釋鑑稽古略續集 2.85

2.85

古鼎禪師　諱銘。臨濟十五世孫。四坐道場將示寂。謂其徒曰。觀世音持蓮華至矣。安坐而逝。荼毘舌根齒牙數珠不壞。五色舍利無數。國史危先生為之碑。有四會語錄行世。

Chan Master Guding, taboo name Ming, was a fifteenth-generation descendant of Linji. Having four times occupied the seat of enlightenment, when about to show extinction, he said to his disciples, "Avalokiteśvara holding a lotus flower has arrived!" He sat peacefully and passed away. Upon cremation, his tongue, teeth, and prayer beads were undamaged, and there were countless five-colored relics. The national historian Mr. Wei composed a stele for him. Recorded Sayings in Four Assemblies circulates in the world.