[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) › [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061) › 18.39 # 宋高僧傳 18.39 宋高僧傳 18.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.39) 釋普明，不知何許人也，或云西域之僧。每談禪法，舉攉玄微，莫可測其沈寥之高遠歟！大曆初年，受胙縣人請居阿蘭若，學者螘聚。塵中往來，白衣禮而施之，日以千計。或一覩相，自然懲忿窒慾，食葚懷音，沿善革惡，以歲計無央數也。右僕射義成軍節度使賈耽者——本謫仙也——優游道學，率略空門。纔覿明也，若羊祜之識舊環，蔡順之見慈母焉。降心延請住州寺，迎引傾郭，巷無居人。由是為人說法，雖老不疲。行疾如風，質貌輕壯。以貞元八年壬申閏十二月十日，囑付門徒，奄然坐滅。生年或云三百歲，以其年百歲者見之，顏容不易之故。依天竺法火化，收舍利二七粒。堅固圓明。群信於明所居禪庭立塔一所，後遷座於塔下焉。明亡之後十年，王師西征，安靜邊塞，滑人有材勇者柴清，因覘獫狁，深入虜庭。巡邏者多，乃晝伏夜動，迷方失路，迂直不分。清見明在前導，若老馬之先驅焉。及抵漢城，忽然不見。歸州就塔作禮，遐邇傳之。 > Shi Puming's place of origin is unknown; some say he was a monk from the Western Regions. Whenever he discussed the methods of Chan, he grasped its profound subtleties so that none could fathom its vast and solitary height! In the early years of the Dali era, he was invited by the people of Shouzuo County to reside in an araṇya, and students gathered like ants. Passing back and forth through the dust of the world, laypeople bowed and made offerings to him, counted by the thousands daily. Some, upon seeing his appearance just once, naturally restrained their anger and checked their desires, bore good intentions as though feeding on mulberries, and followed good while shedding evil; those counted over the years were innumerable. The Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Military Commissioner of Yicheng Army, Jia Dan—originally a banished immortal—wandered leisurely in the teachings of the Dao and had been casual toward the Buddhist teachings. Yet as soon as he met Ming, it was as if Yang Hu recognizing his old ring, or Cai Shun seeing his loving mother. Humbly lowering his mind, he invited him to reside in the prefectural temple, and the welcoming crowd emptied the outer city, leaving the alleys without inhabitants. Thereupon, he preached the Dharma for people, never growing tired despite his old age. He walked as swiftly as the wind, and his physical appearance was sprightly and robust. On the tenth day of the intercalary twelfth month in the eighth year of the Zhenyuan era, a renshen year, he gave his final instructions to his disciples and passed away peacefully in the seated posture. Some said his lifespan was three hundred years, because those aged one hundred had seen him and his facial features had never changed. In accordance with the Indian method, he was cremated, and twenty-eight grains of śarīra were collected, firm, round, and luminous. The faithful erected a pagoda in the Chan courtyard where Ming had resided, and later moved his seat beneath the pagoda. Ten years after Ming's passing, when the royal army marched west to pacify the frontiers, Chai Qing, a valiant man of Huai, went deep into the nomadic territory to reconnoiter the Xiongnu. The patrols were numerous, so he hid by day and moved by night, losing his way and unable to distinguish the circuitous path from the direct. Qing saw Ming leading ahead of him, like an old horse taking the lead. When he reached the Han fortress, \[Ming\] suddenly vanished. Returning to the prefecture, he paid homage at the pagoda, and this was transmitted far and wide. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.38) - [Next: 18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.40) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.18.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.18.39) · Pramāṇa