[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) › 2.50 # 高僧傳 2.50 高僧傳 2.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.50) 初，讖在姑臧，有張掖沙門道進，欲從讖受菩薩戒，讖云：「且悔過。」乃竭誠七日七夜，至第八日，詣讖求受，讖忽大怒，進更思惟：「但是我業障未消耳。」乃勠力三年，且禪且懺，進即於定中，見釋迦文佛與諸大士授己戒法，其夕同止十餘人，皆感夢如進所見。進欲詣讖說之，未及至數十步，讖驚起唱言：「善哉！善哉！已感戒矣，吾當更為汝作證。」次第於佛像前為說戒相。時沙門道朗，振譽關西，當進感戒之夕，朗亦通夢。乃自卑戒臘，求為法弟，於是從進受者千有餘人，傳授此法，迄至于今，皆讖之餘則。有別記云，《菩薩地持經》應是伊波勒菩薩傳來此土，後果是讖所傳譯，疑讖或非凡也。 > Earlier, when Dharmakṣema was in Guzang, there was a śramaṇa from Zhangye named Daojin who wished to receive the bodhisattva precepts from Dharmakṣema. Dharmakṣema said: "Repent your transgressions for now." \[Daojin\] then exerted his utmost sincerity for seven days and seven nights, and on the eighth day went to Dharmakṣema to request receipt. Dharmakṣema suddenly became exceedingly angry. Daojin further reflected: "It is only that my karmic hindrances have not yet been eliminated." He then applied his efforts for three years, practicing dhyāna and repenting. Daojin then, while in samādhi, saw Śākyamuni Buddha and various Great Beings conferring the precept dharmas upon him. That night, over ten people staying in the same quarters all experienced dreams matching what Daojin had seen. Daojin wished to go to Dharmakṣema to recount this, but before he had approached within several tens of paces, Dharmakṣema started up in surprise and exclaimed: "Splendid! Splendid! You have already sensed the precepts; I shall further serve as your witness." One by one, before the Buddha image, he explained the marks of the precepts for him. At that time, the śramaṇa Daolang was renowned west of the Pass; on the night Daojin sensed the precepts, Lang also experienced the dream. He then lowered his own precept seniority and requested to become \[Daojin's\] Dharma brother. Thereupon over a thousand people received \[the precepts\] from Daojin; the transmission of this method down to the present day is entirely the legacy of Dharmakṣema. Another record states: "The Bodhisattvabhūmi-sūtra should have been transmitted to this land by the Bodhisattva Yibole." Later it was indeed translated and transmitted by Dharmakṣema, leading to the suspicion that Dharmakṣema might not have been an ordinary man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.49) - [Next: 2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.51) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.2.50) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [貞元新定釋教目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.6.32.2) — 圓照, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.2.50) · Pramāṇa