釋鑑稽古略續集 1.248

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大用法師　諱必才。字大用。姓屈氏。台州人。十二從西瞿法師出家祝髮進具。謁湛堂澄公親玉崗潤公。執經入室。雖至流金之暑。折膠之寒。足不踰戶。山家之玄教觀之要。悉臻其奧。玉崗嘆曰。此子非靈山會上業已習之。烏能至此哉。隨玉崗於德藏。命師分座講演。辨若雨注河翻。聽者稱之。繼主德藏。後遷杭之興福。次補演福。順帝特賜佛鑒圓照之號。是年三月十九日。焚香高稱彌陀佛號。盡一晝夜告眾曰。吾淨土緣熟三昧現前矣。為書以別相識。合掌而逝。荼毘有五色光。自龕中發火。舌根齒牙不壞。舍利滿地。穴地尺許亦有得者。壽六十八。臘五十六。所著有妙玄文句止觀增治助文法華涅槃講義章安荊溪法智禮文詩偈等。並行於世（僧傳）。

Dharma Master Dayong, taboo name Bicai, courtesy name Dayong, was of the Qu clan and a native of Taizhou. At age twelve, he went forth from the household under Dharma Master Xiqu, shaved his head, and received the full precepts. He visited the venerable Zhantang Cheng and was close to the venerable Yugang Run. Holding the scriptures, he entered their chambers. Even in heat that could melt metal or cold that could crack glue, his feet never crossed outside his door. In the profound teachings and essentials of contemplation of the Mountain School (Tiantai), he reached all their depths. Yugang sighed and said: "Had this lad not already practiced this at the assembly on Vulture Peak, how could he have reached this point?" Accompanying Yugang at Dezang, [the master] ordered him to share the seat and lecture on the teachings. His eloquence was like pouring rain and an overflowing river; his listeners praised him. He succeeded to the abbacy of Dezang, later moved to Xingfu in Hangzhou, and next filled the vacancy at Yanfu. Emperor Shundi specially bestowed upon him the title 'Circular Radiance of the Mirror of the Buddha' (Fojian Yuanzhao). On the nineteenth day of the third month of this year, burning incense and reciting the name of Amitābha Buddha in a loud voice throughout an entire day and night, he announced to the assembly: "My affinity with the Pure Land has ripened; samādhi has manifested before me." He wrote a letter to bid farewell to his acquaintances, joined his palms, and passed away. At his cremation, a five-coloured light burst into flame from within his casket. The root of his tongue and his teeth remained undamaged. Relics covered the ground, and some were even found after digging more than a foot into the earth. His age was sixty-eight; his monastic age was fifty-six. His writings include the Miaoxuan wenju, Zhiguan zengzhi zhuwen, Fahua niepan jiangyi, and the Liturgical Texts and Poems and Verses for Zhang'an, Jingxi, and Fazhi, which all circulate in the world (from the Biographies of Monks).