[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) › 14.30 # 續高僧傳 14.30 續高僧傳 14.30 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.14.30) 釋智凱。姓馮氏。丹陽人。父早亡。六年聽吉藏法師法華火宅品。夜告母曰。經明火宅者。只我身耳。若我是火宅。我應燒人。既其不燒明知無我。終夜達朝詣藏出家。身相黑色。故號烏凱。年十三。覆藏經論縱達。論並不拘檢約。隨藏會稽嘉祥等寺。門人英達無敢右之。及藏入京即還靜林聚徒常講。武德七年。剡縣立講聽徒五百貞觀元年。往餘姚縣小龍泉寺。常講三論大品等經。誓不出寺脇不親席。不受供施自僧而已。佛殿之後忽生一池。便曰。只飲此池可以卒耳。為性慈仁言極獚厲。時越常俗多棄狗子。凱聞憐之乃令拾聚。三十五十常事養育。氈被臥寢不辭污染。至十九年。齊都督請出嘉祥令講三論。四方義學八百餘人。上下僚庶依時翔集。用為興顯也。百有餘日日論十人。答對冷然消散無滯。初發龍泉小池即竭。凱聞歎曰。池竭食亡吾無返矣。至二十年七月二十八日。依常登座。手執如意默然不言。就撿已終。乃加坐送大禹山七日供養。常有異香。州宰自撿深發堅信。乃起塔七層以旌厥德云。 > Shi Zhikai, whose secular surname was Feng, was a native of Danyang. His father died early. At six years of age, he listened to Master Jizang lecture on the burning house chapter of the Lotus Sūtra. That night he told his mother: "The burning house explained in the sūtra is merely my own body. If I am the burning house, I ought to burn others. Since I do not burn them, it is clear there is no self." Through the whole night until dawn, he went to Jizang to go forth from the household life. His physical complexion was dark, so he was called "Crow Kai." At age thirteen, when recapping Jizang's sūtras and treatises, he was unrestrained and thoroughly penetrative, never confined by rigid rules in his discourse. He accompanied Jizang to Jiaxiang and other temples in Kuaiji; among the prominent disciples, none dared surpass him. When Jizang entered the capital, he immediately returned to Jinglin, gathering disciples to lecture constantly. In the seventh year of the Wude reign, he set up lectures in Shan County, with five hundred students attending. In the first year of the Zhenguan reign, he went to the Xiaolongquan Temple in Yuyao County, constantly lecturing on the Three Treatises, the Pañcaviṃśati, and other sūtras. He vowed never to step outside the temple, his ribs never touching a mat, accepting no donations other than those of the saṅgha itself. Behind the Buddha hall, a pool suddenly appeared; he then said: "Merely drinking from this pool will suffice until my death." By nature he was compassionate and benevolent, yet his speech was extremely fierce and harsh. At that time, it was common custom in Yue to abandon puppies; Kai heard of this, pitied them, and had them collected, constantly raising thirty to fifty of them, sharing his felt blankets and bedding without minding the filth. In the nineteenth year, the Area Commander of Qi invited him out to Jiaxiang to lecture on the Three Treatises. More than eight hundred doctrinal scholars from the four directions, along with officials and commoners of all ranks, gathered in accordance with the seasons, making it a glorious occasion. For over a hundred days, he debated ten people daily, his responses aloof and fluent, dispelling all blockages without stagnation. When he first departed Longquan, the small pool immediately dried up. Kai heard of this and sighed: "The pool is dried and food is gone; I will not return." On the twenty-eighth day of the seventh month in the twentieth year, he ascended the seat as usual, held a ruyi sceptre in his hand, and remained silent without speaking; on approaching to inspect him, he had already passed away. They sent him sitting cross-legged to Mount Dayu, making offerings for seven days, during which an extraordinary fragrance was constantly present. The prefect examined it personally and gave rise to deep, firm faith; he then erected a seven-story stupa to commemorate his virtue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.14.29) - [Next: 14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.14.31) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.14.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.14.30) · Pramāṇa