[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) › 47.40 # 佛祖統紀 47.40 佛祖統紀 47.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [47.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.40) 乾道元年二月。召靈山子琳法師入見。問曰。朕欲讀經以何為要。師曰。金剛圓覺最為要道。又問參禪之法。師曰。直須自悟。上說。賜號慈受○二月以鄭國公主出家。勅品官庶民有毀辱僧尼罵稱禿字者。依祥符宣和勅旨。品官勒停。庶民流千里。仰天下州軍。遍榜曉諭。仍許僧尼錄。白指揮與度牒隨身永同公據。應僧尼過犯。官司不得私理。須奏聞取旨施行。 > In the first year of Qiandao, in the second month: Dharma Master Zilin of Lingshan was summoned for an imperial audience. The Emperor asked: 'We wish to read scriptures; which are the most essential?' The Master said: 'The Diamond and Perfect Enlightenment are the most essential paths.' He also asked about the method of Chan investigation. The Master said: 'One must directly awaken for oneself.' The Emperor was pleased, and bestowed the title Cishou. In the second month, because the Princess of Zheng had left the household, an imperial edict decreed that if officials or commoners insulted monks and nuns or cursed them with the word "bald", in accordance with the Xiangfu and Xuanhe imperial edicts, ranked officials would be suspended from office and commoners exiled one thousand li. The prefectures and commanderies throughout the realm were instructed to post notices everywhere to make this known, and monks and nuns were permitted to copy the white command and carry it with their ordination certificates as permanent official proof. Regarding offenses committed by monks and nuns, official offices were not permitted to handle them privately, but had to memorialize to request an imperial edict to carry out execution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 47.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.39) - [Next: 47.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.41) - [Up: 47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.47.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.47.40) · Pramāṇa