[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) › 7.12 # 神僧傳 7.12 神僧傳 7.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.7.12) 釋處寂。俗姓周氏。蜀人也。師事寶修禪師。服勤寡慾與物無競。雅通玄奧。天后聞之詔入內賜摩衲僧伽梨。辭乞歸山。涉四十年足不到聚落。坐一胡床宴默不寐。常有虎蹲伏座下。如家畜類。資民所重。學其道者臻萃。由是頗形奇異。如無相大師自新羅國將來謁詵禪師。寂預戒眾曰。外來之賓明日當見矣。宜灑掃以待之。明日果有海東賓至也。開元初新除太守王曄上任。處分令境內應是。沙門追集。惟寂久不下山。或勸寂往參免為厲階。寂謂弟子曰。汝雖出家猶未識業。吾之未死王曄其如吾何。迨曄上官三日。緇徒畢至。或曰。唯處寂蔑視藩侯弗來致賀。曄微怒也。屈諸僧升廳坐已。將啟怒端問寂違𢬤之由。慍色勃興僧皆股慄。曄俄然仆地左右扶腋。歸宅至廳事。後屏樹如被摑頰之聲。尋爾氣絕。寂年八十七歲。示滅資中。至今崇仰焉元珪。 > Shi Chuji. His secular surname was Zhou. He was a native of Shu. He served Chan Master Baoxiu as his teacher. He served diligently, had few desires, and did not contend with external things. He was thoroughly versed in the profound mysteries. The Empress, hearing of this, summoned him to enter the palace and bestowed upon him a patch-robe saṅghāṭī. He declined and begged to return to the mountains. For forty years, his feet did not enter human settlements. He sat on a single barbarian couch in quietude and meditated without sleeping. There was often a tiger crouching beneath his seat, like a domestic beast. He was held in high esteem by the people of Zi\[zhou\], and those who studied his way flocked together. Because of this, extraordinary events frequently manifested. For instance, when Master Wuxiang was about to arrive from the kingdom of Silla to pay respects to Chan Master Shen, Ji warned the assembly in advance, saying, 'A guest from outside will be seen tomorrow; you should sprinkle and sweep \[the grounds\] to await him.' The next day, a guest from the Eastern Sea indeed arrived. At the beginning of the Kaiyuan era, the newly appointed Governor Wang Ye assumed office and issued an order instructing that all śramaṇas within the prefecture should be summoned and assembled. Only Ji had not descended from the mountain for a long time. Someone urged Ji to go and visit to avoid creating trouble. Ji said to his disciples, 'Although you have renounced household life, you still do not recognize karma. As long as I am not dead, what can Wang Ye do to me?' When Ye had been in office for three days, the monkhood had all arrived. Someone said, 'Only Chuji disdains the regional prince and has not come to offer congratulations.' Ye was slightly angered. He summoned the monks to go up to the hall and be seated, and was about to unleash his anger to interrogate them concerning the reason for Ji's non-compliance. His furious expression flared, and the monks all trembled with fear. Suddenly, Ye collapsed to the ground, and his attendants supported him by the armpits. Returning home to the main hall, sounds like the slapping of cheeks came from behind the screen. Shortly after, his breath ceased. Ji was eighty-seven years old when he manifested cessation in Zizhong. To this day he is revered. Yuangui. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.7.11) - [Next: 7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.7.13) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.7.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.7.12) · Pramāṇa