[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) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 2.140 # 釋氏稽古略 2.140 釋氏稽古略 2.140 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.140) 寶公大士　諱寶誌。世稱寶公。尊之也。手足鷹爪。初建康東陽民朱氏之婦。聞兒𠴵鷹巢中。梯樹得之。舉以為子。七歲依鍾山僧儉出家。專修禪觀。至是顯跡。以剪尺拂扇掛杖頭。負之行聚落。甞遇食鱠者。從而求食。㗖者遺而薄之。誌即吐水中皆成活魚。今江中回魚是也。居多神異。至梁武帝天監十三年十二月六日入滅。壽九十三歲。梁武皇帝以金二十萬易建康鍾山之獨龍岡葬之。建浮圖五級於其上。勅王筠勒碑。葬之日車駕親臨祭奠。道俗奉祀。奇瑞顯應為天下第一。凡大士所作偈句。多著南史。為學者述大乘贊十篇科頌十四篇并十二時歌。盛行於世。宋太宗太平興國七年。帝遣使致齋鍾山。親灑製文讚敬。詔曰。自今宜顯尊異。賜號道林真覺菩薩（碑記）。法師曇宗入滅。宋武帝大明二年正旦謂宗曰。朕何罪勞卿懺。宗曰。舜稱子違爾弼。禹曰萬方有罪在予一人。陛下寧得有異。帝大悅（統紀）。 > The Mahāsattva Master Bao: his personal name was Baozhi. The world called him Master Bao to revere him. His hands and feet had eagle claws. Originally, the wife of a commoner named Zhu from Dongyang in Jiankang heard an infant crying inside an eagle's nest. Scaling the tree, she retrieved him and raised him as her son. At the age of seven, he went forth under the monk Sengjian of Mount Zhong, focusing solely on the practice of Chan contemplation. By this time his miraculous traces became apparent: he hung a pair of scissors, a ruler, a duster, and a fan on the tip of his cane, carrying them on his shoulder as he walked through villages and hamlets. Once he met someone eating sliced raw fish and begged for food from him. The eater gave him some with contempt. Zhi then spat into the water, and they all became living fish; these are the hui-fish found in the river today. He had many divine miracles. On the sixth day of the twelfth month in the thirteenth year of the Tianjian reign era of Emperor Wu of Liang, he entered cessation at the age of ninety-three. Emperor Wu of Liang bought Dulonggang on Mount Zhong in Jiankang for two hundred thousand pieces of gold to bury him. Above it, he erected a five-tiered stūpa and imperial order commissioned Wang Yun to carve an inscription on a stele. On the day of his burial, the imperial carriage visited in person to make offerings. Monastics and laity paid homage to him; in wondrous omens and manifested responses, he was foremost in the realm. All the verses composed by the Mahāsattva are mostly recorded in the History of the Southern Dynasties. For learners, he composed the Ten Hymns on the Great Vehicle, the Fourteen Verses of Classifications, and the Song of the Twelve Hours, which circulated widely in the world. In the seventh year of the Taiping Xingguo reign era of Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty, the emperor dispatched an envoy to present vegetarian offerings at Mount Zhong and personally sprinkled ink to compose a text of praise and respect. The imperial edict stated: "From now on, his exalted and extraordinary nature should be made manifest; let him be granted the title Bodhisattva Zhenjue of Daolin" (From the stele inscription). When Dharma Master Tancong entered cessation: on New Year's Day of the second year of the Daming reign era of Emperor Wu of Song, the emperor said to Cong, "What fault does We have that requires you to repent on Our behalf?" Cong said, "Shun said, 'If I go astray, you must assist me.' Yu said, 'If the ten thousand realms have faults, they lie with me alone.' Could Your Majesty be any different?" The emperor was greatly pleased (Tongji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.139) - [Next: 2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.141) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.2.140) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.140) · Pramāṇa