佛祖統紀 51.22

51.22

大宋太祖。詔沈義倫。以金銀字寫金剛經。召蘊法師講演○詔超法師等入內誦金字大藏經○上手金剛經常自讀誦。謂趙普曰。不欲甲冑之士知之。但言讀兵書○太宗召赤脚道者入見。問南方禪律如何化物云云○幸開寶塔問。僧何人。曰塔主。上曰。朕塔因何卿作主○上問。僧何來。答曰。廬山臥雲菴。上曰。臥雲深處不朝天○詔兩街僧錄省才進盂蘭盆儀○真宗召浮石矩法師講四十二章經○仁宗頂玉冠觀音像。以朝百官○勅韶州迎六祖衣鉢。入京供養○詔左街璉禪師入對化成殿○召舜禪師入對便殿。賜紫衣銀鉢○乾元節勅福聖塔院。建大齋。施袈裟○神宗勅大內設千僧齋。施金剛經袈裟○詔淨慈本禪師。住京師慧林。入對延和殿○徽宗嘉州奏。古樹有定僧。詔輿至禁中。曰我遠法師弟慧持也。上令圖形製讚○欽宗高宗即位遣八輦。召金山勤禪師。詣行在說法○高宗幸上竺大士殿。炷香賜萬歲香山為大士供○孝宗遣內都監。至徑山問道於杲禪師○靈山琳法師入見問道○幸上竺問訥法師歲旦光明懺之旨。賜錢建十六觀堂。內翰樓鑰作記○勅禁中建內觀堂。一遵上竺制度○佛生日召上竺訥法師。領五十僧。入內觀堂行護國金光明三昧。賜帛五十匹。歲以為常○召靈隱遠禪師入對選德殿○召天竺靈隱徑山及三教之士。集內觀堂賜齋○召上竺訥法師獨對選德殿。問大士靈迹法華經旨○召雁山中仁禪師入對禁中○幸上竺禮大士。賜白雲堂印。令三學諸宗並詣白雲堂。公舉用印○召靈隱光禪師入對。賜號佛照○召靈隱光禪師入對。進宗門直指○召雪竇印禪師入見。奏對大說。即日住徑山○上稱壽皇。召訥法師入內殿注金剛經。

Under the great Song, Taizu decreed that Shen Yilun transcribe the Diamond Sūtra in gold and silver script. He summoned Dharma Master Yun to lecture on it. He decreed that Dharma Master Chao and others enter the palace to recite the gold-lettered Tripiṭaka. The Emperor personally copied the Diamond Sūtra and often read and recited it himself. He told Zhao Pu: 'I do not wish armored warriors to know of this; merely say that I am reading military treatises.' Taizong summoned the Barefoot Daoist for an audience and asked how Chan and Vinaya in the south converted living beings, and so forth. He visited the Kaibao Pagoda and asked: 'What person is this monk?' The monk replied: 'The master of the pagoda.' The Emperor said: 'Since it is my pagoda, on what basis are you its master?' The Emperor asked: 'Where does the monk come from?' He replied: 'The Reclining Cloud Hermitage on Mount Lu.' The Emperor said: 'Deep in the reclining clouds, one does not pay court to Heaven.' He decreed that Shengcai, the Controller of Monks for the Two Capital Quarters, submit the Ullambana ritual manual. Zhenzong summoned Dharma Master Ju of Fushi to lecture on the Sūtra of Forty-Two Chapters. Renzong wore a jade crown adorned with an image of Avalokiteśvara when holding court with the hundred officials. He decreed that Shaozhou receive the robe and bowl of the Sixth Patriarch and bring them to the capital for veneration. He decreed that Chan Master Lian of the Left Capital Quarter enter for an audience at the Huacheng Hall. He summoned Chan Master Shun for an audience in an informal hall, bestowing on him a purple robe and a silver bowl. On the Qianyuan Festival, he decreed that the Fusheng Pagoda Cloister establish a grand vegetarian feast and donate kāṣāyas. Shenzong decreed that the inner palace host a feast for a thousand monks and donate copies of the Diamond Sūtra and kāṣāyas. He decreed that Chan Master Ben of Jingci reside at Huilin in the capital and enter for an audience at the Yanhe Hall. Under Huizong, Jiazhou memorialized that an ancient tree contained a monk in meditative absorption. The Emperor decreed that he be carried in a palanquin to the forbidden palace. The monk said: 'I am Huichi, younger brother of Master [Hui]yuan.' The Emperor ordered that his likeness be painted and composed a eulogy. Upon ascending the throne, Qinzong and Gaozong dispatched eight palanquins to summon Chan Master Qin of Jinshan to go to the temporary capital to preach the Dharma. Gaozong visited the Great Being's Hall at Upper Tianzhu, burned incense, and bestowed Wansui Xiangshan to serve as an offering to the Great Being. Xiaozong sent an Inner Palace Overseer to Mount Jing to inquire about the Way from Chan Master Gao. Dharma Master Lin of Lingshan entered for an audience to discuss the Way. The Emperor visited Upper Tianzhu to ask Dharma Master Ne about the purport of the New Year's Day Radiance Repentance, and bestowed funds to construct the Hall of Sixteen Contemplations, for which Hanlin Academician Lou Yue composed an inscription. He decreed that an Inner Contemplation Hall be constructed inside the forbidden palace, following in every way the regulations of Upper Tianzhu. On the Buddha's birthday, he summoned Dharma Master Ne of Upper Tianzhu to lead fifty monks into the Inner Contemplation Hall to practice the Golden Radiance Samādhi for the Protection of the State, and bestowed fifty bolts of silk, establishing this as an annual practice. He summoned Chan Master Yuan of Lingyin for an audience at the Xuande Hall. He summoned scholars and masters of Tianzhu, Lingyin, Mount Jing, and the three teachings to assemble in the Inner Contemplation Hall and bestowed a feast upon them. He summoned Dharma Master Ne of Upper Tianzhu for a private audience at the Xuande Hall, inquiring about the miraculous traces of the Great Being and the essential purport of the Lotus Sūtra. He summoned Chan Master Zhongren of Mount Yandang for an audience in the forbidden palace. He visited Upper Tianzhu to pay homage to the Great Being, bestowed the seal of the White Cloud Hall, and ordered that all traditions of the three learnings together go to the White Cloud Hall and use the seal upon public recommendation. He summoned Chan Master Guang of Lingyin for an audience and bestowed on him the title Fozhao. He summoned Chan Master Guang of Lingyin for an audience, who presented the Direct Pointing of the Ancestral School. He summoned Chan Master Yin of Xuedou for an audience; the memorialized exchange pleased him greatly, and on the very same day the master took up residence at Mount Jing. When the Emperor became the Retired Emperor, he summoned Dharma Master Ne into the inner palace to annotate the Diamond Sūtra.