[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 36.140 # 法苑珠林 36.140 法苑珠林 36.140 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [36.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.36.140) 齊安樂寺有釋僧辯。姓吳。建康人。出家止安樂寺。少好讀經哀婉折衷。獨步齊初無人加之。嘗在新亭劉紹宅齊。辯初夜讀經。始得一契。忽有群鶴下集階前。及辯度一卷一時飛去。由是聲振天下遠近知名。後來學者莫不宗事。永明七年二月十九日。司徒竟陵文宣王。夢於佛前詠維摩一契。因聲發而寤。即起至佛堂中。還如夢中法。更詠古維摩一契。便覺音韻流好有工常曰。明旦即集京師善聲沙門僧辯等。次第作聲。辯傳古維摩一契。瑞應七言偈一契。最是命家之作。後人時有傳者。並訛失大體。辯以齊永明十一年卒。 > During the Qi dynasty, at Anle Temple, there was Shi Sengbian, surnamed Wu, a native of Jiankang. He went forth from household life and resided at Anle Temple. In his youth, he loved reading scriptures with an emotional plaintiveness and fitting balance; he stood alone at the beginning of the Qi, with no one surpassing him. He once held a fast at the residence of Liu Shao in Xinting. In the early night, Sengbian read the scriptures; as soon as he completed one stanza, a flock of cranes suddenly descended and gathered before the steps. When Sengbian had finished one roll, they all flew away at once. Because of this, his renown shook the realm, and he was known near and far; later scholars all venerated him as their model. On the nineteenth day of the second month of the seventh year of the Yongming reign era, the Minister of Education, Prince Wenxuan of Jingling, dreamed that he chanted a stanza of the Vimalakīrti before the Buddha. Awakening because the sound burst forth, he immediately arose, went into the Buddha hall, and in accordance with the method in his dream, chanted another stanza of the ancient Vimalakīrti; he felt that the melody flowed beautifully with a skill surpassing ordinary days. The next morning, he assembled the śramaṇas of the capital who were skilled in chanting, including Sengbian and others, to produce sounds in sequence. Sengbian transmitted one stanza of the ancient Vimalakīrti and one stanza of the Ruiying seven-character verse, which were the crowning masterpieces of the masters. Though later people occasionally transmitted them, they have all become corrupted and lost the broad essence. Sengbian died in the eleventh year of the Yongming reign era of the Qi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 36.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.36.139) - [Next: 36.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.36.141) - [Up: 36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.36) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.36.140) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.36.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.36.140) · Pramāṇa