釋鑑稽古略續集 1.263

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實菴禪師　諱茂。號松隱。實菴其字。族鄭。母胡氏。奉化人。年十六依傳法寺希顏出家。受戒於昭慶惠律師。見南㵎泉公。復謁古林茂公。林曰。子明知四大五蘊是生死根本。何故入此革囊耶。師擬議間林以錫杖擊之。師豁然悟入。後會月江印公於湖之道場。請師分座說法。大眾允悅。宣政院命居瑞雲之清涼寺。奏賜佛光普照之諡。住十五年退隱惠堂。是年八月二十七日。憑几握右手為拳。以額枕之而逝。壽八十五歲。

Chan Master Shi'an, taboo name Mao, style Songyin, courtesy name Shi'an, was of the Zheng clan; his mother was of the Hu clan, and he was a native of Fenghua. At age sixteen, he relied on Xiyan of Chuanfa Monastery to leave the household, and received the precepts from Vinaya Master Hui of Zhaoging. He saw the venerable Quan of Nanjian, and again visited the venerable Mao of Gulin. Lin said: "You clearly know that the four elements and five aggregates are the root of birth and death; why did you enter this bag of skin?" While the master hesitated, Lin struck him with his tin staff. The master was suddenly awakened. Later, he met the venerable Yuejiang Yin at Daochang in Huzhou, who invited the master to share the seat and preach the Dharma; the assembly was pleased and gratified. The Bureau of Tibetan and Buddhist Affairs (Xuanzheng yuan) appointed him to reside at Qingliang Monastery on Mount Ruiyun, and petitioned to bestow upon him the posthumous title 'Universal Radiance of Buddha-Light' (Foguang Puzhao). After residing there for fifteen years, he retired to Huitang. On the twenty-seventh day of the eighth month of this year, leaning on his table, he clenched his right hand into a fist, pillowed his forehead upon it, and passed away. His age was eighty-five years.