景德傳燈錄 26.49

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杭州慧日永明寺智覺禪師延壽。餘杭人也。姓王氏。總角之歲歸心佛乘。既冠不茹葷。日唯一食。持法華經七行俱下。才六旬悉能誦之。感群羊跪聽。年二十八為華亭鎮將。屬翠巖永明大師遷止龍冊寺大闡玄化。時吳越文穆王知師慕道。乃從其志放令出家。禮翠巖為師。執勞供眾都忘身宰。衣不繒纊食無重味。野蔬布襦以遣朝夕。尋往天台山天柱峯九旬習定。有鳥類尺鷃巢于衣襵中。暨謁韶國師一見而深器之密授玄旨。仍謂師曰。汝與元帥有緣。他日大興佛事密受記。初住明州雪竇山學侶臻湊（咸平元年賜額曰資聖寺）師上堂曰。雪竇遮裏迅瀑千尋不停纖粟。奇巖萬仞無立足處。汝等諸人向什麼處進步。時有僧問。雪竇一徑如何履踐。師曰。步步寒華結言言徹底氷。建隆元年忠懿王請入居靈隱山新寺為第一世。明年復請住永明大道場為第二世。眾盈二千。僧問。如何是永明妙旨。師曰。更添香著。曰謝師指示。師曰。且喜勿交涉。師有偈曰。

Chan Master Zhijue, Yanshou, of Huiri Yongming Monastery in Hangzhou was a native of Yuhang. His surname was Wang. From the age when his hair was bound in tufts, he directed his mind toward the Buddha vehicle. Once he was capped, he did not eat meat, and ate only one meal a day. When reciting the Lotus Sūtra, he could take in seven lines at once; within merely sixty days, he could recite it entirely by heart. It moved a flock of sheep to kneel and listen. At the age of twenty-eight, he served as garrison commander of Huating. It happened that the Great Master Yongming of Cuiyan moved his residence to Longce Monastery, where he vastly propagated the mysterious transformation. At that time, King Wenmu of Wuyue knew of the Master's yearning for the Way; he therefore complied with his aspiration and permitted him to leave home. He paid homage to Cuiyan as his master. Performing labor and serving the assembly, he completely forgot himself. In clothing he did not use silk or padding, and in food he took no double flavors; he spent morning and evening on wild vegetables and a cloth jacket. Soon afterward, he went to Tianzhu Peak on Mount Tiantai to practice samādhi for ninety days. There was a bird resembling a quail that nested within the folds of his robe. When he paid homage to State Preceptor Shao, upon their first meeting the State Preceptor deeply valued his capacity and secretly imparted the mysterious purport to him. He further said to the Master, "You have an affinity with the commander-in-chief. In the future you will greatly promote Buddhist activities." Thus he secretly received the prediction. At first he resided at Mount Xuedou in Mingzhou, where students gathered like clouds. (In the first year of Xianping, it was bestowed the plaque reading "Zisheng Monastery.") The Master entered the hall and said, "Here at Xuedou, a swift waterfall of a thousand fathoms halts not for a fine grain; strange crags of ten thousand cubits offer no place to set foot. Toward what place will all of you advance?" Then a monk asked, "How does one tread the single path of Xuedou?" The Master said, "Step by step, cold frost forms; word by word, ice freezes to the very bottom." In the first year of Jianlong, King Zhongyi invited him to enter and reside at the new monastery on Mount Lingyin as its first generation. The next year, he again invited him to reside at the great place of practice at Yongming as its second generation. The assembly numbered more than two thousand. A monk asked, "What is the wondrous purport of Yongming?" The Master said, "Add more incense." The monk said, "Thank you, Master, for your instruction." The Master said, "Fortunately, it has nothing to do with it." The Master had a verse: