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English version: The woman continued to wail incessantly. So they let her lie on the grass bed. In the middle of the night, she cried out with abdominal pain, informing the master. The master declined on the grounds of upholding the precepts, saying he should not touch her with his hands. The woman cried out even more intensely. The master then wrapped his tin staff in cloth and remotely massaged her with it. The next day, the woman transformed into auspicious clouds with colorful garments, the pig transformed into a white elephant, and the garlic transformed into twin lotuses, ascending into the sky. She said to the master, 'I am Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, specially come to test you.' The prefect of the county, Meng Yi, reported this to the court and came to build Fa Deng Temple (now Tianyi Temple). Initially, the Shramana Fa Zhi of Yu Hang Mountain often recited the Lotus Sutra. A pheasant nested beside the hermitage, flying and gathering near the seat, as if listening to the sutra. This went on for seven years. One day, it suddenly became haggard. Fa Zhi said, 'You are able to listen to the sutra, you will surely be reborn in the human realm.' The next morning, the pheasant died, so he buried it. That night, he dreamed of a child bowing and saying, 'Because of listening to the sutra, I was able to escape the bird realm and am now reborn in the Wang family in front of the mountain.' Later, the Wang family held a vegetarian feast, and as Fa Zhi approached the door, the child said, 'My monk has come.' Fa Zhi stroked him and said, 'You are my pheasant child.' He undressed and saw three pheasant feathers under his armpit. At the age of seven, he was allowed to enter the mountain and become a monk. At sixteen, he was tonsured, and because of the feathers under his armpit, he was named Yi. Tan Yong Yang Shi, a person from Guanzhong. He was eight feet tall, and his heroic martial prowess surpassed others. He came south to Mount Lu to rely on Master Huiyuan. He was well-versed in both internal and external scriptures. He built a thatched hut on the west side of the mountain to live in. He only had a disciple, Tan Guo, who concentrated on Chan meditation. One night, he dreamed that the mountain god requested to receive the precepts. Tan Guo said, 'My master is here, you can go and ask him.' Suddenly, Tan Yong saw a person wearing a lined garment, with an elegant demeanor, accompanied by thirty followers, requesting to receive the precepts. The master, because Tan Guo had dreamed first, knew it was the mountain god, so he preached the Dharma for him and completed the giving of the five precepts. The god offered two foreign hoes as a gift. He bowed and thanked him before leaving. Later, the master went to Jingzhou to propagate the Dharma and passed away at Bamboo Forest Temple. Seng Ji Entered Mount Lu to inquire about the Dharma. He thoroughly understood the profound essentials. Huiyuan sighed and said, 'The flourishing of the great Dharma, it probably rests on you.' When he was ill, Huiyuan gave him a candle, saying, 'You can rely on this candle to establish faith and nurture your mind.' Seng Ji held the candle, stopped his thoughts, and asked a monk to recite the Pure Land Sutra, until... