釋鑑稽古略續集 2.151

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全室禪師　諱宗泐。字季潭。號全室。台之臨海人。族姓周。父吉甫。母葛氏。幼輒跏趺坐。八歲從笑隱訢公學法。十四剃度。二十受具。訢公開山龍翔。師與俱。寄意詞章。尤精隷古。後謁元叟於徑山掌記室。出世水西。遷中竺升雙徑。次五十五代。詔師與演福法師大璞玘公。箋釋心經金剛楞伽三經。點簡藏經。制獻佛樂章。往西域求法。得莊嚴寶王文殊等經。授僧錄司善世。掌天下僧教。建鳳陽槎峯圓通菴。闢一室曰松下居。賜天界住持。引見賜詩。有泐翁去此問誰禪。朝夕常思在目前。後賜歸槎峯。詩云。寂寞觀明月。逍遙對白雲。汝其往矣。渡江示疾。謂眾曰。人之生滅如海一漚。漚生漚滅復歸於水。何處非寂滅之地也。言已喚侍者曰。這個聻。侍者茫然。師曰苦。遂逝世。時九月十四日也。壽七十四。荼毘舍利塔於天界。附訢公之右　高皇帝。有賜師免官說（載皇明護法錄）又御和詩一百四十五首。稱泐翁。成祖有御製像贊　賜中順大夫　得法弟子湛然性一宗欽。

Chan Master Quanshi, taboo name Zongle, styled Jitan, sobriquet Quanshi, was a native of Linhai in Taizhou. His clan name was Zhou, his father was Jifu, and his mother was Lady Ge. In his youth, he would sit cross-legged; at eight, he studied the Dharma under Master Xiaoyin Xin; at fourteen, he shaved his head; at twenty, he received full ordination. When Master Xin founded Longxiang, the Master accompanied him, devoting his mind to poetry and literature, being especially skilled in clerical script. Later, he visited Yuansou at Jingshan and managed the secretariat. He appeared in the world at Shuixi, transferred to Zhongzhu, and ascended Shuangjing as its fifty-fifth generation. An imperial edict ordered the Master, along with Dharma Master Dapu Qi of Yanfu, to annotate and explain the three sūtras—the Heart, Diamond, and Laṅkāvatāra Sūtras—proofread the canon, and compose and present Buddhist liturgical music. He traveled to the Western Regions to seek the Dharma, obtaining sūtras such as the Alaṃkāra-ratna-rāja and Mañjuśrī sūtras. He was appointed Exalter of the World in the Central Buddhist Registry, overseeing Buddhist affairs throughout the realm. He built Yuantong Hermitage on Chafeng in Fengyang, opening a room called 'Dwelling beneath the Pines'. He was granted the abbacy of Tianjie. Granted an imperial audience, he was bestowed a poem saying: 'When Venerable Le leaves here, to whom shall I ask of Chan? Morning and night, my mind is constantly before you.' Later, when he was permitted to return to Chafeng, the poem said: 'In loneliness, gaze at the bright moon; in leisurely ease, face the white clouds. You may now depart.' While crossing the river, he manifested illness and said to the assembly: 'The arising and ceasing of human life is like a single bubble on the sea. The bubble arises and ceases, returning again to water. Where is not a place of nirvāṇic cessation?' Having spoken, he called to his attendant: 'What about this?' The attendant was at a loss. The Master said, 'Painful!' and passed away. It was the fourteenth day of the ninth month. He was seventy-four years old. Following cremation, his relics were entombed in a stupa at Tianjie, to the right of Master Xin. Emperor Gaodi granted the Master an essay relieving him of office (recorded in the Huangming hufa lu) and composed one hundred and forty-five imperial poems matching his rhymes, addressing him as 'Venerable Le'. Emperor Chengzu composed an imperial portrait encomium, and he was bestowed the title Grand Master of Forthrightness and Decorum. His Dharma-heir disciples were Zhanran Xingyi and Zongqin.