佛祖統紀 51.15

51.15

梁武帝。重雲殿講經。沙門法彪為都講○召旻法師入殿。講勝鬘經。公卿畢集○帝集諸沙門製文。永斷酒肉○帝服田衣禮婁約法師受具足戒。公卿道俗受戒者。四萬八千人○召雲光法師內殿講經。天雨寶華○帝幸同泰寺捨身○京城大疫。為百姓設救苦齋。幸同泰寺行清淨大捨。開涅槃經題設道俗大齋五萬人○帝幸同泰寺講涅槃經○帝幸同泰寺發金字般若經題。聽法者三十萬人○幸同泰寺設盂蘭盆齋○簡文帝四月八日。建齋度人。親為願文陳武帝迎佛牙於杜姥宅。設四部無遮大會○幸大莊嚴寺捨身。群臣表請還宮○幸大莊嚴寺發金光明經題○勅大內設仁王齋○召瓊法師於重雲殿。講大品般若經○太極殿設無礙大會。行捨身法○集沙門行方等懺法華懺金光明懺○宣帝召暅法師。為七廟講大品般若經○後主召聚法師。赴太極殿講金光明經。○詔顗禪師赴太極殿。講大智度論題。般若經題。詔顗禪師居光宅寺。帝幸寺聽講仁王經。躬禮三拜○詔顗禪師赴崇正殿。為皇太子授菩薩戒。

Emperor Wu of the Liang lectured on the sūtras at Chongyun Hall, with the monk Fabiao acting as head lecturer. He summoned Dharma Master Min into the palace to lecture on the Śrīmālādevī Sūtra, with all the ministers assembled. The emperor assembled the monks and composed an essay permanently renouncing wine and meat. The emperor donned patchwork robes, paid homage to Dharma Master Louyue, and received the full ordination; forty-eight thousand ministers, monastics, and laypeople received the precepts. He summoned Dharma Master Yunguang to the inner palace to lecture on the sūtras, and the heavens rained precious flowers. The emperor visited Tongtai Monastery to renounce his person. A great epidemic struck the capital; he established a feast for relieving suffering on behalf of the common people, visited Tongtai Monastery to practice the great pure renunciation, opened the title of the Nirvāṇa Sūtra, and provided a great feast for fifty thousand monastics and laypeople. The emperor visited Tongtai Monastery to lecture on the Nirvāṇa Sūtra. The emperor visited Tongtai Monastery to introduce the title of the Gold-lettered Prajñā Sūtra, with three hundred thousand people listening to the Dharma. He visited Tongtai Monastery to provide an Ullambana feast. Emperor Jianwen, on the eighth day of the fourth month, established a feast to ordain people, personally writing the vow. Emperor Wu of the Chen welcomed the Buddha's tooth relic to the residence of Lady Dumu and held an unobstructed great assembly for the fourfold community. He visited Dazhuangyan Monastery to renounce his person, and the assembled ministers submitted memorials begging him to return to the palace. He visited Dazhuangyan Monastery to introduce the title of the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra. An edict ordered the great inner palace to hold a feast for the Benevolent King [Sūtra]. He summoned Dharma Master Qiong to Chongyun Hall to lecture on the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra. In the Taiji Hall, he held an unobstructed great assembly and performed the rite of renouncing his person. He assembled monks to perform the Vaipulya Repentance, the Lotus Repentance, and the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Repentance. Emperor Xuan summoned Dharma Master Geng to lecture on the Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra for the seven ancestral temples. The Last Ruler summoned Dharma Master Ju to the Taiji Hall to lecture on the Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra. He decreed that Dhyāna Master Yi come to the Taiji Hall to lecture on the titles of the Da zhidu lun and the Prajñā Sūtra. He decreed that Dhyāna Master Yi reside at Guangzhai Monastery; the emperor visited the monastery to listen to him lecture on the Benevolent King Sūtra and personally made three prostrations. He decreed that Dhyāna Master Yi proceed to Chongzheng Hall to administer the bodhisattva precepts to the crown prince.