佛祖歷代通載 12.7

12.7

（四　癸丑）　四年禪師惠寬卒。生楊氏。父為道士。號三洞先生。姊信相生而知道。終日凝然禪寂。寬五六歲日與信相譚論。俱非世事。家世奉道寬獨不喜。父詬厲使拜天尊。寬不得已跪之。鐵像蹶然崩壞。舉族驚異。因錄每與信相所論言句。先是龍懷寺禪師曇相臨終。語弟子會曰。吾報緣當生廣漢綿竹峰頂楊氏家。後七年汝來見吾。言訖而逝。其後會頗忘之。一昔夢相責以負約。會驚寤遂造峯頂而扣其扉。寬曰。扣扉者誰。會遽曰。弟子會也。寬笑曰。何以知吾而稱子。會曰。得師聲猶昔日聲也。遂相見。其父出所錄每與信相譚論示之。蓋大莊嚴等論。會即奉寬再歸龍懷寺落髮。由是神異日顯。俗呼聖和上。其姊信相亦隨出家。甞因淨惠寺異僧入定。滿寺紅焰亘然。而人未識之。信相曰。此火聚尊者入火光三昧耳。因入其寺。入水觀一室湛然。唯水不見其形。異僧欽歎以為得果。時亦號聖尼。寬十世為大僧。今十生記存焉。累朝賜諡不一。

(4. Guichou) In the fourth year, Chan Master Huikuan died. He was born of the Yang clan. His father was a Daoist master, known as Master Sandong. His elder sister, Xinxiang, understood the Dao from birth, spending whole days in tranquil Chan absorption. When Kuan was five or six years old, he conversed daily with Xinxiang, never concerning worldly matters. His family had revered Daoism for generations, but Kuan alone took no pleasure in it. His father angrily cursed him and ordered him to bow to the Heavenly Worthy. Having no choice, Kuan knelt before it, and the iron image suddenly collapsed and shattered. The entire clan was astonished. Thereupon, they transcribed the dialogues he had held with Xinxiang. Prior to this, Chan Master Tanxiang of Longhuai Monastery, on the verge of death, said to his disciple Hui: 'My karmic retribution destines me to be born in the Yang family atop Mianzhu Peak in Guanghan. Come see me in seven years.' Having spoken, he passed away. Later, Hui largely forgot this. One night, he dreamed that Xiang reproached him for breaking the promise. Startled awake, Hui went to the mountain peak and knocked on the door. Kuan said, 'Who is knocking on the door?' Hui said at once, 'It is your disciple Hui.' Kuan smiled and said, 'How do you know me, that you call yourself disciple?' Hui said, 'Hearing the Master's voice, it is still the voice of former days.' They then met. The father brought out the recorded conversations held with Xinxiang and showed them; they were indeed treatises such as the Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra. Hui then escorted Kuan back to Longhuai Monastery to shave his head. From then on, his miraculous manifestations became increasingly prominent, and the common people called him the Holy Upādhyāya. His elder sister Xinxiang also left household life along with him. Once, an extraordinary monk at Jinghui Monastery entered samādhi, and the entire monastery was filled with blazing red flames, but no one recognized what it was. Xinxiang said, 'This is the Venerable Fire-Accumulation entering the fire-radiance samādhi.' She then entered the monastery, entered the water contemplation, and the room became completely clear and still, showing only water without her form. The extraordinary monk admired her with praise, regarding her as having attained the fruit [of the path]; at the time she was also called the Holy Nun. Kuan was a fully ordained monk for ten lifetimes, and the Record of Ten Rebirths is still extant today. Successive dynasties bestowed various posthumous titles upon him.