[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) › 9.27 # 佛祖統紀 9.27 佛祖統紀 9.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.9.27) 禪師智璪。臨海張氏。父懷仕陳為中兵參軍。年十七。二親俱亡。服滿染病久醫無效。乃力疾出庭向月而臥。至心念月光菩薩。繫念旬日。夜中夢人以口就身噓吸。如此三夕疾遂瘳。因投安靜寺出家。聞智者為世良導。即往請業行法華三昧。至二七日初夜懺畢。就床欲坐。見九頭龍從地而起上升虛空。智者釋曰。此表九道眾生聞法華經。將破無明地入法性空耳。嘗往寶林寺行懺。初夜有人來撼戶扇。師問何人。答曰。我看燈耳。有成禪師聞之曰。此堂有惡鬼。今此聲者鬼也。即啟永陽王。遣十人執仗為護。師謝遣之曰。命由業耳。是夜鬼入堂槌壁擊柱周遍東西。師行道禪誦坦然無懼。三七日內事常如此。行法將訖。見一青衣童。稱讚善哉言已不見。又因往會稽。路由剡縣乞食。主人誤進毒蕈。食訖前邁。主人啖者。皆吐利委頓。隣人追師十里語之。師笑曰。貧道幸無他。大業元年。煬帝巡幸楊州。師自國清御使命至行在所。引見內殿賜坐慰勞。遣通事舍人盧正方送還山。為智者設千僧齋度一百人。師前後八入參覲。主上每加異禮。唐貞觀十二年。無疾正坐入滅。壽八十三。 > Chan Master Zhizao was of the Zhang clan from Linhai. His father Huai served the Chen as an Adjutant of the Central Troops. When he was seventeen, both his parents passed away. After the mourning period, he fell ill, and long medical treatment proved ineffective. Thereupon, struggling against his sickness, he went out into the courtyard, lay down facing the moon, and single-mindedly concentrated on Candraprabha Bodhisattva. He focused his thought for ten days. In the night, he dreamed of someone applying their mouth to his body and inhaling; after three nights like this, his illness was cured. Consequently, he went to Anjing Monastery to leave home. Hearing that Zhiyi was an excellent guide for the world, he immediately went to request instruction and practiced the Lotus Samādhi. In the first watch of the night on the fourteenth day, having finished his confession, he went to his seat intending to sit down, when he saw a nine-headed dragon rise from the ground into empty space. Zhiyi explained, 'This signifies that sentient beings of the nine destinies, upon hearing the Lotus Sūtra, are about to break through the ground of ignorance and enter the emptiness of Dharma-nature.' He once went to Baolin Monastery to perform repentance. During the first watch of the night, someone came and shook the door leaf. The Master asked who it was, and the reply was, 'I am just watching the lamp.' Chan Master Youcheng heard this and said, 'This hall has evil ghosts; this sound is a ghost.' He then informed the Prince of Yongyang, who dispatched ten men bearing weapons to guard him. The Master thanked him and dismissed them, saying, 'Life depends only on karma.' That night, the ghost entered the hall, pounding on the walls and striking the pillars, all around from east to west. The Master walked the Way, practiced Chan, and chanted calmly without fear. For three weeks, matters were constantly like this. As the practice was nearing completion, he saw a youth dressed in blue praising him, 'Excellent!' Having spoken, he disappeared. Later, traveling to Kuaiji, his route took him through Shan County to beg for food. The host mistakenly served him poisonous mushrooms. After eating, he went forward on his journey. All the members of the host's family who ate them suffered vomiting, diarrhea, and collapse. A neighbor pursued the Master for ten li to tell him. The Master smiled and said, 'Fortunately, this poor monk is unaffected.' In the first year of the Daye era, Emperor Yang went on an imperial tour to Yangzhou. The Master, upon imperial decree, went from Guoqing to the traveling palace. He was granted an audience in the inner palace, where he was offered a seat and consoled. The Imperial Receptionist Lu Zhengfang was sent to escort him back to the mountain. A vegetarian feast for a thousand monks was held for Zhiyi, and one hundred people were ordained. The Master had audiences with the court eight times in total, and the sovereign always treated him with extraordinary courtesy. In the twelfth year of the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty, he passed away sitting upright without illness, at the age of eighty-three. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.9.26) - [Next: 9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.9.28) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.9.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.9.27) · Pramāṇa