[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) › 3.262 # 釋氏稽古略 3.262 釋氏稽古略 3.262 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.262) 仰山屬江西袁州路（揚州之域）。禪師名慧寂。韶州懷化人。姓葉氏。年九歲於廣州和安寺投通禪師出家。十四披剃未登具。即遊方初謁耽源。耽忠國師侍者應真也。已悟玄旨。耽源曰。國師當時傳得圓相。九十七箇。乃六代祖師所留也。授與老僧記之曰。吾滅後三十年。南方有一沙彌到來。大興此教。次第傳授無令斷絕。今適子來當以付之無令斷絕。師既領玄旨。後參溈山遂陞堂奧。師臥次夢入天宮彌勒內院居第二座。有一尊者白槌云。今當第二座說法。師起白槌曰。摩訶衍法離四句絕百非。諦聽諦聽眾皆散去。一日忽有梵僧從空而至。師問曰。近離甚麼。曰西天。曰幾時離彼。梵曰今早。師曰太遲生。曰遊山翫水。師曰。神通遊戲則不無闍黎。梵曰特來東土禮文殊。却遇小釋迦。遂出梵書貝多葉數十與師。作禮乘空而去。自此號師小釋迦焉。梁貞明二年丙子歲。師再遷東平。說偈曰。年滿七十七。無常在今日。日輪正當午。兩手抱屈膝。言訖以兩手抱膝而終。閱明年嗣法弟子南塔光涌禪師遷靈骨歸仰山。塔于集雲峰下。勅諡智通禪師妙光之塔。師嗣溈山祐禪師。法道盛化。人皆宗之曰溈仰宗　寂初住王莽山。僖宗乾符六年。山神請曰。東南有大仰山。福地也。師乃遷焉。 > Yangshan belonged to Yuanzhou Circuit in Jiangxi (the region of Yangzhou). The Chan master's name was Huiji. He was a native of Huaihua in Shaozhou, with the family name of Ye. At the age of nine, he went to Chan Master Tong at He'an Monastery in Guangzhou to leave home. At fourteen, he had his head shaved, but before taking full ordination, he traveled about, first visiting Danyuan. Danyuan was Yingzhen, the attendant to National Teacher Zhong. He had already awakened to the profound purport. Danyuan said, "At that time, the National Teacher transmitted ninety-seven circular figures, which were left behind by the six generations of patriarchs. Conferring them on this old monk, he gave a prophecy saying: 'Thirty years after my passing, a novice will arrive from the south and greatly revitalize this teaching, transmitting it successively so as not to allow it to be cut off.' Now that you have arrived, I ought to bestow them upon you; do not allow them to be cut off." Having grasped the profound purport, the master later visited Guishan and immediately entered the inner sanctum. While lying down, the master dreamed of entering the heavenly palace, into Maitreya's inner courtyard, occupying the second seat. A venerable struck the gavel and said, "Today the second seat should preach the Dharma." The master arose, struck the gavel, and said, "The Mahāyāna Dharma is free from the four propositions and cuts off the hundred negations. Listen attentively! Listen attentively!" The entire assembly dispersed. One day, a foreign monk suddenly arrived out of the sky. The master asked him, "From where have you recently departed?" He answered, "India." The master asked, "When did you depart from there?" The foreign monk said, "This morning." The master said, "Why so late?" He answered, "I was roaming the mountains and enjoying the waters." The master said, "As for roaming in spiritual powers, the ācārya indeed possesses that." The foreign monk said, "I came specially to the Eastern Land to pay homage to Mañjuśrī, but instead I have met the Little Śākya." Thereupon he produced several tens of palm leaves of Indic text and gave them to the master, made obeisance, and departed into the sky. From this, the master was called "Little Śākya." In the bingzi year, the second year of Zhenming of the Liang, the master moved again to Dongping. He spoke a verse: "My years have reached seventy-seven; / Impermanence falls on this very day. / The sun wheel stands squarely at noon; / With both hands I fold my knees." Having finished speaking, he embraced his knees with both hands and expired. Passing into the next year, his dharma-heir disciple, Chan Master Guangyong of the South Stupa, transferred the sacred relics back to Mount Yang, enshrining them in a stupa below Jiyun Peak. By imperial edict, he was posthumously titled Chan Master Zhitong ("Wisdom-Penetrating"), with the Stupa of Miaoguang ("Wondrous Light"). The master was a dharma heir of Chan Master You of Guishan. The way of the Dharma flourished and transformed widely; everyone revered it as the Guiyang school. Ji initially resided on Mount Wangmang. In the sixth year of Qianfu of Emperor Xizong, the mountain deity requested, saying: "To the southeast lies Mount Dayang, which is a blessed land." The master thereupon moved there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.261](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.261) - [Next: 3.263](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.263) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.3.262) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.262](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.262) · Pramāṇa