[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) › 20.48 # 宋高僧傳 20.48 宋高僧傳 20.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.20.48) 釋神鑒，姓韓氏，潯陽人也。穉歲淳靜，而不雜群童。父為齊安掾，且歸心釋氏，甞於廨署陳像設，命僧徒讚唄揚音，法樂俱作。鑒則喜色盈顏，隨僧不捨，求願出家。父母無計阻之，潛投東林寺貞素律師下修學。後講通大涅槃經義，乃南格豫章，參大寂禪師。續於懷安西北山居焉。是山先是猛獸旁午，率多作害。從鑒居之，虎災弭息，遠近稱之。忽有戴平幘男子，望法座致禮勤重，倏爾無蹤。七日後有冠裳宛異者，於方丈前升空宣言曰：「此大師者，真法寶也。開人天眼目，故來報之。」其徒聞見，知鑒道高。會昌四年入滅，八月十五日藏之于塔。凡得道之人，地神報空神，展轉至于有頂，於斯見矣。 > The śramaṇa Shenjian, surnamed Han, was a native of Xunyang. In his childhood he was pure and tranquil, never mingling with other children. His father was an administrator in Qi'an and devoutly turned his heart to Buddhism; he once set out images in the official office and ordered monks to chant praises and hymns with uplifted voices, accompanied by sacred music. Shenjian's face beamed with joy; he followed the monks without leaving them and sought permission to leave the household. His parents had no means to stop him, so he secretly went to Mount Donglin to study under Vinaya Master Zhensu. Later, having lectured on and mastered the meaning of the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, he traveled south to Yuzhang to study under Chan Master Daji. Thereafter he dwelled on the mountain northwest of Huai'an. Previously, fierce beasts had run rampant on this mountain, mostly causing harm. Ever since Shenjian resided there, the peril from tigers ceased, and people far and near praised him. Suddenly, a man wearing a flat cap bowed before his Dharma seat with earnest respect and then vanished without a trace in an instant. Seven days later, someone with marvelous robes and a cap rose into the air before the abbot's quarters and proclaimed: 'This Great Master is a true Dharma-jewel. He opens the eyes of gods and humans, so I have come to report this.' When his disciples heard and saw this, they knew that Shenjian's attainment of the Way was lofty. In the fourth year of the Huichang era he passed away, and on the fifteenth day of the eighth month his remains were enshrined in a stupa. Whenever someone attains the Way, the earth spirits report it to the space spirits, passing the word all the way up to the Highest Heaven; this was verified in his case. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.20.47) - [Next: 20.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.20.49) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.20.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.20.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.20.48) · Pramāṇa