續傳燈錄 17.29

17.29

和州光孝慧蘭禪師。不知何許人也。自號碧落道人。嘗以觸衣書七佛名。叢林稱為蘭布裩。有擬草菴歌一篇行于世。具載普燈。建炎末逆虜犯淮執師見酋長。長曰。聞我名否。師曰。我所聞者唯大宋天子之名。長恚令左右以鎚擊之。鎚至輒斷壞。長驚異延麾下敬事之。經旬師索薪自焚。無敢供者。親拾薪成龕怡然端坐。煙焰一起流光四騰。虜跪伏灼膚者多。火絕得五色舍利。併其骨而北歸。所執僧尼悉得自便。和人至今詠之。

Chan Master Huilan of Guangxiao in Hezhou: it is not known where he was from. He called himself the Daoist of the Azure Sky. He once wrote the names of the Seven Buddhas on his defiled undergarments; in the monastic groves he was called 'Lan of the Cloth Breeches'. A piece entitled 'Song in Imitation of the Grass Hut' circulated in the world; it is fully recorded in the Pudeng [lu]. At the end of the Jianyan era, rebel barbarians invaded the Huai region and captured the master, bringing him before their chieftain. The chieftain said, "Have you heard my name?" The master said, "What I have heard is only the name of the Son of Heaven of the Great Song." In rage, the chieftain ordered his attendants to strike him with hammers. Whenever a hammer struck, it broke to pieces. Astounded, the chieftain welcomed him under his banner and served him with respect. After ten days, the master asked for firewood to immolate himself, but no one dared provide it. He personally gathered firewood to make a pyre, sitting upright with a serene expression. As the smoke and flames arose, flowing radiance soared in all directions. Many of the barbarians knelt in submission, their skin scorched. When the fire died out, five-colored relics were obtained. They took them along with his bones and returned north. The captured monks and nuns were all allowed to go free. To this day, the people of Hezhou sing praises of him.