[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 12.21 # 高僧傳 12.21 高僧傳 12.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.21) 釋慧益，廣陵人，少出家，隨師止壽春。宋孝建中出都，憩竹林寺。精勤苦行，誓欲燒身，眾人聞者，或毀或讚。至大明四年，始就却粒，唯餌麻麥。到六年，又絕麥等，但食蘇油。有頃，又斷蘇油，唯服香丸。雖四大綿微，而神情警正。孝武深加敬異，致問慇懃，遣太宰江夏王義恭，詣寺諫益，益誓志無改。 > Shi Huiyi was a native of Guangling. He took pravrajyā at an early age and accompanied his master to reside in Shouchun. During the Xiaojian era of the Song, he went out to the capital and rested at Zhulin Temple. Diligent and ascetic, he vowed to burn his body. Among the multitudes who heard of this, some condemned it while others praised it. In the fourth year of the Daming era, he began to give up grains, feeding only on hemp and wheat. By the sixth year, he gave up wheat and the like as well, consuming only clarified butter and oil. After a while, he also ceased the butter and oil, ingesting solely incense pills. Although his four great elements were weak and frail, his spirit and consciousness were alert and proper. Emperor Xiaowu deeply revered and marveled at him, sending solicitous inquiries and dispatching Grand Preceptor Yigong, Prince of Jiangxia, to visit the temple to dissuade \[Hui\]yi. \[Hui\]yi's vowed intention remained unswerving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.20) - [Next: 12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.22) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.12.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.96.22) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [弘贊法華傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2067.5.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.12.21) · Pramāṇa