[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) › 13.79 # 高僧傳 13.79 高僧傳 13.79 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.13.79) 文惠太子嘗往寺問訊，願既不命令坐，文惠作禮而立，乃謂願曰：「葆吹清鐃，以為供養，其福云何？」願曰：「昔菩薩八萬伎樂供養佛，尚不如至心。今吹竹管子，打死牛皮，此何足道？」其秉德邁時，皆此之類。其王侯妃主，及四遠士庶，並從受戒，悉遵師禮。願往必直前，無有通白。感致隨喜，日盈萬計。願隨以修福，未嘗蓄聚。或雇人禮佛，或借人持齋；或收糴米穀，散飴魚鳥；或貿易飲食，賑給囚徒。興功立德，數不可紀。願又善唱導，及依經說法，率自心抱，無事宮商，言語訛雜，唯以適機為要。可謂其智可及，其愚不可及也。 > Crown Prince Wenhui once went to the temple to inquire after him. Fayuan did not tell him to sit, so Wenhui bowed and remained standing. He then said to Fayuan, "If one offers feather-canopied wind instruments and clear bells as an offering, what is the merit thereof?" Fayuan said, "In the past, when the Bodhisattva offered eighty thousand kinds of music to the Buddha, it was still not equal to a sincere mind. Nowadays, people blow bamboo pipes and strike dead ox hides; how is this worth mentioning?" His adherence to virtue surpassing the times was entirely of this kind. Princes, marquises, consorts, princesses, and gentlemen and commoners from all quarters took the precepts from him, all observing the etiquette accorded a master. Whenever Fayuan went to see them, he went straight forward without sending an announcement. The rejoicings in merit (anumodanā) he inspired daily numbered in the tens of thousands. Fayuan immediately used them to cultivate merit, never accumulating wealth. Sometimes he hired people to pay homage to the Buddha; sometimes he paid people to observe the fast; sometimes he bought up rice and grain to scatter and feed fish and birds; sometimes he bought food and drink to give relief to prisoners. His deeds of building merit and establishing virtue were innumerable. Fayuan was also skilled in vocal cantillation and in preaching the Dharma according to the scriptures. Drawing directly from the depths of his own heart, he did not concern himself with musical pitches; his speech was colloquial and mixed, taking only suitability to the capacities of his listeners as essential. It may truly be said of him: 'His wisdom may be equaled, but his folly cannot be equaled.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.13.78) - [Next: 13.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.13.80) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.13.79) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.13.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.13.79) · Pramāṇa