[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) › 22.4 # 宋高僧傳 22.4 宋高僧傳 22.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.22.4) 釋如敏，閩人也。始見安禪師，遂盛化嶺外，誠多異迹。其為人也，寬綽純篤，無故寡言，深憫迷愚，率行激勸。劉氏偏霸番禺，每迎召敏入請問，多逆知其來，驗同合契。廣主奕世奉以周旋，時時禮見，有疑不決，直往詢訪。敏亦無嫌忌，啟發口占，然皆准的，時謂之為乞願，乃私署為知聖大師。初敏以一苦行為侍者，頗副心意，呼之曰所由也。一日，隨登山脊間却之，潛令下山，迴顧見敏入地焉。苦行隱草中覆其形，久伺之乃出，往迎之，問曰：「師焉往乎？」曰：「吾與山王有舊，邀命言話來。」如是時或亡者，乃穴地而出。嚴誡之曰：「所由無宜外說，洩吾閑務。」後終于住院，全身不散。喪塔官供，今號靈樹禪師真身塔，是歟！ > Śramaṇa Rumin was a native of Min. He first visited Chan Master \[Da\]'an, and subsequently carried out widespread conversion south of the Nanling Mountains, where he indeed displayed many wondrous traces. In character, he was magnanimous, pure, and sincere; without reason he spoke little, but deeply pitied the confused and foolish, consistently acting to stimulate and encourage them. When the Liu clan held regional dominance over Panyu, each time they invited Min to enter and consult him, he mostly foresaw their coming in advance, and his verification matched like the joining of tallies. The rulers of Guang\[nan\] across successive generations served him and associated with him; from time to time they paid him formal visits, and whenever they had doubts that could not be resolved, they went straight to consult him. Min also harboured no suspicion or jealousy; he gave spontaneous instructions in extemporaneous verse, and these were always accurate. At the time people called him "the One Who Grants Prayers," and privately titled him "Grand Master Knower of Sages." Initially, Min took an ascetic practitioner as his attendant, who thoroughly satisfied his expectations; Min called him "Suoyou" (the Source). One day, as \[the attendant\] followed him over a mountain ridge, Min waved him off and secretly ordered him down the mountain; turning to look back, \[the attendant\] saw Min entering the earth. The ascetic concealed his form in the grass, and after watching for a long time, Min emerged. The attendant went forward to greet him and asked, "Where did the Master go?" He said, "I have an old friendship with the mountain king, who invited me to have a chat." In this manner, whenever he occasionally vanished, he would emerge from a hole in the ground. He sternly admonished him: "Suoyou, you must not speak of this to outsiders and disclose my leisure affairs." Later, he passed away at his resident monastery, his entire body intact without decaying. His funeral stūpa was provided for by the authorities; today it is called the True Body Stūpa of Chan Master Lingshu—is that not so! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.22.3) - [Next: 22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.22.5) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.22) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.22.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.22.4) · Pramāṇa