[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) › [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060) › 11.20 # 續高僧傳 11.20 續高僧傳 11.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.11.20) 釋智梵。姓封氏。渤海條人。後因祖父剖符。遂居涿郡之良鄉焉。岐嶷彰美早悟歸信。年十二屆河間郡。值靈簡禪師。求而剃落。遂遊學鄴都。師承大論十地等文。並嘗味弘旨溫習真性。俊響遐逸同侶歸宗。二十有三躬當師導。後策錫崤函通化京壤。綿歷二紀利益弘多。結眾法筵星羅帝里。開皇十六年。天水扶風二方勝壤。聞梵道務競申奏請。有勅許焉。梵任吹虛舟憩翼天水。大行道化信靡如風。仁壽末年重還魏闕。法輪重轉學侶雲隨。開帙剖文皆傳義旨。其年季春。奉勅置塔於郢州寶香寺。仍於塔東流水獲毛龜八枚。寺內基東池內又獲八枚。皆大小相似與世無異。但毛色青綠可長三寸。背上橫行五節而起。光相超異。出水便靡但見綠甲。入水毛起歷然上竦。具以奏聞。由是騰實楚都知名帝闕。大業五年又應詔旨令住禪定。靜緣攝想無替暄寒。九年二月四日卒于寺房。春秋七十有五。遺屬施身。門徒遵旨乃送終南山。鳩集餘骸緘于塔內。外施銘文。于今傳尚矣。 > Śramaṇa Zhifan had the secular surname Feng and was a native of Tiao in Bohai. Later, because his grandfather was invested with an official tally of office, he came to reside in Liangxiang of Zhuo Commandery. Extraordinary from childhood, he showed exceptional talent and early on awakened in faith and converted. At the age of twelve he arrived in Hejian Commandery, where he met Dhyāna Master Lingjian, from whom he requested tonsure. Thereupon he traveled to study in the capital of Ye, receiving the transmissions of the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra, the Daśabhūmika, and other texts. He both tasted their profound purports and cultivated his true nature; his brilliant fame spread far and wide, and his fellow students turned to him as a master. At twenty-three, he personally acted as a guide and teacher. Later, bearing his monk's staff across the Xiao and Han gorges, he broadly transformed the metropolitan region. Over twenty-four years, his benefits to others were immensely plentiful; the Dharma assemblies he gathered were spread like stars across the imperial capital. In the sixteenth year of the Kaihuang era, the two prominent lands of Tianshui and Fufeng, hearing of Zhifan's religious practice, vied to submit memorials requesting him, and an imperial decree granted their request. Zhifan, letting the empty boat drift with the wind, rested his wings in Tianshui; his propagation of the Way was grand, and the faithful bowed like grass before the wind. In the final years of the Renshou era, he returned again to the imperial palaces of Wei, where he turned the Dharma wheel anew, and students followed like clouds. Unrolling scrolls and explicating texts, he always transmitted their inner doctrinal purports. In the final month of spring that year, he was decreed by the emperor to establish a pagoda at Baoxiang Temple in Yingzhou. Thereupon, in the flowing waters east of the pagoda, eight hairy turtles were found; inside the temple, in the pool east of the foundations, another eight were found. All were similar in size and no different from ordinary turtles, but their fur was green-blue and about three inches long. Across their backs rose five ridges; their luminescent appearance was extraordinary. When taken out of water the hair lay flat and only the green shells were visible; when placed in water the hair rose, distinctly standing upright. A full account of this was reported to the emperor. Because of this, his fame flourished in the capital of Chu and his reputation was known at the imperial palace. In the fifth year of the Daye era, he again answered an imperial decree ordering him to reside at Chanding Temple. Silencing external conditions and gathering his thoughts, he never slacked through heat or cold. On the fourth day of the second month in the ninth year, he passed away in his temple chamber at seventy-five years of age. By his testamentary instructions he gave away his body; his disciples carried out his will and brought him to Mount Zhongnan, gathering his remaining bones and sealing them inside a pagoda, on the outside of which an inscription was engraved. Even today it is honored and preserved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.11.19) - [Next: 11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.11.21) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.11.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.11.20) · Pramāṇa