[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) › 26.53 # 續高僧傳 26.53 續高僧傳 26.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.53) 釋慧重。姓郭。雍州人。志幹威稜不怯邪障。鬼神林屋聞有栖止無往不降。淨持戒地明解攝論。履遊名教清逈不群。住大興善。博綜機要榮達敘顧。辯章言令寫送有法。仁壽置塔。勅召送舍利于泰山之岱岳寺。初至放光。乃至入塔相續流照。岳上白氣三道下流。至于基所。岳神廟門無故自開。如是者三。識者以為神靈歸敬故也。四年建塔。又送于隆州禪寂寺。初至設齋。忽有野鹿。從南山下度嘉陵江直趣塔所。人以手摩自然依附。乃至下訖其鹿方去。夜放大光在佛堂上。焰高數丈青赤流集。眾人同見。三日打剎。合州喜捨。紫雲覆塔。雨金銀花遍於城邑。其收得者乃有五色相鏤。又獲舍利五枚於天花上。浮汎旋轉合散隨心。州內修梵寺先為文帝造塔。有一分舍利。欲與今塔。同日下基。其夜兩塔雙放光明。朗照幽顯至曉方滅。同覩此瑞無數千人。將下之晨又雨銀花。變轉非一。重還京室。改革前度專修禪悔。晝夜十有二時。禮五十三佛。餘則加坐正念。畢世終業。 > Śramaṇa Huizhong, whose secular surname was Guo, was a native of Yongzhou. Resolute in will and imposing in presence, he was undaunted by demonic hindrances. In groves or abodes where ghosts and spirits were said to reside, there were none he did not subdue wherever he went. Purely observing the foundation of the precepts, he possessed a clear understanding of the Mahāyānasaṃgraha; treading among renowned doctrines, he was exceptionally aloof and beyond the ordinary. Residing at Daxingshan Monastery, he commanded the crucial essentials of administration, receiving honour and recognition. His discourses and statements were articulate, and his transcriptions and dispatches followed proper standards. When the Renshou stūpas were established, an imperial decree summoned him to convey relics to Daiyue Monastery on Mount Tai. When he first arrived, light radiated forth, and continuously flowed and shone until the relics entered the stūpa. Three streams of white vapor flowed down from the mountain peak to the foundation site. The gates of the Mountain God's shrine opened on their own without cause, happening three times in this manner; those who understood considered it to be the spiritual deities taking refuge and paying homage. In the fourth year \[604\], when stūpas were constructed, he was sent again to convey relics to Chanjil Monastery in Longzhou. When he first arrived and a vegetarian feast was held, a wild deer suddenly came down from the southern mountain, crossed the Jialing River, and went straight to the stūpa site. When people stroked it with their hands, it naturally snuggled close; only after the enshrinement was completed did the deer depart. At night, a great light beamed above the Buddha hall, with flames several zhang high flowing and gathering in azure and red, seen by the multitude together. On the third day, the stūpa pole was erected, and the whole prefecture joyfully made donations. Purple clouds covered the stūpa, and golden and silver flowers rained throughout the city; those collected by people were engraved with five colours. Five relics were also obtained atop heavenly flowers, floating, rotating, uniting, and dispersing as one wished. Xiufan Monastery within the prefecture had earlier built a stūpa for Emperor Wen and had a portion of relics which they wished to place in the foundation on the same day as the present stūpa. That night, both stūpas emitted radiance simultaneously, brightly illuminating both the hidden and manifest realms until dawn before fading. The people who witnessed this auspicious sign together were numbered in the thousands. On the morning of the internment, silver flowers rained down again, transforming in multiple ways. Huizhong returned to the capital, reformed his former practices, and devoted himself exclusively to meditation and repentance. Through the twelve periods of the day and night, he paid homage to the fifty-three Buddhas; at other times, he sat cross-legged in right mindfulness, fulfilling his religious path to the end of his life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.52) - [Next: 26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.54) - [Up: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060~en-mt.26.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.53) · Pramāṇa