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English version: Ji Zhongwu was equally loved and respected by all. People, both high and low, were pleased and obedient, and their respect deepened over time. He passed away at the age of seventy-odd in the twenty-fifth year of the Yuanjia era. His disciples, Pu Jing and Pu Yao, were both renowned for their ascetic practices and recited the *Lotus Sutra*. Biography of Bhikkhuni Guangjing of Zhong Temple in Guangling, Twelve Guangjing, originally surnamed Hu, was named Daobi, and was a native of Dongqian in Wuxing. She left home at a young age and lived with her teacher at Zhong Temple in Guangling. Guangjing diligently practiced from a young age and studied Chan meditation as she grew older. She did not eat delicacies. When she was about to receive the Great Precepts, she stopped eating grains and consumed pine resin. After receiving the full precepts, she spent fifteen years. Although her mind was clear, her physical strength was weak. She prayed sincerely and felt tired each time, often for a month. The *shramana* (monk) Shi Facheng said to her, 'Taking medicine is not something encouraged by the Buddha.' Upon hearing this, Guangjing returned to eating *japonica* rice and became even more courageous and diligent in her studies. There were often over a hundred people who followed her to study *vipassana* (insight meditation). In the fifth month of the eighteenth year of the Yuanjia era, she fell ill and said, 'I have been weary of this suffering body for a long time.' Thereupon, she repented while ill, never ceasing from her mind and mouth. Her mood was calm and clear, and her spirit was peaceful and joyful. On the first day of the nineteenth year, she stopped eating rice and other grains, and her mind was continuously focused on *Tushita Heaven* (Tushita Heaven). She continued in this way until the night of the eighteenth day of the fourth month, when extraordinary fragrances and auspicious signs filled the sky. She passed away that night. Biography of Bhikkhuni Shanmiao of Shujun, Thirteen Shanmiao, originally surnamed Ouyang, was a native of Fan County. She left home at a young age. Her nature was gentle, and she rarely became angry or happy. She did not seek fine clothes or eat delicious food. Her younger sister's husband had died, and the sister, being a widow with no one to rely on, brought her young child and lived in her room. Shanmiao was often heard lamenting to herself that she was not born in the time of the Buddha. Every time she said this, she would weep and sob uncontrollably. They lived together for four or five years, and she was never seen eating. When her sister cooked food, she would call Shanmiao to eat together, but Shanmiao would say, 'I just ate somewhere else.' Or she would say, 'My *Four Great Elements* (四大: the four elements of earth, water, fire, and wind that constitute the material world) are not well, so I cannot eat.' This went on for many years. Her sister felt very resentful and ashamed, and said, 'I am unlucky, my husband died, and I have no other relatives. I rely on my sister with my child, causing much defilement and disturbance. My sister must be disgusted with me, so she does not eat with me.' Saying this, she shed tears and was about to leave. Shanmiao took her hand and comforted her, saying, 'You do not understand my intention. I am fortunate to receive offerings from others outside, why --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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须自损家中食。