[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) › 26.81 # 續高僧傳 26.81 續高僧傳 26.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [26.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.81) 釋明馭。瀛州人。初學涅槃後習攝論。推尋理源究括疑滯。晚遊鄴下諮訪未聞。隱義重玄皆所披覽。開皇八年。來儀帝里。更就遷師詢求攝論。意量弘廣容姿都雅。人有勃怒初不改容。眾服其忍力也。住無漏寺講誦為業。仁壽中年。勅請送舍利于濟州崇梵寺。寺基帶危峯多饒異樹。山泉盤屈脩竹蒙天。寔佳地也。剋日將下。寺有育王瑞像。乃放三道神光遍于體上。金石榴色朗晃奪精。經一食頃乃遂漸歇。又聞磬聲搖曳長遠。寺東巖上唱善哉聲。清暢徹心。追尋莫委。又舍利函上光高三尺。狀如花樹本送舍利分為二粒。出琉璃瓶相隨而轉。並放光明。有黃白雲從西南來聲如雨相流音樂聲正當塔上凝住不動。復見二花從雲中出。或時上下。大鳥群飛迴旋塔上。又於雲中現仙人頭。其數無量。於此之時莘州城人。見諸仙人從空東來向于魏州。馭當斯運欣慶嘉瑞。說不可盡。民百捨物積之如山。並用構塔。沙門五人生逢奇瑞。捨戒為奴供養三寶。因勒銘紀。廣如別傳。獻后昇遐造禪定寺。召而處之。遂終世矣。 > Śramaṇa Mingyu was a native of Yingzhou. He initially studied the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra and later trained in the Mahāyānasaṃgraha, tracing the source of its principles and resolving doubts and impasses. Later he travelled to Ye to inquire into what he had not yet heard, perusing all the hidden meanings and profound mysteries. In the eighth year of the Kaihuang era, he arrived in the imperial capital and studied further under Master Qian, questioning him on the Mahāyānasaṃgraha. His breadth of mind was grand and vast, and his bearing refined and elegant. When someone was seized with sudden anger, his expression did not change in the least, and the assembly admired his power of forbearance. Residing at Wulou Temple, he took lecturing and recitation as his vocation. In the middle of the Renshou era, an imperial decree requested him to escort relics to Chongfan Temple in Jizhou. The foundations of the temple bordered perilous peaks, abundant in rare trees; mountain springs meandered through it, and tall bamboos veiled the sky—it was truly an exquisite site. When the appointed day for the enshrinement arrived, an auspicious statue of King Aśoka in the temple emitted three beams of divine light across its entire body, their colour like golden pomegranate, brilliantly bright and dazzling the spirit; after the space of a single meal, they gradually ceased. Furthermore, the chime of a stone chime was heard lingering far and wide, and upon the crag east of the temple came the sound chanting 'Sādhu!' (Excellent!), clear, resonant, and piercing to the heart, yet when they searched for its source, nothing could be found. Moreover, above the relic casket, a radiance rose three feet high, shaped like a flowering tree. The relics originally sent were divided into two grains; emerging from the lapis lazuli bottle, they turned around together, both emitting bright light. Yellow and white clouds came from the southwest, sounding like rain, while flowing music drifted forth; right over the stupa, the clouds congealed motionless. Two flowers were seen emerging from the clouds, now rising, now descending, and large birds flew in flocks, wheeling above the stupa. In the clouds there also appeared the heads of immortals, boundless in number. At that time, the people in the walled city of Shenzhou saw immortals coming through the sky from the east toward Weizhou. Yu, meeting with this destiny, rejoiced at these auspicious portents, which were too numerous to recount. The common people abandoned their possessions, piling them up like mountains to construct the stupa. Five śramaṇas, having encountered such extraordinary portents in their lifetimes, renounced the precepts to become temple slaves to make offerings to the Triratna. An inscription was consequently carved to record these events, as detailed in a separate biography. When Empress Xian passed away, the Zhending Temple was built; he was summoned to reside there, and there he ended his days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 26.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.80) - [Next: 26.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.82) - [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.26.81) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.26.81) · Pramāṇa