廣弘明集 23.29

23.29

When the Way abides in unified principle, different ages shine together; when virtue accords with wondrous principle, disparate regions achieve the same result. Master Daoan raised the profound wind west of the Pass; the Dharma Master carried on the flowing stream east of the Yangtze. Hearing the wind, people rejoiced, and all within the four seas turned to him. Thereupon, cherishing benevolence, he withdrew to the mountain forests and dwelt in seclusion to pursue his aspirations. Thereupon, the assembly of monks gathered like clouds and diligently cultivated pure conduct. Fellow practitioners of the Dharma imbibed his wind and lingered at the gate of the Way. It may be said that in the latter five hundred years he looked up to and carried forward the custom of Śrāvastī, and beneath the peaks of Mount Lu he transmitted the sound of Vulture Peak. How vast and magnificent! Never before had it been heard. When I was at the age of fixing my mind on learning, I hoped to be at the rear of his disciples. How regrettable that my sincere wish was not fulfilled, and he has parted forever from this world! His years were eighty and four. On the sixth day of the eighth month, in the autumn of the thirteenth year of Yixi, he passed away. His age had exceeded that of following one's heart's desires; his merit achieved, his body perished. Having a beginning, there is this end, shedding light for a thousand years. Alas, how sorrowful! Thus I make this eulogy: