大明高僧傳 3.8

3.8

釋原真號用藏。松江上海朱氏子也。出家受具興聖寺傳天台教觀。戒行高潔博極群書。精修法華彌陀懺法。暇則書法華諸經。隨緣演說禪坐達旦。洪武乙丑微疾。索浴書偈告眾曰。四十二年。無作無修。有生有滅。大海一漚。真歸無歸。心空淨遊。趺坐泊然而終。

Shi Yuanzhen, whose style name was Yongzang, was a son of the Zhu family of Shanghai in Songjiang. He left household life and received the full ordination at Xingsheng Monastery, transmitting the Tiantai teachings and contemplations. His conduct in the precepts was lofty and pure, and he read broadly across many books. He diligently practiced the repentance rituals of the Lotus and Amitābha, and in his leisure time copied the Lotus and various other sūtras. Preaching according to conditions, he sat in meditation until dawn. In the yichou year of the Hongwu reign, he suffered a slight illness. Asking for a bath, he wrote a gāthā and told the assembly: / 'For forty-two years, / Neither creating nor cultivating. / There is arising and there is perishing, / A single bubble in the great sea. / The true return is no return; / The mind empty, roaming in purity.' / Sitting cross-legged, he passed away peacefully.