[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) › 2.91 # 釋氏稽古略 2.91 釋氏稽古略 2.91 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.91) 廬山遠法師　諱慧遠。出雁門（今去同路）賈氏。少為儒生。博極群書。尤邃周易莊老。甞與其弟慧持造道安法師。聞出世法。而悅之嘆曰。儒道九流特粃糠耳。遂出家焉。安時門徒數千。遠居第一座。安甞曰。使道流東國其在遠乎。晉武帝甲申太元九年也。前秦國亂來遊於晉。抵江西見廬山愛之。乃止江州龍泉精舍。次寓慧永之西林寺。復於山東建東林寺。經營之際山神降靈。願加資助信宿風雷夜作晦冥。大雨明發。就觀良木殊材駢羅其處。時晉將軍桓伊。初臨此牧驚其神異。奏立寺焉丙戌年寺成。時晉天下奇才多隱居不仕。聞廬山遠公之道。皆來從之。庚寅年師謂劉程之等曰。諸君倘有心淨土之遊。當加勉勵。遂同發志於無量壽佛前。建齋立誓期生淨土。由是僧俗凡一百二十三人。慕道同盟。棲心物外。謝靈運於東林鑿二池以栽蓮華。遠公每送客不過虎溪。庚戌義熙六年也。道士陸修靜偕陶淵明。入山見師送之執手共話不覺過虎溪。三人相顧大笑。今人圖之為三笑圖。淵明嗜酒入山久之。以山無酒攢眉而去之。至是乙卯歲八月初六日。遠公合掌面西而逝。壽八十四歲。謝靈運製碑。社眾數千人。名跡尤著者十八人焉（高僧傳）。 > Dharma Master Huiyuan of Mount Lu. His taboo name was Huiyuan. He came from the Jia family of Yanmen (now in the circuit of the same name). In his youth, he was a Confucian scholar, broadly mastering all texts, and was particularly versed in the Zhouyi, Zhuangzi, and Laozi. He once visited Dharma Master Dao'an together with his younger brother Huichi. Hearing the supramundane Dharma, he delighted in it and sighed, "The Confucian and Daoist traditions of the nine schools are mere chaff!" He thereupon went forth from the household life. At that time, Dao'an had several thousand disciples, and Huiyuan occupied the head seat. Dao'an once said: "If the Way is to flow into the eastern land, will it not rest upon Yuan?" In the jiashen year, the ninth year of Taiyuan of Emperor Wu of Jin, amid the chaos in the state of Former Qin, he traveled to Jin. Arriving in Jiangxi, he saw Mount Lu and loved it, so he stayed at Longquan Hermitage in Jiangzhou. Next he lodged at Huiyong's Xilin Monastery, and then built Donglin Monastery on the east of the mountain. While it was being constructed, the mountain spirit manifested its presence, wishing to offer aid. Over a couple of nights, wind and thunder arose in the darkness, accompanied by heavy rain. At daybreak, they went to look and found fine timber and rare wood aligned in rows upon that spot. At that time, General Huan Yi of Jin, newly arriving to govern here, was astonished by this divine marvel and memorialized the throne to establish a monastery there; in the bingxu year, the monastery was completed. At that time, many of the empire's remarkable talents in the Jin were living in reclusion and refusing official posts; hearing of the Way of Master Huiyuan of Mount Lu, they all came to follow him. In the gengyin year, the Master said to Liu Chengzhi and others: "If you gentlemen have the intention to journey to the Pure Land, you should apply yourselves with diligence." Thereupon, they made a joint aspiration before Amitāyus Buddha, establishing a fast and making a vow to be reborn in the Pure Land. From this, a total of one hundred and twenty-three monks and laity joined the alliance out of longing for the Way, lodging their minds beyond the world of matter. Xie Lingyun excavated two ponds at Donglin to plant lotus flowers. Master Huiyuan would never cross Tiger Creek when seeing off guests. In the gengxu year, the sixth year of Yixi, the Daoist Lu Xiujing and Tao Yuanming entered the mountain to visit the Master; when he saw them off, they held hands and talked together, unwittingly crossing Tiger Creek. The three looked at each other and laughed heartily; people nowadays depict this as the 'Painting of the Three Laughs.' Yuanming was fond of wine; after remaining in the mountain for some time, he knitted his brows and departed because there was no wine in the mountain. Coming to this yimao year, on the sixth day of the eighth month, Master Huiyuan joined his palms, faced west, and passed away at the age of eighty-four. Xie Lingyun composed his stele inscription. The members of the society numbered several thousand, among whom eighteen were particularly prominent (from the Biographies of Eminent Monks). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.90) - [Next: 2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.92) - [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.2.91) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.2.91) · Pramāṇa