宋高僧傳 8.21

8.21

釋道亮，姓朱氏，越州人也。厥考前刺會稽郡。亮年八歲出家，極通經業。受具後學「河中三論」，復講《涅槃經》。尋入深谷，破衣覆形，蔬食資命，不交俗務，直守童真。神龍元年，孝和皇帝詔亮與法席宗師十人，入長樂大內坐夏安居。時帝命受菩薩戒。睿宗及妃后送異錦衾氈席。二年，詔於西園問道，朝廷欽貴。大都督李孝逸、工部尚書張錫、國子監司業崔融、祕書監賀知章、睦州刺史康詵，同心慕仰，請問禪心，多結師資，或傳香火。卒年八十二，門人慧遠等建塔，萬齊融為銘紀述。

Shi Daoliang's surname was Zhu, and he was a native of Yuezhou. His deceased father had formerly served as governor of Kuaiji Commandery. Liang left home at the age of eight and was thoroughly conversant in the study of the sūtras. After receiving full upasampadā, he studied the 'Three Treatises of Hezhong' and also lectured on the Nirvāṇa Sūtra. Soon after, he entered a deep valley, clad his body in tattered garments, sustained his life on wild greens, and did not engage in worldly affairs, maintaining pure celibacy directly. In the first year of the Shenlong reign era, Emperor Xiaohuai decreed that Liang and ten lineage masters of the Dharma assembly enter the Changle Palace to hold the summer retreat. At that time, the Emperor ordered that he receive the bodhisattva precepts. Ruizong and the empress consort sent unique brocade quilts and felt mats. In the second year, an imperial decree summoned him to the Western Garden to inquire about the Way, and the court held him in high esteem and honour. Area Commander-in-chief Li Xiaoyi, Minister of Works Zhang Xi, Director of the Imperial Academy Cui Rong, Director of the Palace Library He Zhizhang, and Prefect of Muzhou Kang Shen together admired him with one mind, inquired about the mind of Chan, and mostly formed teacher-disciple bonds or transmitted incense and fire. He died at the age of eighty-two. His disciple Huiyuan and others erected a stupa, and Wan Qirong composed an inscription to record his deeds.