[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) › 8.4 # 神僧傳 8.4 神僧傳 8.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.4) 釋鑒真。姓淳于氏。廣陵江陽縣人也。總角隨父入大雲寺。見佛像感動夙心。因白父求出家。父奇其志許焉。後為一方宗首。時日本國有沙門榮叡普照等。東來募法。真許往。遂買舟自廣陵齎經律法離岸。至越州浦止署風山。真夜夢甚靈異。纔出洋遇惡風濤。舟人顧其垂沒。有投棄𣝕（音箋）香木者。聞空中聲云。勿投棄。時見舳艫各有神將介甲操仗焉。尋時風定俄漂入蛇海。其蛇長三丈餘。色若錦文。後入魚海。魚長尺餘。飛滿空中。次一洋純見飛鳥。集于舟背壓之幾沒。洎出鳥海乏水。俄泊一島。池且泓澄人飲甘美。相次達于日本。其國王歡喜迎入城大寺安止。號大和尚。以代宗廣德元年無疾辭眾坐亡。身不傾壞。至今其身不施苧漆。其國國王貴人信士。時將寶香塗之。 > Śramaṇa Jianzhen had the secular surname Chunyu and was a native of Jiangyang County in Guangling. When his hair was bound in tufts, he followed his father into Dayun Monastery. Seeing the Buddha image, his innate aspiration was stirred; he therefore told his father and requested to renounce household life. His father marveled at his resolve and granted it. Later he became the foremost leader of his region. At that time, the state of Japan had the śramaṇas Yōrei, Fushō, and others, who came east to seek the Dharma. Jianzhen agreed to go. He then purchased a boat, departed from Guangling carrying sūtras, vinaya, and dharmas, and left the shore. Reaching the haven of Yuezhou, he halted at Mount Shufeng. Jianzhen had a dream that was exceedingly miraculous. As soon as they set out to sea, they encountered fierce wind and waves. The boatmen, seeing that they were about to sink, began to cast out agarwood logs. They heard a voice in the sky saying, 'Do not cast them out!' At that time, spirit generals clad in armor and grasping weapons were seen at both the prow and the stern. Soon the wind subsided, and before long they drifted into the Sea of Snakes. The snakes were over thirty feet long, colored like patterned brocade. Later they entered the Sea of Fish; the fish were over a foot long and flew filling the air. In the next ocean, they saw only flying birds, which gathered on the back of the boat and weighed it down so that it almost sank. When they emerged from the Sea of Birds, they ran short of water. Presently they moored at an island, where there was a pool of clear water that tasted sweet to those who drank it. In due course they reached Japan. The king of the country rejoiced, welcomed him into a great monastery in the capital to reside, and called him Great Preceptor. In the first year of the Guangde era of Emperor Daizong, without illness, he took leave of the assembly and passed away in a seated posture. His body did not decay or collapse. Down to the present, his body has not been treated with ramie or lacquer; the king, nobles, and faithful laymen of that country frequently apply precious incense to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.3) - [Next: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.5) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.8.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.4) · Pramāṇa