[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) › 7.41 # 高僧傳 7.41 高僧傳 7.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.41) 釋慧安，未詳是何人。蔬食精苦，學通經義，兼能善說，又以專戒見稱。誦經四十餘萬言。止廬山陵雲寺，學徒雲聚，千里從風。常捉一杖，云是西域僧所施。杖光色灼徹，亦頗有香氣。上有梵書，人莫能識。後入關詣羅什，捉杖自隨。什見杖驚曰：「此杖迺在此間耶！」因譯其字云：「本生天竺娑羅林，南方喪亂草付興，後得羅什道教隆。」安後以杖嚫外國僧波沙那，那齎還西域。安以宋元嘉中卒於山寺。 > Shi Hui'an: it is not known what sort of person he was. Eating vegetarian food and living austerely, he mastered the meanings of the sūtras, was skilled at preaching, and was also praised for his dedicated discipline. He recited more than four hundred thousand words of sūtras. He resided at the Lingyun Temple on Mount Lu; students gathered like clouds, coming from a thousand li around like grass bending before the wind. He always carried a staff, which he said had been gifted by a monk from the Western Regions. The color and luster of the staff were brilliantly translucent, and it also had a pleasant fragrance. On it were Sanskrit letters, which no one could read. Later, he entered the Guanzhong region to visit Kumārajīva, carrying the staff with him. Seeing the staff, Kumārajīva was astonished and said, "How is this staff here!" He then translated its writing, which read: "Originally born in the śāla forest of India; / Amid the chaos and ruin of the south, it arose alongside the grass; / Later it was obtained by Kumārajīva, and the teachings of the Way flourished." Later, Hui'an gifted the staff to the foreign monk Po-sha-na (Pāṣāṇa?), who took it back to the Western Regions. Hui'an died during the Yuanjia era of the Song dynasty at a mountain temple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.40) - [Next: 7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.42) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.7.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.41) · Pramāṇa