宋高僧傳 10.8

10.8

釋光瑤，姓周氏，北京人也。幼鍾荼蓼，都不勝情，誓志出家。捨講肆，入禪林，凡嚮宗師，悉從求益。末遭會禪師，金𰼺抉瞙，明視十方。後到沂水蒙山，結草成庵，怡然宴坐。鄶、費之人翕然從化。時慎邑大夫知重，首創禪宮，次兗州節使王僚尚書躬請入州行化，奏署額號寶真。學侶憧憧，多霑大利。元和二年示滅，享年九十二云。又唐襄州慈恩寺釋道堅，姓王氏，丹陽人也。初發心於牛頭山慧忠禪祖。大曆元年，栖隱池州南泉山。後詣襄漢，泊慈恩寺。元和初載，相國燕公鎮于漢南，深相欽重，問道周勤，施供繁沓。遂於鳳林關外造寺請居。二年示滅，春秋七十三云。

Śramaṇa Guangyao, whose lay surname was Zhou, was a native of Beijing (Taiyuan). In his youth he suffered the bitter grief of losing his parents and, overwhelmed with sorrow, swore a vow to go forth from the household. Abandoning the lecture halls, he entered the Chan groves; wherever there was a lineage master, he went to them seeking spiritual benefit. In the end he met Chan Master Shenhui, who removed the film over his eyes with a golden probe, allowing him to see clearly throughout the ten directions. Later he arrived at Mount Meng in Yishui, thatched grass to make a hut, and sat in serene contemplation. The people of Kuai and Fei followed his transformation in great numbers. At that time, the magistrate of Shen County deeply respected him and first established a Chan monastery for him; next, Minister Wang Liao, the Military Commissioner of Yanzhou, personally invited him into the prefecture to conduct conversions, memorializing the throne to bestow the placard name "Baozhen." Students flocked to him in great numbers, many receiving great benefit. In the second year of the Yuanhe reign era (807), he showed his demise at the age of ninety-two. Also, Śramaṇa Daojian of Ci'en Temple in Xiangzhou during the Tang had the lay surname Wang and was a native of Danyang. He first generated the aspiration for enlightenment under Chan Patriarch Huizhong of Mount Niutou. In the first year of the Dali reign era (766), he dwelt in seclusion on Mount Nanquan in Chizhou. Later he went to the Xiang and Han rivers and stayed at Ci'en Temple. In the beginning of the Yuanhe reign era, Chancellor Duke Yan, governing Hannan, deeply revered him, inquired diligently about the Way, and presented him with abundant offerings. Thereupon, outside the Fenglin Pass, he built a temple and invited him to dwell there. In the second year (807), he showed his demise at the age of seventy-three.