[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) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 13.19 # 佛祖歷代通載 13.19 佛祖歷代通載 13.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.19) （甲子　五七）　沙門牛雲者少不慧。因詣臺山禮文殊。初至東臺見老人問曰。胡為而來。曰願見大聖求聰慧耳。老人曰。文殊居北臺爾往見之。雲奉教趨北臺。老人亦在彼矣。雲意其即文殊也。遂拜之。老人曰。汝沙門也。不應禮俗士。雲拜不已。老人憐之。為入定觀雲前身蓋牛也。以嘗馳經故獲比丘報。老人起定為雲言之。復云。汝性昏迷胸中有淤肉在。當為汝钁去之。因戒雲閉目無輒開。雲如約。頗覺老人以钁鋤其胸。然不甚楚。少頃心懷開豁頓異往時。及開眸見老人現身為文殊妙相端嚴。謂雲曰。與汝聰明竟。雲喜躍作禮及起身而文殊隱。雲自是總持辨悟為時導師。以夙因故牛雲稱焉。 > (Jiazi, fifty-seven) The monk Niuyun was not intelligent in his youth. Because of this, he went to Wutai Shan to pay homage to Mañjuśrī. When he first arrived at the Eastern Terrace, he saw an old man who asked, "Why have you come?" He replied, "I only wish to see the Great Sage and seek intelligence." The old man said, "Mañjuśrī resides at the Northern Terrace; you should go and see him." Yun obeyed the instruction and hurried to the Northern Terrace, where the old man was already present. Yun suspected that he was indeed Mañjuśrī, and thereupon bowed to him. The old man said, "You are a monk; you should not bow to a layman." Yun bowed unceasingly. The old man took pity on him and entered samādhi to observe Yun's past life, which had in fact been an ox; because it had once carried scriptures with haste, it obtained the recompense of becoming a bhikṣu. The old man arose from samādhi and told this to Yun, adding, "Your nature is dull and bewildered, and there is stagnant flesh in your chest. I should hoe it away for you." Thereupon he cautioned Yun to close his eyes and not open them at all. Yun complied with the agreement. He distinctly felt the old man hoeing at his chest with a mattock, yet it was not very painful. In a short while, his heart opened wide, suddenly different from former times. When he opened his eyes, he saw the old man manifest his body as Mañjuśrī, wondrously featured and dignified, who said to Yun, "I have finished granting you intelligence." Yun leaped with joy and made obeisance; when he arose, Mañjuśrī had vanished. From then on, Yun possessed total dhāraṇī retention and discerning awakening, becoming a guide of the era. Because of his past karma, he was called "Niuyun" (Ox Yun). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.18) - [Next: 13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.20) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.13.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.19) · Pramāṇa