續傳燈錄 16.35

16.35

東京慧林佛陀德遜禪師。姓楊氏福州侯官人也。少習儒業學問該博頗著聲譽。忽厭塵紛發志求道。遂依東京天寧寺慧照上人出家。試經得度遍扣知識。造南禪師法席投機開悟。久為侍者復游講席。初出世汾陽之淨土。次遷太原之白雲。常坐不臥緇素欽服。齒臘既高道行益固。遂奉詔住慧林。開堂日。

Chan Master Fotuo Dexun of Huilin in the Eastern Capital was from the Yang family of Houguan in Fuzhou. In his youth he studied Confucianism; his learning was comprehensive and vast, and he enjoyed a considerable reputation. Suddenly feeling revulsion toward worldly turmoil, he resolved to seek the Way. Thereupon he went to Superior Huizhao of Tianning Monastery in the Eastern Capital and left home. Passing the scriptural examinations, he was ordained, and he visited kalyāṇamitras everywhere. When he went to the Dharma seat of Chan Master Nan, he tallied with the trigger and attained awakening. Having served as attendant for a long time, he again visited lecture mats. He first appeared in the world at Pure Land in Fenyang, and next moved to White Cloud in Taiyuan. He always sat without lying down, winning the reverent admiration of both monastics and laity. As his age and monastic seniority advanced, his practice of the Way grew ever firmer. He then received an imperial edict to reside at Huilin. On the day he opened the hall,