[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) › 22.46 # 續高僧傳 22.46 續高僧傳 22.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.22.46) 釋曇光。姓張氏。汴州人。自幼及長潔志清範。諸有勝徒莫不登踐。於礪爍兩師聽受成教。逮至立年盛明律藏。命宗章義是所推崇。礪歎曰。使吾道流河右。誠此人乎。又往玉法師所聽法華地論。高達勝乘玄理權實坦然。又往嵩岳相禪師學修止觀。因屏絕塵惱不羈名利。會東都盛德須有住持。以光有素德景行難擁。遂勅召住天宮寺。又以教受新成眾徒胥集綱管之任非人不傳。因又召為寺之上座。綏撫清眾不肅而成。然而汎愛之誠終古罕類。四方律學莫不諮詢。故其房宇門人肩聯踵接。成就所舉遠近遵承。西明寺律師君度。奕奕標舉一時俊烈。亦光之所進也。今麟德二年。東都講說師資導達。彌所欽羨焉。 > Shi Daoguang, surnamed Zhang, was a native of Bianzhou. From youth to maturity, he had pure aspirations and spotless deportment; wherever there were superior companions, he never failed to visit and study with them. He listened to and received the established teachings under the two masters Li and Shuo. By the time he reached thirty years of age, he was abundantly clear in the Vinayapiṭaka, and was revered for expounding doctrinal themes and chapters of meaning. Li sighed, saying, "The one to make our way flow through Hexi—is it not truly this man?" He also went to Dharma Master Yu's place to hear the Lotus and Daśabhūmika treatises, attaining a lofty mastery of the Supreme Vehicle, so that the profound principles, both expedient and real, were completely perspicuous to him. He then went to Mount Song to Dhyāna Master Xiang to study and practice śamatha and vipaśyanā; there he abandoned worldly afflictions, unbound by fame and profit. It happened that the Eastern Capital, with its abundant virtues, required a resident steward. Because Guang possessed longstanding virtue and eminent practice that could hardly be kept obscured, he was summoned by imperial decree to reside at Tiangong Monastery. Furthermore, because his transmission of the teachings was freshly accomplished, disciples gathered together, and the office of monastic administration cannot be passed on without the right man, he was additionally summoned to be the monastery's elder (sthavira). He pacified and nurtured the pure assembly, accomplishing order without harshness. Moreover, the sincerity of his universal benevolence was rarely matched throughout history. None among the Vinaya students of the four quarters failed to consult him. Thus, disciples arrived at his chamber shoulder to shoulder and heel to toe, and those whom he recommended and brought to fulfillment were followed and honored near and far. Vinaya Master Jundu of Ximing Monastery, of radiant and distinguished bearing, an outstanding talent of the era, was also one whom Guang advanced. Now, in the second year of the Linde era, his lectures and instruction of students in the Eastern Capital are admired and envied all the more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.22.45) - [Next: 23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.23.1) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.22.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.22.46) · Pramāṇa