[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) › 3.29 # 高僧傳 3.29 高僧傳 3.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.29) 時影福寺尼慧果、淨音等，共請跋摩云：「去六年，有師子國八尼至京，云宋地先未經有尼，那得二眾受戒，恐戒品不全。」跋摩云：「戒法本在大僧眾發，設不本事，無妨得戒，如愛道之緣。」諸尼又恐年月不滿，苦欲更受，跋摩稱云：「善哉，苟欲增明，甚助隨喜。」但西國尼年臘未登，又十人不滿，且令學宋語，別因西域居士，更請外國尼來足滿十數。其年夏，在定林下寺安居。時有信者，採華布席，唯跋摩所坐，華彩更鮮，眾咸崇以聖禮，夏竟還祇洹。其年九月二十八日，中食未畢，先起還閣，其弟子後至，奄然已終，春秋六十有五。未終之前，預造遺文偈頌三十六行，自說因緣，云已證二果。手自封緘，付弟子阿沙羅云：「我終後，可以此文還示天竺僧，亦可示此境僧也。」既終之後，即扶坐繩床，顏貌不異，似若入定。道俗赴者，千有餘人，並聞香氣芬烈，咸見一物，狀若龍蛇，可長一匹許，起於屍側，直上衝天，莫能詺者。即於南林戒壇前，依外國法闍毘之。四部鱗集，香薪成𧂐，灌之香油，以燒遺陰，五色焰起，氛氳麗空。是時天景澄朗，道俗哀歎，仍於其處起立白塔。欲重受戒諸尼，悲泣望斷，不能自勝。 > At that time, the nuns Huiguo, Jingyin, and others of Yingfu Temple jointly inquired of Guṇavarman, saying: 'Six years ago, eight nuns from the kingdom of Siṃhala arrived at the capital, saying that the land of Song had never previously had nuns, so how could the two assemblies have conferred the precepts? They feared that the quality of the precepts was incomplete.' Guṇavarman said: 'The precept Dharma originally arises from the assembly of great monks (bhikṣus). Even if the original matter was not \[strictly followed\], it does not obstruct the attainment of the precepts, just as in the case of Mahāprajāpatī.' The nuns also feared that the years and months \[since their ordination\] were not fulfilled, and earnestly wished to receive them again. Guṇavarman praised them, saying: 'Excellent! If you desire to increase clarity, I rejoice with and assist you greatly.' However, the Western nuns had not yet reached the required monastic age, and they were fewer than ten persons; so he had them learn the Song language for the time being, and separately through laymen of the Western Regions, requested foreign nuns again to complete the number of ten. In the summer of that year, he spent the rains retreat at Lower Dinglin Monastery. At that time, a believer gathered flowers and spread them upon the seats; only the flowers upon which Guṇavarman sat were even fresher in their hues, and the assembly all revered him with rites due to a sage. When the summer ended, he returned to Jetavana Monastery. On the twenty-eighth day of the ninth month of that year, before the midday meal was finished, he first arose and returned to his chamber. When his disciples arrived later, he had suddenly passed away at the age of sixty-five. Before his passing, he had composed in advance a testamentary gāthā text of thirty-six lines, recounting his own conditions and stating that he had already realized the second fruit. Sealing it with his own hand, he entrusted it to his disciple A-sha-luo, saying: 'After my passing, you may take this text back and show it to the monks of Tianzhu, and you may also show it to the monks of this land.' After he passed away, they propped him up to sit on a rope-bed; his countenance was no different \[from in life\], appearing as if entering samādhi. More than a thousand monastic and lay people arrived, all smelling a fragrant and intense aroma, and all saw an object resembling a dragon or serpent, about one bolt \[of cloth\] in length, rising from beside the corpse and shooting straight into the sky, which none could name. Right in front of the precept platform of Nanlin, they cremated (jhāpita) him according to foreign methods. The fourfold assembly gathered like fish scales, fragrant firewood formed a pyre, and fragrant oil was poured on it to burn his mortal remains; five-colored flames arose, their vapors hanging beautifully in the sky. At this time, the weather was clear and bright, and monastic and lay lamented; thereupon, a white stūpa was erected on that spot. The nuns who wished to receive the precepts again wept in heartbreak, unable to contain their grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.28) - [Next: 3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.30) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.3.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [貞元新定釋教目錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2157.7.28.5) — 圓照, Classical Chinese - [開元釋教錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2154.5.5.5) — 智昇, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.29) · Pramāṇa