汝但安住我不久应远行。汝当守屋慎莫余去。妹闻此而止。自绩作布买数斛油。瓦堈盛之着庭中。语妹云。拟作功德慎勿取也。至四月八日夜半以布自缠而烧其身。火已亲顶命其妹令呼维那打磬。我今舍寿。可遍告诸尼。速来共别。比诸尼惊至。命未绝。语诸尼云。各勤精进。生死可畏。当求出离。慎勿流转。我舍此身供养已二十七反。止此一身当得初果(问益士人。或云元嘉十七年烧身。或云孝建时或言大明中故备记之)。 广陵僧果尼传十四 僧果。本姓赵名法祐。汲郡修武人也。宿殖诚信纯笃自然。在乳哺时不过中食。父母嘉异。及其成人心唯专到缘碍参差。年二十七方获出家。师事广陵慧聪尼。果戒行坚明禅观清白。每至入定辄移昏晓。绵神净境形若枯木。浅识之徒或生疑。及元嘉六年。有外国舶主难提。从师子国载比丘尼来。至宋都住景福寺。后少时问果曰。此国先来已曾有外国尼未。答曰。未有。又问。先诸尼受戒那得二僧。答但从大僧受。得本事者乃是发起受戒。人心令生殷重是方便耳。故如大爱道八敬得戒五百释女以爱道为和上。此其高例。果虽答然心有疑。具咨三藏。三藏同其解也。又咨曰。重受得不。答曰。戒定慧品从微至着。更受益佳。到十年舶主难提。复将师子 现代汉语译本：她需要自己准备家中的食物。你只需安心住下，我很快就要远行。你要好好守着房子，千万不要离开。妹妹听了这话便不再阻拦。她自己纺纱织布，买了数斛油，用瓦罐盛着放在庭院中，告诉妹妹说：‘这是准备用来做功德的，千万不要动用。’到了四月八日半夜，她用布裹住身体，点火焚烧自己。火已经烧到头顶，她让妹妹呼唤维那（寺院中负责管理事务的僧人）敲磬。‘我今天要舍弃生命。’她让妹妹遍告各位尼姑，让她们赶快来见最后一面。众尼姑惊慌赶到时，她还有一口气，她告诉众尼姑说：‘大家要勤奋精进，生死轮回非常可怕，应当寻求脱离轮回，千万不要在其中流转。我舍弃这个身体来供养已经有二十七次了。这一次舍弃之后，应当可以证得初果（须陀洹）。’（有人问益士人，有人说是元嘉十七年烧身的，也有人说是孝建年间，或者说是大明年间，所以都记录下来以备考证）。 广陵僧果尼传十四 僧果（尼姑的名字），本姓赵，名法祐，是汲郡修武人。她天生就具有深厚的诚信，纯真而笃实。还在哺乳期的时候，就不过午进食。她的父母对此感到非常惊异。等到她长大成人，心中只有专一的向道之心，很少受到尘世的干扰。二十七岁时才得以出家。她师从广陵慧聪尼（尼姑的名字）。僧果戒律严明，禅观清净。每次入定，时间都很长，神思绵长，心境清净，形体如同枯木一般。见识浅薄的人有时会产生怀疑。到了元嘉六年，有外国船主难提（船主的名字），从师子国（今斯里兰卡）载着比丘尼来到宋都（今南京），住在景福寺。后来不久，难提问僧果说：‘这个国家以前有没有外国尼姑来过？’僧果回答说：‘没有。’难提又问：‘以前的尼姑受戒，为什么要有两个僧人？’僧果回答说：‘只是从大僧（指比丘）那里受戒。能够真正做到的是发起受戒，使人心生殷重，这只是方便而已。所以像大爱道（摩诃波阇波提，佛陀的姨母）以八敬法得戒，五百释女以爱道为和尚尼，这就是很高的例子。’僧果虽然这样回答，但心中还是有疑问，于是详细地请教了三藏（精通佛经的僧人）。三藏的解释和她的一样。僧果又问：‘重新受戒可以吗？’三藏回答说：‘戒定慧三学，从微小到显著，重新受戒会更好。’到了十年，船主难提再次将师子
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English version: She needed to provide her own food. You just stay here peacefully, I will soon be traveling far away. You must guard the house carefully and do not leave. The younger sister stopped her after hearing this. She spun yarn and wove cloth herself, bought several hu (斛, a unit of volume) of oil, stored it in earthenware jars in the courtyard, and told her sister, 'This is intended for making merit, do not use it.' On the midnight of the eighth day of the fourth month, she wrapped her body in cloth and set herself on fire. When the fire had reached her head, she instructed her sister to call the Vina (维那, a monastic administrator) to strike the chime. 'I am giving up my life today.' She told her sister to inform all the nuns to come and say their last farewells. When the nuns arrived in a panic, she was still alive. She told the nuns, 'Everyone should diligently strive forward. Samsara (生死, the cycle of birth and death) is terrifying. You should seek liberation and not transmigrate within it. I have offered this body twenty-seven times. After this offering, I should attain the first fruit (Sotapanna, 须陀洹).' (Someone asked Yi Shi (益士人, a person's name), some say she burned herself in the seventeenth year of Yuanjia (元嘉, an era in Chinese history), some say during the Xiaojian (孝建, an era in Chinese history) period, or during the Daming (大明, an era in Chinese history) period, so all are recorded for verification). Biography of Bhikkhuni (尼, a Buddhist nun) Sengguo (僧果, a nun's name) of Guangling (广陵, a place name) 14 Sengguo (僧果, a nun's name), originally surnamed Zhao (赵, a surname), named Fayou (法祐, a given name), was from Xiuwu (修武, a place name) in Jiqun (汲郡, a place name). She was born with deep sincerity, pure and genuine. Even during infancy, she would not eat after noon. Her parents were amazed by this. When she grew up, her heart was solely focused on the path, rarely disturbed by worldly affairs. She was ordained at