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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五更。以烛授弟子元弼。随僧行道。顷之觉自秉一烛浮空而行。见阿弥陀佛接至于掌。遍事诸佛。须臾而觉。喜曰吾以一夕观念。便蒙接引。明日复于空中。见佛菩萨。谓弼曰。佛来也。即举首西顾。一息而终。时方炎歊。体三日不变。异香郁然。 慧恭 豫章丰城人。与僧光慧堪慧兰同志为学。光等学力不逮恭。而于净土系想则过之。兰谓恭曰。君虽力学博闻。岂不知经云。如聋奏音乐。悦彼不自闻。恭曰。学不可已。孰能未死昧昧如痴哉。后七年。兰等先逝。去时并有奇应又五年恭病且笃曰。大道沿洄。何时可止。死生去来吾何归哉。于是叩头雨泣。誓心安养。念不少间。忽见无量寿佛。以金台前迎。恭乘其上。见兰等于台上光明中而告之曰。长老受生。已居上品。五等不胜慰喜。但恨五浊淹延相依之晚耳。恭于是日告众。欣然奋迅而灭。义熙十一年也(庐山集有恭道人临终感应事)。 法安 初依远公为弟子。妙善讲说。兼习禅业。律身持戒。为行尤精。义熙中。新阳邑社有暴虎居神庙树下。前后害民以百数。安游其村。居民皆早闭门。乃之树下禅坐。须臾虎负人至。见安惊喜跳伏。安乃为说法授戒。有顷而去。明旦居民见安。谓是神人。相率礼敬。因改神庙。立寺宇。请安居之。左 五更时分，他将蜡烛交给弟子元弼（名字），跟随僧人一起修行。不久，他感觉自己拿着一支蜡烛漂浮在空中行走，看见阿弥陀佛（西方极乐世界的教主）用手掌接引他，让他遍事诸佛。一会儿后醒来，高兴地说：‘我只用一个晚上观想，便蒙佛接引。’第二天又在空中看见佛菩萨，告诉元弼说：‘佛来了。’他立即抬头向西看，一瞬间就去世了。当时正值炎热的夏天，但他的身体三天都没有变化，而且散发着奇异的香味。 慧恭（名字） 是豫章丰城人。他和僧人光慧（名字）、堪慧兰（名字）一起学习。光慧等人的学习能力不如慧恭，但在对净土的系念方面却超过了他。慧兰对慧恭说：‘您虽然努力学习，博闻强记，难道不知道经书上说，如同聋子演奏音乐，悦耳的音乐自己却听不到吗？’慧恭说：‘学习是不可以停止的，谁能未死就糊里糊涂像个傻子呢？’七年后，慧兰等人先去世了，去世时都有奇异的瑞相。又过了五年，慧恭生病且病情严重，他说：‘大道迂回曲折，何时才能停止？生死去来，我将归向何处呢？’于是叩头痛哭，发誓一心求生安养（西方极乐世界），念佛从不间断。忽然看见无量寿佛（阿弥陀佛的别称）用金台前来迎接他，慧恭乘坐在金台上，看见慧兰等人在台上的光明中告诉他说：‘长老往生，已经居住在上品。我们非常高兴，只是遗憾在五浊恶世（指娑婆世界）淹留太久，相依相伴太晚了。’慧恭于当天告诉众人，欣然奋迅而去世，那是义熙十一年（公元415年）。（《庐山集》中有慧恭道人临终感应的事迹）。 法安（名字） 最初依附慧远（东晋僧人）为弟子，擅长讲说，兼习禅定，严于律己，持守戒律，修行尤其精进。义熙年间，新阳邑社有猛虎居住在神庙的树下，前后伤害百姓达百人之多。法安游历到那个村子，居民都早早地关上门。法安便到树下禅坐。一会儿，老虎背着一个人来到，看见法安，惊喜地跳跃匍匐。法安便为老虎说法授戒，老虎一会儿就离开了。第二天，居民看见法安，认为他是神人，争相礼敬。于是改建神庙，建立寺宇，请法安居住在那里。
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At the fifth watch of the night, he gave a candle to his disciple Yuan Bi (name), and followed the monks in their practice. Soon, he felt himself holding a candle, floating in the air, and saw Amitabha Buddha (the principal Buddha of Pure Land Buddhism) receiving him with his palm, allowing him to serve all the Buddhas. After a while, he awoke and joyfully said, 'I have been received by the Buddha after only one night of contemplation.' The next day, he saw Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the air again, who told Yuan Bi, 'The Buddha is coming.' He immediately looked westward and passed away in an instant. It was the height of summer, but his body remained unchanged for three days, and emitted a strange fragrance. Hui Gong (name) Was a native of Fengcheng in Yuzhang. He studied with the monks Guang Hui (name) and Kan Hui Lan (name). Guang Hui and others were not as capable in their studies as Hui Gong, but they surpassed him in their devotion to the Pure Land. Hui Lan said to Hui Gong, 'Although you study diligently and are well-informed, do you not know the sutra that says, it is like a deaf person playing music, pleasing to others but not heard by oneself?' Hui Gong said, 'Learning cannot be stopped. Who can be so foolish as to be ignorant before death?' Seven years later, Hui Lan and others passed away first, and they all had auspicious signs at the time of their death. Five years later, Hui Gong became ill and seriously ill, saying, 