[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) › [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083) › 1.52 # 釋門自鏡錄 1.52 釋門自鏡錄 1.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.52) 慧期晉州人也。流寓出家。住衡州衡岳寺。而道志殊寡。妬賢尤劇。外持威儀。內多腐敗。有寺主義本。高行名僧。携誘四方敷弘萬善。以載初元年四月八日。於衡岳寺般若臺。為僧受戒。期年卑德淺。不預十師之數。勃然懷忿。將起異圖。七日暮間來到山寺云。有人告此處反逆。掩兵尋至。何得紛紜浪為聚集。時寺主義本語期云。汝欲作惡緣破他法眼。若不急悔使汝兩目失明。或當著癲。期氣憤色變。逡巡返路。未經月餘往襄州市易。因患兩目疼痛。數日而終。 > Huiqi was a native of Jinzhou. Wandering far from home, he entered the monastic life and resided at Hengyue Monastery in Hengzhou. Yet his resolve for the Path was exceedingly meager, while his jealousy of the worthy was particularly severe. Externally he maintained dignity and deportment, but internally he was thoroughly corrupt. There was a vihārasvāmin named Yiben, an eminent monk of lofty conduct, who guided and attracted people from all four directions, expounding and promoting all kinds of wholesome deeds. In the first year of the Zaichu reign era (689/690 CE), on the eighth day of the fourth month, he conferred the monastic precepts at the Prajñā Terrace of Hengyue Monastery. Huiqi, being junior in age and shallow in virtue, was not included among the ten precept masters. Flaring with anger, he intended to hatch a treacherous plot. On the evening of the seventh day, he came to the mountain monastery and said, "Someone has reported that this place is committing rebellion, and surprise troops will soon arrive! How can you noisily gather in vain?" At that time, the vihārasvāmin Yiben said to Huiqi, "You wish to create an evil condition to destroy another's Dharma-eye. If you do not quickly repent, your two eyes will go blind, or you will fall victim to madness." Huiqi's breath swelled with rage and his countenance altered; he hesitated and then turned back. Before a month had passed, he went to the marketplace in Xiangzhou to trade. There he contracted an agonizing pain in both eyes and died in a few days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.51) - [Next: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.53) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083~en-mt.1.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.52) · Pramāṇa