[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) › [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076) › 4.49 # 景德傳燈錄 4.49 景德傳燈錄 4.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.4.49) 壽州道樹禪師唐州人也。姓聞氏。幼探經籍。年將五十因遇高僧誘諭。遂誓出家。禮本部明月山慧文為師。師恥乎年長求法淹遲。勵志遊方無所不至。後歸東洛遇秀禪師。言下知微晚成法器。乃卜壽州三峯山結茅而居。常有野人服色素朴言譚詭異。於言笑外化作佛形及菩薩羅漢天仙等形。或放神光。或呈聲響。師之學徒覩之皆不能測。如此涉十年。後寂無形影。師告眾曰。野人作多色伎倆眩惑於人。只消老僧不見不聞。伊伎倆有窮。吾不見不聞無盡。唐寶歷元年示疾而終。壽九十二。明年正月建塔。 > Chan Master Daoshu of Shouzhou was a native of Tangzhou. His secular surname was Wen. In his youth, he explored the scriptures and classics. When he was approaching fifty years of age, through an encounter with an eminent monk who guided and instructed him, he vowed to leave home. He bowed to Huiwen of Mingyue Mountain in his home commandery as his teacher. The Master was ashamed that he was advanced in years and had been dilatory in seeking the Dharma, so he resolved to wander far and wide, leaving no place unvisited. Later, returning to the eastern capital \[Luoyang\], he met Chan Master Shenxiu. Upon hearing his words, he comprehended the subtle truth, becoming a Dharma vessel late in life. He then divined a site on Mount Sanfeng in Shouzhou, thatched a hut, and dwelt there. There was often a wild man whose clothes were plain and simple, and whose words and discourse were uncanny. Apart from chatting and laughing, he would magically transform into the forms of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, arhats, and heavenly immortals, or emit divine radiance, or produce sounds. The Master's disciples saw this and could not fathom it. This continued for ten years, after which the apparitions vanished without form or shadow. The Master announced to the assembly, saying: 'The wild man displayed many kinds of tricks to bewitch people. It only required this old monk not to see and not to hear. His tricks had an end, but my not seeing and not hearing are endless.' In the first year of the Baoli reign of the Tang, he showed signs of illness and passed away. His age was ninety-two. In the first month of the following year, a stupa was erected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.4.48) - [Next: 4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.4.50) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.4.49) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宋高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2061.9.28) — 贊寧, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.4.49) · Pramāṇa