'The Great Path is winding and circuitous, when will it stop? Where will I go in the cycle of birth and death?' So he kowtowed and wept, vowing to be reborn in the Land of Bliss (Western Pure Land), and his mindfulness of the Buddha never ceased. Suddenly, he saw Amitayus Buddha (another name for Amitabha Buddha) coming to greet him with a golden platform. Hui Gong rode on it and saw Hui Lan and others in the light on the platform, who told him, 'Elder, your rebirth is already in the upper ranks. We are very happy, but we regret that we have lingered in the five turbidities (referring to the Saha world) for too long, and our companionship has been too late.' On that day, Hui Gong told the assembly, and passed away with joy and vigor. It was the eleventh year of Yixi (415 AD). (The Lushan Collection contains the story of the auspicious response at the death of the Taoist Hui Gong). Fa An (name) Initially followed Hui Yuan (a monk of the Eastern Jin Dynasty) as a disciple, excelling in preaching and practicing meditation, being strict with himself, upholding the precepts, and being particularly diligent in his practice. During the Yixi era, in the Xinyang Yi community, there was a fierce tiger living under a tree in a shrine, harming hundreds of people. Fa An traveled to that village, and the residents all closed their doors early. Fa An then went to the tree and sat in meditation. After a while, the tiger carried a person to him, and upon seeing Fa An, it jumped and prostrated in joy. Fa An then preached and gave precepts to the tiger, and the tiger left after a while. The next day, the residents saw Fa An and considered him a divine being, and they all paid their respects. So they rebuilt the shrine, established a temple, and invited Fa An to live there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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右田园。并舍为寺业。常欲画像须铜青。虑不可致。忽梦一人跪床前云。此下有铜钟。窹即掘之。果得二钟。取青成像。而以铜助远公铸佛。后不知所终。 𨷂公则 入庐山白莲社。既逝。有同社人至洛阳白马寺。夜中为公则修忌祭。忽一时林木殿宇。皆作金色。空中有声曰。我是阙公则。祈生极乐国。今已得生矣言讫无所见。 陆修静 吴兴人。蚤为道士。置馆庐山。时远法师居东林。其处流泉匝寺。下入于溪。每送客过此。辄有虎号鸣。因名虎溪。后送客。未尝过独陶渊明与修静至。语道契合。不觉过溪。因相与大笑世传为三笑图。宋泰始三年。羽化于京师。赐谥简寂。以故居为观(云笈七签本传云元徽五年化)。 不入社诸贤传 陶潜 字渊明(一字元亮)。晋大司马侃之曾孙。少怀高尚。着五柳先生传以自况。时人以为实录。初为建威参军。谓亲朋曰。聊欲弦歌为三径之资。执事者闻之。以为彭泽令。郡遣督邮至县。吏白应束带见之。潜叹曰。吾不能为五斗米折腰。拳拳事乡里小人耶。解印去县乃赋归去来。及宋受禅。自以晋世宰辅之后。耻复屈身异代。居寻阳柴桑。与周续之刘遗民并不应辟命。世号寻阳三隐。尝言夏月虗间。高卧北窗之下。清风飒至。自谓羲 现代汉语译本 右田园。并将田舍捐献作为寺庙的产业。他一直想绘制佛像，需要铜青（一种颜料），但担心无法得到。忽然梦见一个人跪在他的床前说：‘这下面有铜钟。’醒来后立即挖掘，果然得到了两口钟。他取铜青绘制佛像，并将铜捐助给远公（慧远大师）铸造佛像。后来就不知道他的结局了。 阙公则（人名） 加入庐山白莲社。去世后，有同社的人到洛阳白马寺，夜里为阙公则做忌日祭祀。忽然一时之间，林木殿宇都变成金色。空中传来声音说：‘我是阙公则。祈求往生极乐世界，现在已经得生了。’说完就消失不见了。 陆修静（人名） 吴兴人。早年做道士。在庐山设置馆舍。当时远法师（慧远大师）住在东林寺，那里有流动的泉水环绕寺庙，向下流入溪流。每次送客人到这里，总有老虎吼叫。因此命名为虎溪。后来送客，不曾超过虎溪，只有陶渊明和陆修静一起，谈论道理非常投合，不知不觉地过了溪。于是互相大笑，世人传为‘三笑图’。宋泰始三年，在京师去世。朝廷赐予谥号‘简寂’。将他原来的住所改为道观（《云笈七签》本传记载为元徽五年去世）。 不入社诸贤传 陶潜（人名） 字渊明（字元亮）。是晋朝大司马陶侃的曾孙。从小就怀有高尚的志向。写了《五柳先生传》来比喻自己。当时的人认为这是他的真实写照。起初担任建威参军。他对亲朋好友说：‘姑且想弹琴唱歌，用来作为维持生计的费用。’主管的人听说了，就让他担任彭泽令。郡里派遣督邮到县里。官吏禀告说应该束带迎接他。陶潜叹息说：‘我不能为了五斗米而弯腰，恭敬地对待乡里的小人啊。’于是辞去县令的职务，写了《归去来兮辞》。等到宋朝取代晋朝，他因为自己是晋朝宰辅的后代，耻于再次屈身于异朝。居住在寻阳柴桑，与周续之、刘遗民都不接受朝廷的征召。世人称他们为‘寻阳三隐’。他曾经说，夏天在空旷的房间里，高卧在北窗之下，清风吹来，自认为像羲