宋高僧傳 25.37

25.37

釋從審，不詳氏族，幼入江都禪智寺，捨家誦經數萬餘言。其寺即隋煬帝之故宮也。咸通五年，受具戒於燕臺奉福寺。律席經筵，遍知甞染。後併三衣成五納，諸名山勝概，無不遊覽。末歸淮甸，推為僧首。五六年間，一皆嚴肅。然恒誦《淨名經》，未愆日計。以貞明二年三月十八日構疾，迨十九日禺中微息而終，顏貌如常。茶毘，獲舍利三十粒，堅明通鍛無耗。疊石為墳，筠源沙門靈護述墳銘云。

Śramaṇa Congshen: his clan lineage is unknown. In his youth he entered Chanzhi Temple in Jiangdu, renounced the household, and recited scriptures of several tens of thousands of words. That temple was the former palace of Emperor Yang of the Sui. In the fifth year of the Xiantong era, he received full ordination at Fenghufu Temple on the Yantai. At vinaya assemblies and scriptural seats, he sampled and became versed in all of them. Later he merged the three robes into a five-patch robe, and toured all famous mountains and scenic spots without exception. In his later years he returned to the Huai region, where he was elected as the leader of the saṅgha. For five or six years, everything was maintained strictly. Yet he constantly recited the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra, never missing a daily count. On the eighteenth day of the third month of the second year of the Zhenming era, he contracted an illness; by mid-morning on the nineteenth day, his breath grew faint and he passed away, his facial expression remaining as usual. After his cremation, thirty relics were obtained, which were hard and bright, without loss even when forged through fire. Stones were piled to make his tomb, and Śramaṇa Linghu of Junyuan composed the tomb inscription.