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佛祖歷代通載 22.216

佛祖歷代通載 22.216

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22.216

(三十二) 臨壇大德律師汶公卒。姓張氏。諱惠汶。歸德之偃武人也。驅烏之歲。依耆宿釭公為浮圖。二十而進具。從大德溫公受菩薩戒。嗣法壇主恩公。既而行業日隆道益著。從學者益眾。佛制凡為苾芻。雖大節不虧而細行必謹。非法不服非時不食。居處動作皆有軌則。所以戒昏墮而防逸德也。公齋戒既嚴。護衣惟謹。鷄鳴而興坐以待旦。乾乾終日惟佛是念。雖道行旅宿三衣一鉢必與身俱。制行雖高而無矯飾之節。操存雖固而無詭徼之迹。是以言而人莫不信。動而人莫不敬。兩河之間三監舊邑從化者。蓋以萬數。緇素相率而求戒法者。幢幢接跡於途。承一訓言莫不歡心。感戴說法數十餘年。升壇授戒四十餘會。大臣接以師敬之禮。至順三年十一月廿二日歿。年七十有三。

(32) The Platform-Ascending Bhadanta Vinaya Master Master Wen passed away. His surname was Zhang, and his taboo name was Huiwen. He was a native of Yanwu in Guide. In the year of "crow-chasing" [novicehood], he relied on the elder Master Gang to become a Buddhist monk. At twenty he underwent the upasampadā, and received the bodhisattva precepts from the Bhadanta Master Wen. He inherited the Dharma from Master En, the head of the [ordination] platform. Thereafter, his religious practice grew daily and his Way became ever more prominent, with his disciples multiplying. According to the Buddha's regulations, whoever is a bhikṣu, even though not deficient in great principles, must be scrupulous in minor conduct: not wearing what is contrary to the Dharma, not eating at improper times, and observing rules in all movements and dwellings; this is the means to guard against stupor and laxity and to prevent lapses in virtue. The Master was strict in his fasting and precepts, and scrupulous in guarding his robes. Rising at cockcrow, he would sit waiting for dawn; vigilant the whole day, he was mindful only of the Buddha. Even when traveling on the road or lodging on a journey, the three robes and an alms bowl always accompanied his person. Although his self-discipline was exalted, he showed no affectation; although his moral steadfastness was resolute, he left no trace of deceitful contrivance. Therefore, whenever he spoke, no one failed to trust him, and whenever he moved, no one failed to revere him. In the lands between the Two Rivers and the old domains of the Three Supervisors, those who were converted were counted by the tens of thousands. Clergy and laity led one another to seek the precepts from him, their processions crowding the roads one after another. Receiving a single word of instruction, none failed to rejoice in their hearts. Inspiring reverence, he expounded the Dharma for several decades and ascended the platform to administer the precepts on over forty occasions. High ministers treated him with the respectful etiquette accorded to a teacher. On the twenty-second day of the eleventh month in the third year of the Zhishun era, he passed away at the age of seventy-three.

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