[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) › 23.4 # 宋高僧傳 23.4 宋高僧傳 23.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.23.4) 釋僧藏者，西河人也。弱齡拔俗，氣茂神清，允迪循良，恪居下位。迨霑戒善，密護根塵。見仁祠必禮之，逢碩德則盡禮。苟遇僧俗施拜，乃俯僂而走，如迴避令長焉。若當眾務也，則同淨人，屈己猶臧獲焉。見他人故衣，則潛加澣濯，別事紐縫。至于炎暑，乃脫衣入草莽間，從蚊蚋䗈蛭唼齧，蠆芥血流，忍而汗洽。而恒念彌陀佛號，雖巧曆者不能定算數矣。確志冥心，未甞少缺。及預知報盡，謂瞻病者曰：「山僧多幸，得諸天人次第來迎。」藏又言：「吾瞑目聞往淨土，聚諸上善人散花，方迴此耳——正當捨壽。」合掌念佛，安然而終矣。 > Shi Sengzang was a native of Xihe. In his youth he rose above the mundane; his vitality was abundant, his spirit pure, and he faithfully practiced docility and goodness, scrupulously remaining in a humble position. When he was blessed with the precepts and goodness, he secretly guarded his sense faculties and sense objects. Whenever he saw a shrine of benevolence, he invariably paid homage to it; whenever he encountered a person of eminent virtue, he paid full courtesy. If he met monks or laypeople bowing to him, he would bend down low and run away, as if avoiding a magistrate. When attending to community duties, he acted like an unordained monastery laborer, humbling himself like a bondservant. If he saw another person's worn clothes, he would secretly wash them and attend to sewing and mending them. In the sweltering heat of summer, he would take off his clothes and go into the thick grass, allowing mosquitoes, gnats, midges, and leeches to bite him; though stung, bitten, and bleeding, he endured it with sweat pouring forth. Meanwhile, he constantly recited the name of Amitābha Buddha, to an extent that even a skillful reckoner could not calculate the tally. With resolute will and a focused mind, he never slackened in the slightest. When he foreknew that his karmic retribution was exhausted, he said to the attendants caring for his illness, "This mountain monk is most fortunate: heavenly beings have come in succession to welcome me." Zang further said, "When I closed my eyes, I heard that I went to the Pure Land, where all the supreme good persons were gathered, scattering flowers; only now have I returned here—it is precisely the time to relinquish my life." Joining his palms and reciting the Buddha's name, he peacefully passed away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.23.3) - [Next: 23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.23.5) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061~en-mt.23.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.23.4) · Pramāṇa