the age of twenty-seven, studying under Bhikkhuni Huicong (慧聪, a nun's name) of Guangling (广陵, a place name). Sengguo's precepts were strict and clear, her meditation pure and white. Every time she entered samadhi (定, a state of meditative consciousness), it would last from dusk till dawn. Her mind was vast and pure, her body like a withered tree. Those with shallow understanding would sometimes doubt her. In the sixth year of Yuanjia (元嘉, an era in Chinese history), a foreign shipowner named Nandi (难提, a person's name) brought bhikkhunis (比丘尼, fully ordained Buddhist nuns) from the country of Simhala (师子国, ancient Sri Lanka) to Songdu (宋都, present-day Nanjing), residing at Jingfu Temple (景福寺, a temple name). Not long after, Nandi asked Sengguo, 'Has this country ever had foreign nuns before?' Sengguo replied, 'No.' Nandi then asked, 'Why are two monks required for the ordination of previous nuns?' Sengguo replied, 'They only receive ordination from the great Sangha (僧, monastic community, referring to monks). The one who is truly capable is the one who initiates the ordination, causing people to develop deep respect. This is just a skillful means. Therefore, like Mahapajapati (大爱道, Buddha's aunt) attaining ordination through the Eight Garudhammas (八敬法, eight strict rules for nuns), and five hundred Shakya women with Mahapajapati as their Upadhyayani (和尚尼, female preceptor), this is a high example.' Although Sengguo answered in this way, she still had doubts in her heart, so she consulted the Tripitaka Master (三藏, a master of the three baskets of Buddhist scriptures) in detail. The Tripitaka Master's explanation was the same as hers. Sengguo then asked, 'Is it possible to receive ordination again?' The Tripitaka Master replied, 'The three trainings of Sila (戒, moral conduct), Samadhi (定, concentration), and Prajna (慧, wisdom) progress from subtle to obvious. It is better to receive ordination again.' In the tenth year, the shipowner Nandi once again brought the Simhala --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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国铁萨罗等十一尼。至先达诸尼已通宋语。请僧伽跋摩于南林寺坛界。次第重受三百余人。十八年年三十四矣。时宴坐经日。维那故触。谓言已死。惊告寺官寺官共视。见果身冷肉强。唯气息微转。始欲舁徙。便自开眼语笑寻常。于是愚者骇服。不知所终也。 山阳东乡竹林寺静称尼传十五 静称。本姓刘。名胜。谯郡人也。戒业精苦。诵经四十五万言。寺傍山林无诸嚣杂。游心禅默永绝尘劳。曾有人失牛推寻不已。夜至山中望寺林火光炽盛。及至都无。常有一虎随称去来。称若坐禅蹲踞左右。寺内诸尼若犯罪失不时忏悔。虎即大怒。悔罪便悦。称后暂出山道遇一北地女人。造次问访欣然若旧。女姓仇名文姜。本博平人也。性好佛法闻南国富道关开托避得至此土。因遂出家。既同苦节。二人不资粮米。饵麻术而已。声达虏都。虏谓圣人。远遣迎接二人不乐边境。故秽声迹危行言逊。虏主为设肴馔皆悉进啖。因此轻之不复拘留。称与文姜复还本寺。称年九十三。无疾而卒也。 吴太玄台寺法相尼传十六 法相。本姓侯。炖煌人也。履操清贞才识英拔。笃志好学不以屡空废业。清安贫窭。不以荣达移心。出适傅氏。家道多故。符坚败绩眷属散亡。出家持戒信解弥深。常割衣食好者施慧宿尼。寺僧 现代汉语译本：国铁萨罗（Kuo Tieh Sa Lo）等十一位比丘尼，到达先达（Hsien Ta）时，那些比丘尼已经精通宋语。于是请僧伽跋摩（Sangha Varman）在南林寺的戒坛，依次为三百多人重新授戒。国铁萨罗在那年三十四岁。当时她禅坐，经过很长时间，维那（Vina，寺院中的管理者）故意去触碰她，说她已经死了。寺官们听了很惊讶，一起去看，看见她的身体果然冰冷僵硬，只有气息微微流动。刚想抬走她，她就自己睁开眼睛，像平常一样说话微笑。于是愚昧的人都感到震惊和佩服，不知道她最终的归宿。 山阳东乡竹林寺静称尼传第十五 静称，本姓刘，名胜，是谯郡人。她持戒精严刻苦，诵读了四十五万字的经文。寺庙旁边是山林，没有喧嚣杂乱，她用心禅定，永远断绝尘世的烦恼。曾经有人丢失了牛，不停地寻找，夜晚来到山中，望见寺庙的树林里火光非常旺盛，可是到了那里却什么都没有。常常有一只老虎跟随静称来来去去，静称如果坐禅，老虎就蹲踞在她左右。寺内的比丘尼如果犯了罪过，没有及时忏悔，老虎就会大怒，忏悔了罪过就高兴。静称后来暂时离开山，在路上遇到一个北方来的女人，随意地问候，却感到非常高兴，好像是老朋友一样。那个女人姓仇，名叫文姜，是博平人。她天性喜欢佛法，听说南方有高深的道法，关卡开放，就设法来到这里。于是就出家了。既然志同道合，两个人不依靠粮食，只是服用麻和术而已。名声传到虏都（北方少数民族的都城），虏人认为她们是圣人，远远地派人来迎接她们。两个人不喜欢边境，所以故意做出一些不好的行为，说话也很谦逊。虏主为她们设置了丰盛的饭菜，她们都吃光了。因此虏人轻视她们，不再拘留她们。静称和文姜又回到原来的寺庙。静称九十三岁，没有生病就去世了。 吴太玄台寺法相尼传第十六 法相，本姓侯，是敦煌人。她品行清白贞洁，才识英明出众。她专心致志地学习，不因为屡次遭遇困境而放弃学业。她安于清贫，不因为荣华富贵而改变心志。她嫁给了傅氏，但是家道多难，符坚（前秦皇帝）战败，眷属离散。她出家持戒，信仰和理解更加深刻。她常常节省自己的衣食，把好的施舍给年长的有智慧的比丘尼和寺庙的僧人。