[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) › 17.18 # 續高僧傳 17.18 續高僧傳 17.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.17.18) 釋慧越。嶺南人。住羅浮山中。聚眾業禪。有聞南越。性多汎愛慈救蒼生。栖頓幽阻虎豹無擾。曾有群獸來前。因為說法。虎遂以頭枕膝。越便捋其鬚面。情無所畏。眾咸覩之以為異倫也。化行五嶺聲流三楚。隋煬在蕃搜選英異。開皇末年。遣舍人王延壽。往召追入晉府慧日道場。并隨王至京在所通化。末還楊州。路中感疾而卒。停屍船上。有若生焉。夜見焰光從足而出入于頂上。還從頂出而從足入。竟夕不斷。道俗殊歎未曾有也。王教歸葬本山。以旌誠敬。 > Śramaṇa Huiyue was a native of Lingnan. He dwelt in Luofu Mountain, gathering a assembly to practice meditation, and his reputation was known throughout Nanyue. By nature, he had universal love and compassionately rescued the living. Resting and lodging in deep and secluded ravines, tigers and leopards did not harass him. Once, a pack of beasts came before him, whereupon he preached the Dharma for them. A tiger then rested its head on his knee; Yue stroked its whiskers and face, with no fear in his heart. The assembly all witnessed this and considered him of an extraordinary sort. His transforming influence extended across the Five Ridges, and his fame spread through the Three Chu. When Emperor Yang of the Sui was still a prince in his fief, he searched for and selected extraordinary talents. In the closing years of the Kaihuang reign, he dispatched the gentleman-in-waiting Wang Yanshou to summon and conduct him into the Huiri Bodhimaṇḍa of the Prince of Jin's mansion. He also accompanied the prince to the capital, converting people wherever he went. Later he was returning to Yangzhou when he contracted an illness on the road and died. His corpse was kept on the boat, looking as though he were still alive. At night, a flaming light was seen emerging from his feet and entering the top of his head; then emerging from his head and entering his feet, unbroken throughout the night. Clergy and laity marveled extraordinarily at this unprecedented sign. The prince gave orders to return him for burial to his original mountain, so as to manifest his sincere veneration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.17.17) - [Next: 17.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.17.19) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.17.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.17.18) · Pramāṇa