宋高僧傳 13.9

13.9

釋光仁，不知何許人也。其形矬而么麼，幼則氣槩凌物，精爽殆與常不同。早參洞山，深入玄奧，其辯給又多於人也。嘗問香嚴禪師，答微有偏負。曰：「某累繭重胝而至，得無勞乎？」唾地而去。後居臨川疎山，毳客趨請，頗有言辭，著《四大等頌略》、《華嚴長者論》，行于世。終入龕中，已有白鹿至靈前屈膝而起，時眾謂為作弔焉。次筠州白水院釋本仁，不知何許人也。得心於洞山法席。仁罕談道，而四方之人若影之附形，却之還至。乃徇丹陽人請，住無幾時。天復中，至洪井高安白水院聚徒。垂欲入滅，先觸處告違，乃集眾焚香曰：「至香煙盡處，是某涅槃時。」如其言，端坐而化。次龍牙山釋居遁，姓郭氏，臨川南城人也。年殆十四，警世無常而守恬淡。白親往求出家于廬陵滿田寺。於嵩山受具戒已，思其擇木，乃參翠微禪會，迷復未歸，莫知投詣。聞洞上言玄格峻，而躬造之。遁少進問曰：「何謂祖意？」答曰：「若洞水逆流，即當為說。」而於言下體解玄微。隱眾栖息，七八年間孜孜戢曜，時不我知，久則通矣。天策府楚王馬氏素藉芳音，奉之若孝悌之門稟昆長矣。乃請居龍牙山妙濟禪院，侁侁徒侶常聚半千。爰奏舉，詔賜紫袈裟并師號證空焉，則梁貞明初也。方嶽之下，號為「禪窟」，闚其室、得其門者亦相繼矣。至龍德三年癸未歲八月遘疾彌留，九月十三日歸寂。遁出世近四十餘齡，語詳別錄。

Śramaṇa Guangren was of unknown origin. He was short and slight in stature, but from youth his spirit rose above worldly things, and his mental acuity was completely beyond the ordinary. Early on, he studied under Dongshan, deeply entering the profound and mysterious; his eloquence also exceeded that of others. He once questioned Chan Master Xiangyan, whose answer had a slight flaw. Guangren said: 'I came having piled callus upon callus—was it all for nothing?' He spat on the ground and left. Later he resided on Mount Shushan in Linchuan; monks in patched robes hurried to seek his guidance. He produced considerable discourse and composed the Commentary and Verses on the Four Great Elements and the Discourse on the Elder in the Avataṃsaka, which circulated in the world. When he finally entered his niche, a white deer had already come before the spirit altar, bent its knees, and stood up; the assembly at the time took it to be paying condolences. Next is Śramaṇa Benren of Baishui Cloister in Yunzhou, whose origin is unknown. He attained the mind-ground at the Dharma seat of Dongshan. Ren rarely spoke of the Way, yet people from the four directions flocked to him like shadows following a form; even when turned away, they returned. He complied with the invitation of the people of Danyang, but stayed for only a short time. During the Tianfu era, he went to the Baishui Cloister in Gao'an, Hongjing, to gather disciples. When he was about to enter extinction, he first went everywhere bidding farewell, and then gathered the assembly, burned incense, and said: 'When the incense smoke ends, that is the time of my nirvāṇa.' As he had said, he sat upright and passed away. Next is Śramaṇa Judun of Mount Longya, whose secular surname was Guo, a native of Nancheng in Linchuan. At about age fourteen, alerted to the impermanence of the world, he maintained a tranquil mind. Announcing to his parents, he went to seek pravrajyā at Mantian Temple in Luling. After receiving full ordination on Mount Song, he thought of selecting a worthy master, and thus attended the Chan assembly of Cuiwei; lost and not returning, he did not know where to turn. Hearing that the words of Dongshan were lofty and his standards rigorous, he personally went to him. Dun stepped forward slightly and asked: 'What is the patriarchal intent?' Dongshan answered: 'When the waters of Dong stream flow backward, I will explain it for you.' Thereupon, upon hearing these words, he realized the subtle mystery. He rested concealed among the assembly, diligently cloaking his radiance for seven or eight years; though the times did not recognize him, in the long run he broke through. The King of Chu, Lord Ma of the Tiance Prefecture, had long heard of his renown and venerated him as a filial and fraternal household honors an elder brother. He therefore invited him to reside at the Miaoji Chan Cloister on Mount Longya, where a flock of disciples regularly gathered to the number of five hundred. A memorial was submitted, and an imperial decree bestowed a purple robe along with the master title Zhengkong, which was early in the Zhenming era of the Liang. Below the regional lord, it was known as the 'Chan Cave'; those who peeped into his room and gained entry followed one after another. In the eighth month of the third year of Longde, the guiyou year, he fell gravely ill, and on the thirteenth day of the ninth month he returned to silence. Dun's propagation in the world lasted nearly forty-odd years; his sayings are detailed in a separate record.