[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) › 15.19 # 佛祖歷代通載 15.19 佛祖歷代通載 15.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.19) （十五）　法師智𧦬者。悟解絕倫多所撰著。然寡徒侶。因棄講居衡嶽寺。每覽所撰必一唱三歎。以為吾達解如此。而不遇賞音。偶一日有耆宿至。借𧦬著述而閱之。乃曰。汝識至高頗符佛意。今寡徒眾蓋闕人緣耳。佛猶不能度無緣。況初心者乎。可辦食布施飛走。却後二十年當自有眾。言訖恍然不見。𧦬遂如其教。鬻衣單易米。炊之散郊外。感群鳥大集搏飯而去。𧦬祝之曰。食吾飯者願為法侶。後二十年𧦬往鄴城開講。座下有眾千餘人。果皆少年比丘。 > (15) Dharma Master Zhixuan's awakening and understanding were peerless, and he wrote many works. Yet he had few disciples. He therefore abandoned lecturing and lived at Hengyue Monastery. Every time he read what he had written, he would invariably sigh three times in admiration, thinking, 'My comprehensive understanding is like this, yet I meet no one who appreciates my tune.' By chance one day, a senior elder arrived, borrowed Zhixuan's writings, and read them. He then said, 'Your understanding is exceedingly lofty and accords quite well with the Buddha's intention. That you now lack a following is merely because you lack karmic affinity with people. Even a Buddha cannot deliver those without affinity; how much less can a beginner? You may prepare food and give it to the flying and running beasts; twenty years from now, you will naturally have a following.' As soon as he spoke, he vanished in a blur. Zhixuan then followed his instructions, sold his robes and single mat to buy rice, cooked it, and scattered it in the outskirts. Moved by this, flocks of birds gathered in large numbers, snatched the rice, and flew away. Zhixuan prayed over them, saying, 'May those who eat my rice become my companions in the Dharma.' Twenty years later, Zhixuan went to Yecheng to lecture. Beneath his seat was a crowd of more than a thousand people; indeed, they were all young bhikṣus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.18) - [Next: 15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.20) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.15.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.207) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.19) · Pramāṇa