[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) › 9.27 # 神僧傳 9.27 神僧傳 9.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.27) 扣氷澡光古佛。初參雪峯。峯曰。子異日必為王者師。後自鵝湖歸溫嶺結菴繼居將軍巖。二虎侍側。神人獻地。為瑞巖院。學者爭集。甞謂眾曰。古聖修行須憑苦節。吾今夏則衣楮。冬則扣氷而浴。故世人號為扣氷古佛。後住靈曜。天成三年應閩王之召。延居內堂。敬拜曰。謝師遠降。賜茶次師提起槖子曰。大王會麼。曰不會。曰人王法王各自照了。留十日以疾辭。至十二月二日。沐浴升堂告眾而逝。王與道俗備香薪荼毘。祥耀滿山。收舍利塔於瑞巖正寢。諡妙應法威慈濟禪師。自是至今遠近祈禱靈異非一。 > The Ancient Buddha Koubing Zaoguang first studied under Xuefeng. Xuefeng said: "In days to come, you will certainly be a teacher of kings." Later he returned from Ehu to Wenling, built a hermitage, and then stayed at General Rock. Two tigers attended at his side, and a divine being offered him land to make Ruiyan Cloister. Students vied to gather there. He once said to the assembly: "The cultivation of the ancient sages required relying on bitter discipline. Now in summer I wear paper clothes, and in winter I break ice to bathe." Therefore the people of the world called him the Ancient Buddha Koubing (Breaking Ice). Later he resided at Lingyao. In the third year of Tiancheng, answering the summons of the King of Min, he was invited to stay in the inner palace. Bowing in reverence, \[the King\] said: "I thank the Master for descending from afar." When tea was presented, the Master held up the tea bag and said: "Does the Great King understand?" \[The King\] said: "I do not understand." \[The Master\] said: "The King of Men and the King of Dharma each illuminate themselves." He remained for ten days and took his leave on grounds of illness. On the second day of the twelfth month, he bathed, ascended the hall, announced his departure to the assembly, and passed away. The King, monastics, and laypeople prepared fragrant wood for the cremation (jhapita). Auspicious radiance filled the mountain. His relics were collected in a stupa in the main chamber at Ruiyan. He was posthumously named Chan Master Miaoying Fawei Ciji. From that time until now, the miraculous responses to prayers near and far have been manifold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.26) - [Next: 9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.28) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.9.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.9.27) · Pramāṇa