[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) › 7.97 # 佛祖歷代通載 7.97 佛祖歷代通載 7.97 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.97) （二十六）　道生法師天縱妙悟。初涅槃後品未至。生熟讀久之曰。阿闡提人自當成佛。此經來未盡耳。於是文字之師交攻之。誣以為邪說。於律當擯。生白眾誓曰。若我所說不合經義。願於此身即見惡報若實契佛心。願舍壽時據師子座。於是袖手南來入虎丘山。竪石為聽徒講涅槃經。至闡提有佛性處。曰如我所說義契佛心不。群石皆首肯之。後游匡山居銷景岩。聞曇無讖重譯涅槃後品至南京。果言闡提皆有佛性。生慰喜不自勝遂誓死奉法。 > (Twenty-six) Dharma Master Daosheng possessed heavenly-endowed, wondrous awakening. Earlier, before the later chapters of the \*Nirvāṇa-sūtra\* had arrived, Daosheng read it closely for a long time and said: “Icchantikas must naturally become Buddhas; it is only that this scripture's transmission is not yet complete.” Thereupon, literalist teachers attacked him in concert, falsely accusing it of being a heterodox teaching and claiming that according to the Vinaya he should be expelled. Daosheng made an open declaration before the assembly, taking an oath: “If what I have spoken does not accord with the scripture's meaning, may I witness evil retribution in this very body; but if it truly tallies with the Buddha's mind, may I ascend the lion seat when I cast off this life.” Thereupon, folding his hands in his sleeves, he traveled south and entered Huqiu Mountain. Erecting stones to serve as his audience, he expounded the \*Nirvāṇa-sūtra\*. When he came to the passage stating that icchantikas possess the Buddha-nature, he asked: “Does the meaning I have spoken tally with the Buddha's mind?” The stones all nodded their heads. Later, he traveled to Mount Lu and resided at Xiaojing Cliff. When he heard that Dharmakṣema's retranslation of the later chapters of the \*Nirvāṇa-sūtra\* had reached Nanjing, and that it indeed stated that all icchantikas possess the Buddha-nature, Daosheng was overjoyed beyond measure and vowed to uphold the Dharma until death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.96) - [Next: 7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.98) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.7.97) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.88) — Classical Chinese - [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.3.12) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.7.97) · Pramāṇa