[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) › 3.36 # 高僧傳 3.36 高僧傳 3.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.36) 少好遊方，誓志宣化，周歷諸國，遂適龜茲，未至一日，王夢神告王曰：「有大福德人，明當入國，汝應供養。」明旦，即勅外司，若有異人入境，必馳奏聞。俄而密多果至，王自出郊迎，延請入宮，遂從稟戒，盡四事之禮。密多安而能遷，不拘利養，居數載，密有去心。神又降夢曰：「福德人捨王去矣。」王惕然驚覺，既而君臣固留，莫之能止。遂度流沙，進到燉煌，於閑曠之地，建立精舍。植㮈千株，開園百畝，房閣池沼，極為嚴淨。頃之，復適涼州，仍於公府舊寺，更葺堂宇，學徒濟濟，禪業甚盛。 > In his youth he was fond of traveling, vowing to disseminate the teachings. He traveled through various countries and reached Kucha. One day before his arrival, the king dreamed that a deity told him, "A person of great merit and virtue will enter your country tomorrow; you should make offerings to him." The next morning, the king ordered the external bureaus that if an extraordinary person entered the borders, they must ride to report it immediately. Soon after, Mitra indeed arrived; the king went out to the suburbs in person to welcome him, invited him into the palace, and received the precepts from him, exhausting the courtesies of the four requisites. Mitra was at ease yet able to move on, not bound by gain and offerings. After dwelling there for several years, he secretly had the intention to depart. The deity again sent a dream, saying, "The person of merit and virtue is leaving the king and departing." The king awoke with a start. Although the ruler and ministers tried firmly to retain him, none could stop him. He then crossed the shifting sands and proceeded to Dunhuang, establishing a vihāra in a quiet and spacious place. He planted a thousand apple trees and opened a hundred mu of gardens; the rooms, pavilions, ponds, and marshes were exceedingly magnificent and pure. Shortly afterward, he went to Liangzhou, where he repaired the halls and buildings of an old monastery at the government office. The students were numerous, and the enterprise of dhyāna flourished greatly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.35) - [Next: 3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.37) - [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.3.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.3.36) · Pramāṇa