[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) › 7.53 # 高僧傳 7.53 高僧傳 7.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.53) 至年十八，博讀轉多。氣幹雄勇，神機秀發，形止方雅，舉動無忤。僧叡見而奇之，問曰：「君於佛法且欲何願？」導曰：「且願為法師作都講。」叡曰：「君方當為萬人法主，豈肯對揚小師乎？」迄受具戒，識洽愈深，禪律經論，達自心抱。姚興欽其德業，友而愛焉。入寺相造，迺同輦還宮。及什公譯出經論，並參議詳定。導既素有風神，又值關中盛集，於是謀猷眾典，博採真俗，迺著《成實》、三《論》義疏及〈空有二諦論〉等。 > By the age of eighteen, he had read even more widely. He possessed a vigorous and courageous spirit, an outstanding intellectual acumen, a poised and refined demeanor, and an agreeable deportment. Sengrui saw him, marvelled at him, and asked, "What aspiration do you hold regarding the Buddhadharma?" Sengdao replied, "For now, I wish to serve as chief respondent (dujiang) for the Dharma Master." Sengrui said, "You are destined to become a Dharma master for tens of thousands of people; how could you be willing merely to assist an ordinary teacher?" By the time he received full ordination, his knowledge had become all the deeper; dhyāna, vinaya, sūtras, and śāstras were understood naturally in his mind. Yao Xing admired his virtue and deeds, treating him with love and friendship. When Yao Xing visited the temple, they returned to the palace in the same carriage. When the venerable \[Kumāra\]jīva translated the sūtras and treatises, Sengdao participated in the deliberations and editorial determinations. Since Sengdao possessed inherent spiritual distinction and also happened upon the grand gathering in the Guanzhong region, he consulted the various scriptures, broadly gathered the ultimate and conventional truths, and composed commentaries on the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra and the Three Treatises, as well as the Treatise on the Two Truths of Emptiness and Existence (Kongyou erdi lun) and other works. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.52) - [Next: 7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.54) - [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.7.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.7.53) · Pramāṇa