釋鑑稽古略續集 1.147

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妙文講主　九歲出家。十八受具。依大德圓和尚。學圓頓教。始升猊座縱無礙辨。若峽倒川奔。及乎閒居簡默言不妄發。其涵養沖挹。無欲速不躁進。大類如此。年四十八。住薊之雲泉。勤儉節用。老者懷其德。少者嚴其教。故眾睦而寺治。廩有餘粟以賑饑民。薊人稱之。世祖召見顧謂侍臣曰。此福德僧也。詔居京師大寶集寺。自爾教乘法席益盛。性相並驅僧俗溥濟。斯時海內講席紛紛。方膠固於名相凝滯於殊塗。師獨大弘方等。振以圓宗。使守株者通於寂默之外。龍象蹴蹈兢駕一乘。年逾八十。專修念佛三昧。是年月日結印而終。

Prelector Miaowen: Left household life at the age of nine, received the full precepts at eighteen. He relied on the Great Virtuous monk Monk Yuan to study the round and sudden teaching. When he first ascended the lion throne, he gave free rein to unhindered eloquence, like a gorge overturning or a river rushing. Yet in ordinary living he was simple and silent, never uttering careless words; his self-cultivation was empty and humble, having no desire for haste and making no rash advances—largely of this kind. At forty-eight, he resided at Yunquan in Ji. Diligent, frugal, and economical, the elderly cherished his virtue and the young were strictly disciplined by his instruction; thus the assembly was harmonious and the monastery was well-governed. The granary had surplus grain to relieve the starving people, and the people of Ji praised him. Shizu granted him an audience and looked back to tell his attendant ministers: "This is a monk of blessed virtue." An imperial decree ordered him to reside at Da Baoji Monastery in the capital. From then on, his scriptural seat of the Dharma flourished all the more; Nature and Characteristics teachings progressed side by side, and monastics and laypeople were universally delivered. At that time, lecture seats throughout the land were noisy and divided, sticking firmly to nominal characteristics and stalling on divergent paths; the Master alone broadly propagated the Vaipulya teachings and revitalized them with the Perfect School, enabling those who clung to old ways to penetrate beyond silence, and causing dragon-elephants to tread vigorously and vie to drive the One Vehicle. When over eighty years of age, he exclusively cultivated the mindfulness-of-buddha samādhi. On the designated day of this month of this year, he formed a mudrā and passed away.