[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) › 26.79 # 續高僧傳 26.79 續高僧傳 26.79 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.79) 釋寶安。兗州人。安貧習學。見者敬之。初依慧遠聽涉涅槃。博究宗領。周滅齊亡。南投陳國。大隋一統還歸鄉壤。行次瀍洛。又從遠焉。因仍故業彌見深隱。開皇七年。慕義入關住淨影寺。當遠盛日。法輪之下聽眾將千。講會制約一付安掌。于時遠方輻湊名望者多。難用緝諧。故在斯任。安隨機喻接匡救有儀。雖具徵治而無銜怨。各懷敬歎登白稱焉。講十地涅槃純熟時匠。性存攝默不好揚演。有問酬對辯寫泉流。仁壽二年。奉勅置塔於營州梵幢寺。即黃龍城也。舊有十七級浮圖。擁在其內。安置舍利。當夜半上並放白光。狀如雲霧。初惟一丈。漸大滿院。明徹朗然良久乃滅。前後三度相類並同。舊有石龜形狀極大。欲作函用引致極難。匠石規模斵截成函。三分去二。安自思念。石大函小何由卒成。懼日愆期內懷憂灼。比曉看之。其石稱函。自然分析。不勞鐫琢宛爾成就。函雖神造計應大重。薄用拖曳輕迅若馳。不勞至寺。便依期限。深慶情願。晚還京寺不測其終。 > Śramaṇa Bao'an was a native of Yanzhou. Content with poverty, he devoted himself to study, and those who saw him revered him. At first, he relied on Huiyuan to listen to and investigate the Nirvāṇa, broadly examining its essential tenets. When the Zhou destroyed the Qi, he fled south to the Chen state. When the Great Sui unified the realm, he returned to his home region. Traveling to Chanluo, he followed \[Hui\]yuan again; continuing his former studies, he saw their depths even more profoundly. In the seventh year of Kaihuang, drawn by admiration for righteousness, he entered the Pass and resided at Jingying Monastery. When \[Hui\]yuan was in his prime, nearly a thousand listeners sat beneath his wheel of the Dharma; the discipline and regulations of the lecture assemblies were entirely entrusted to Bao'an's charge. At that time, eminent figures gathered like spokes from distant places, making harmony difficult to maintain; hence he was appointed to this post. Bao'an adapted to circumstances to guide them, correcting and saving them with proper decorum; though he carried out disciplinary investigations, none bore resentment, but each harbored reverence and admiration, praising him in speech. He was a master of the time, thoroughly versed in expounding the Daśabhūmika and the Nirvāṇa. By nature restrained and silent, he took no pleasure in self-promotion; yet when questioned, his eloquent responses flowed like a spring. In the second year of Renshou, by imperial decree he erected a stupa at Fanchuang Monastery in Yingzhou, which is the city of Huanglong. There was originally a seventeen-story stupa; they enclosed it within and enshrined the relic. In the middle of that night, white light emitted upwards, resembling clouds and mist; at first only ten feet high, it gradually grew to fill the courtyard, remaining bright and clear for a long time before extinguishing. This happened three times in all, each identical to the other. There was an old stone turtle of immense size; intending to make a casket out of it, hauling it was extremely difficult. A stone mason shaped it and cut it down to form a casket, removing two parts out of three. Bao'an thought to himself: "The stone is large and the casket small; how can it be finished quickly?" Fearing that the deadline would be missed, he harbored anxiety within. By dawn, when he looked at it, the stone suited the casket, having split naturally; without requiring chisel or carving, it was smoothly completed. Although the casket was divinely made, by calculation it ought to have been extremely heavy, but when dragged lightly it sped along as if galloping; arriving at the monastery without effort, it met the deadline. He deeply rejoiced in his heartfelt wish. In his later years, he returned to the capital monastery; the circumstances of his death are unknown. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.78) - [Next: 26.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.80) - [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.26.79) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.79) · Pramāṇa