續高僧傳 5.25

5.25

釋法令。姓董氏。未詳何人。家遭世禍因寓建康。少出家住定林上寺。立操貞堅廉和寡欲。博覽經論多所通達。善涅槃大小品。尤精法華阿毘曇心。登師子座發無畏辯。先標綱要却派條流。言約旨遠馳名京學。兼好禪寂以息攀緣。但多疹瘵亟為廢替。自責先身執相分別起諸違害今受殃咎。因誦大品一部用祛封滯。清淨調和隨從梵行。足不下山三十三載。葷辛不食弊衣畢世。以天監五年卒。春秋六十有九。時寺復有慧泰慧纂。並以學聞。泰剋己修身篤勤禪智偏能談授。纂心性清率不務形骸。貞實抱素雅有國士之器。

Śramaṇa Faling, whose secular surname was Dong, was from an unknown place. His family suffered misfortune in the world, so he lived temporarily in Jiankang. In his youth, he underwent pravrajyā and resided at Upper Dinglin Temple. He established conduct that was pure, steadfast, incorruptible, harmonious, and devoid of desire. He read sūtras and treatises broadly and achieved wide comprehension. He excelled in the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra and the Larger and Smaller Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras, and was especially proficient in the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra and the Abhidharma-hṛdaya. Ascending the lion throne, he gave voice to fearless eloquence. First he marked out the essential principles, then distinguished the various branches; with concise words and far-reaching intent, his fame spread through the schools of the capital. He also loved meditative quietude to halt mental grasping; however, suffering from many illnesses, he frequently had to suspend [his duties]. He blamed himself, thinking that in past lives he had grasped at characteristics, made distinctions, and caused harm, so that he was now suffering calamity. Therefore, he recited one copy of the Larger Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra to dispel stubborn attachments. Pure and harmonious, he followed the brahma-conduct. For thirty-three years his feet never stepped down the mountain. He ate no pungent roots and wore tattered robes for the rest of his life. In the fifth year of the Tianjian era (506), he died at the age of sixty-nine. At that time, the temple also had Huitai and Huizuan, both renowned for learning. Tai restrained himself, cultivated his person, was earnest and diligent in dhyāna and wisdom, and was particularly skilled at teaching through discussion. Zuan's disposition was pure and unconstrained, not attending to bodily appearances; pure, genuine, and embracing simplicity, he truly had the caliber of a distinguished man of state.