[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) › 25.59 # 續高僧傳 25.59 續高僧傳 25.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.59) 釋慧巖。住蘇州重玄寺。相狀如狂不修戒檢。時人不齒。多坐房中不同物議。忽獨歡笑戲於寺中。以物指撝曰。此處為殿。此處為堂。乃至廊廡厨庫。無不畢備。經可月餘因告僧曰。欲知巖者。浮圖鈴落。則亡沒矣。至期果然。乃返鎖其房。搥戶開之端坐已卒。遠近聞之屯赴闐𨶮。各捨金帛遂成大聚。依言締構欝成名寺。事皆符焉。自終至今四十餘載猶如存在。見處佛堂。用通禮謁云。 > Shi Huiyan lived at Chongxuan Temple in Suzhou. His demeanor was like madness, and he did not cultivate the rules of the precepts, so that the people of the time despised him. He mostly sat inside his room, indifferent to the opinions of others. Suddenly he laughed with joy by himself and played in the temple, pointing with an object and directing: 'This place will be a hall; this place will be a chamber,' up to the corridors, kitchen, and storehouses, leaving nothing incomplete. After about a month, he told the monks: 'If you wish to know about Yan: when the bell of the pagoda falls, I will pass away.' When the time arrived, it indeed came to pass. He then locked his room from the inside. When they broke the door open, he was already dead, sitting upright. When people far and near heard of it, they gathered in bustling crowds; each gave gold and silk, which accumulated into a great hoard. Following his words they built structures, and it grew into a famous, magnificent monastery, everything matching his predictions. From his passing until now, more than forty years have passed, yet it is as though he still exists. The Buddha hall in that place is still used for paying reverence and worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.58) - [Next: 25.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.60) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.25.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.25.59) · Pramāṇa