[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) › 21.29 # 續高僧傳 21.29 續高僧傳 21.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.29) 釋覺朗。俗姓未詳。河東人。住大興善寺。明四分律及大涅槃而氣骨陵人形聲動物。遊諸街巷罕不顧之。仁壽四年。下勅令送舍利于絳州覺成寺。初達治所出示道俗。涌出金瓶分為七分。光照徹外。穿基二丈得粟半升。又感黃雀一頭。飛迫於人全無怖懼。馴擾佛堂久便自失。又石函蓋上。見二菩薩踞坐寶座前有一尼斂手曲敬。或見飛仙及三黃雀并及雙樹驎鳳等象。將下三日常放光明。乃迷晝夜朗過燈耀。有掩堂滅炬者。而光色逾盛溢于幽障。玄素通感榮慶相諠。朗具表聞。廣如別傳。大業之末。有勅令知大禪定道場主。鎮壓豪橫怗然向風。漸潤道化。頗懷欽重。不久卒於所住。時又有沙門海藏。識信堅正宗仰律司。屢講四分少有傳嗣。唐運置十大德。藏其一焉。又有法鏘律師。本住靜法。末厭煩梗南栖太和。幽居養志不塵僧眾。孤行巖岫偃息松林。服餌守中賞心唯識。亦搔索之開士也。及終沒後露骸山側。至夜有燈照之。道俗往觀。失燈所在。遠望還見動經兩月光照逾明。 > Śramaṇa Juelang, whose secular surname is unknown, was a native of Hedong. He resided at the Da Xingshan Monastery. He was illuminated in the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya and the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra; his spirit and character towered above others, and his voice and appearance moved living beings. When he walked through the streets and alleys, rarely did anyone fail to gaze at him. In the fourth year of the Renshou era, an imperial decree ordered him to escort relics to the Juecheng Monastery in Jiangzhou. When he first arrived at the administrative seat, they were displayed to monastics and laypeople; they welled up from a golden jar and divided into seven portions, the light shining clear to the outside. Digging the foundation two zhang deep, they obtained half a sheng of millet. Moreover, a yellow sparrow was spiritually moved to fly close to people with no fear at all; it lingered tamely in the Buddha hall, disappearing only after a long time. Furthermore, on the cover of the stone casket, two bodhisattvas were seen sitting cross-legged on jeweled thrones, with a bhikṣuṇī before them folding her hands in deep reverence. Others saw flying immortals, three yellow sparrows, paired śāla trees, qilin, phoenixes, and other images. For three days prior to the interment, bright light was constantly emitted, confusing day and night and shining brighter than lamps. Some closed the hall and extinguished torches, yet the light grew even more radiant, overflowing beyond the dark obstacles. Monastics and laypeople were universally moved, celebrating with clamorous rejoicing. Lang reported the details in a memorial, as recorded extensively in his separate biography. At the end of the Daye era, an imperial decree appointed him director of the Da Chanding Daochang. He restrained the overbearing and powerful, who submissively turned toward his influence. Gradually moistening them with the transformation of the Tao, they held him in great veneration. Not long after, he died at his residence. At that time, there was also Śramaṇa Haicang, whose understanding and faith were firm and upright, and who revered the Vinaya office. He repeatedly lectured on the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, but had few successors. When the Tang dynasty arose and established ten bhadantas, Cang was one of them. There was also Vinaya Master Faqiang, who originally resided at Jingfa Monastery; later, weary of vexations and entanglements, he settled south in Taihe. Living in seclusion to cultivate his aspirations, he did not mingle with the monastic assembly. Walking alone among cliffs and peaks, resting under pine groves, taking herbal elixirs to preserve his vital center, and delighting his mind with consciousness-only (vijñapti-mātra), he was truly an untrammeled bodhi-being. After his death, his remains were left exposed on the mountainside. When night came, a lamp illuminated them; when monastics and laypeople went to look, the lamp vanished, but viewed from afar, it was seen again. This continued for over two months, the light shining ever brighter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.28) - [Next: 21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.30) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.21.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.21.29) · Pramāṇa