed purple vestments. In the ninth month, the Emperor visited the Institute for the Translation of Sutras, had the Tripiṭaka monks seated, and bestowed incense, tea, silks, and polychrome fabrics according to rank. Because previously the appointments and promotions of monastic officers to abbots of various monasteries had at times not matched their abilities, the Emperor thereupon summoned them to the side hall to examine and test their conduct and practice. In the third year, Sun Shi, Reader-in-Waiting to the Princely Establishments, memorialized to request reductions in the building of monasteries and the ordination of monks. The Emperor said: "The two teachings of Buddhism and Daoism aid worldly instruction. Some people hold one-sided views and often slander and revile them. Even if monks and Daoists occasionally fail to inspect themselves, how could [these teachings] be abolished?" An imperial decree ordered that for every ten people ordained annually in Buddhism and Daoism, one person be specially exempted from the examination on scriptural knowledge. The monk Zhimeng of Wuzhou, surnamed Xu, wore brocade clothes and loved to eat pig heads. When he spoke of men's fortunes and misfortunes, none failed to come true. He called people "little brother-in-law" and styled himself "Brother-in-law Xu." One day, he passed away sitting upright at Jixiang Monastery in Sanqu. His parting words were: "I am the Buddha Dīpaṅkara." Thereafter, his true body was venerated, and prayers and divine responses never ceased. The world called him the "Pig-Head Acārya."