[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) › [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064) › 6.10 # 神僧傳 6.10 神僧傳 6.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.6.10) 釋法敏姓孫氏。丹陽人也。八歲出家事英禪師為弟子。入茅山聽明法師三論悟其宗旨。貞觀元年出還丹陽講華嚴涅槃。二年越州田都督追還一音寺相續法輪。于時眾集。義學沙門七十餘州八百餘人。當境僧千二百人。尼眾三百。士俗之集不可復紀。至十九年會稽士俗請住靜林講華嚴經。至六月末正講。有蛇懸半身在敏項上。長七尺許。作黃金色吐五色光。終講方隱。至夏訖還一音寺。夜有赤衣二人禮敏曰。法師講四部大經功德難量。須往他方教化。故從東方來迎法師。弟子數十人同見此相。至八月十七日。爾前三日三夜無故闇冥。恰至二十三日將逝。忽放大光夜明如日。因爾遷化。春秋六十有七。身長七尺六寸。停喪七日塔表放光。地為震動異香不滅。莫不怪歎。道俗莊嚴。送於隆安山焉。 > Shi Famin, whose lay surname was Sun, was a native of Danyang. At eight years old, he renounced household life, becoming a disciple of Dhyāna Master Ying. He entered Mount Mao, listening to Dharma Master Ming's Three Treatises and awakening to their essential tenets. In the first year of the Zhenguan era, he went forth and returned to Danyang, expounding the Avataṃsaka and Nirvāṇa \[Sūtras\]. In the second year, Commander-in-Chief Tian of Yuezhou invited him to return to Yiyin Monastery to continue \[turning\] the Wheel of Dharma. At that time, a great crowd gathered: over eight hundred śramaṇas of doctrinal study from more than seventy prefectures, one thousand two hundred local monks, three hundred nuns, while the assembly of gentry and laity could not even be recorded. By the nineteenth year, the gentry and laity of Kuaiji invited him to dwell at Jinglin to expound the Avataṃsaka-sūtra. At the end of the sixth month, right in the midst of his lecturing, there was a snake with half its body suspended over Min’s neck, some seven feet in length, golden in color, emitting five-colored light, which concealed itself only when the lecture concluded. When the summer ended, he returned to Yiyin Monastery. At night, two men in crimson garments bowed to Min and said: “Dharma Master, the merits of expounding the four great sūtras are beyond measure; you must go to other realms to teach and transform. Therefore we have come from the east to welcome the Dharma Master.” Several tens of disciples all saw this sign. By the seventeenth day of the eighth month, for three days and three nights prior, there had been uncaused darkness. Exactly on the twenty-third day, when he was about to pass away, a great light suddenly emanated, illuminating the night like the sun. Thereupon he transformed. His age was sixty-seven, and his height was seven feet six inches. His body lay in state for seven days; light emanated from the surface of his stupa, the earth shook, and an extraordinary fragrance did not disperse. None failed to marvel and sigh. Monks and laity made solemn preparations and sent him off to Mount Long'an. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.6.9) - [Next: 6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.6.11) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.6.10) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [華嚴經傳記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2073.3.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.6.10) · Pramāṇa