[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) › 8.78 # 高僧傳 8.78 高僧傳 8.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.78) 年二十一至京師，居中興寺，袁粲一見而異之。粲後與明書曰：「頻見亮公，非常人也。比日聞所未聞，不覺歲之將暮。珠生合浦，魏人取以照車，璧在邯鄲，秦王請以華國。天下之寶，當與天下共之，非復上人之貴州所宜專也。」自是學名稍盛。及本親喪亡，路阻不得還北，因屏居禪思，杜講說，絕人事。齊竟陵文宣王躬自到居，請為法匠，亮不得已而赴。文宣接足恭禮，結菩提四部因緣。後移憩靈味寺，於是續講眾經，盛于京邑，講《大涅槃》凡八十四遍，《成實論》十四遍，《勝鬘》四十二遍，《維摩》二十遍，其大小《品》十遍。《法華》、《十地》、《優婆塞戒》、《無量壽》、《首楞嚴》、《遺教》、《彌勒下生》等，亦皆近十遍。黑白弟子三千餘人，諮稟門徒常盈數百。 > At the age of twenty-one he arrived at the capital and resided at Zhongxing Temple. When Yuan Can first met him, he recognized his exceptional qualities. Can later wrote in a letter to Ming: "I have frequently seen the venerable Liang; he is no ordinary man. Recently I have heard from him what I had never heard before, unaware that the year is drawing to its close. Pearls are produced in Hepu, and the men of Wei obtained them to illuminate carriages; the jade disc was in Handan, and the King of Qin requested it to bring glory to his state. A treasure of the realm should be shared with the realm, and ought no longer to be monopolized by your honorable province, superior master." From then on his scholastic reputation gradually flourished. When his parents passed away, the roads were blocked and he could not return north. Thereupon he secluded himself in dhyāna contemplation, halted lectures, and broke off worldly affairs. Prince Wenxuan of Jingling of the Qi went in person to his dwelling to request him to serve as a Dharma master; Liang had no choice but to accept. Wenxuan prostrated at his feet in respectful homage, establishing the affinity of the fourfold assembly for bodhi. Later Liang moved to reside at Lingwei Temple, where he resumed lecturing on various sūtras, becoming renowned throughout the capital. He lectured on the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra eighty-four times in total, the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra fourteen times, the Śrīmālādevī-sūtra forty-two times, the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra twenty times, and the Larger and Smaller Prajñāpāramitā ten times. The Saddharmapuṇḍarīka, Daśabhūmika, Upāsakaśīla, Amitāyus, Śūraṅgama, Bequeathed Teachings, and Maitreyavyākaraṇa sūtras were also each lectured nearly ten times. His lay and monastic disciples numbered over three thousand, and the pupils who came to consult and receive instruction consistently filled several hundreds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.77) - [Next: 8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.79) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.8.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.8.78) · Pramāṇa