Tang Shanzhou
Shanzhou. The common surname is Huai, , Yingzhou people (now Hejian County, Hebei). He became a monk at a young age, intelligent, intelligent and comprehensible, and often participated in lectures. He was especially good at " Nirvana Sutra ", and has repeatedly destroyed the leader of the lecture. In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, he went north to rely on the Yuan Dynasty and lived in the capital city of Jingying Temple. After Master Yuan died, he was ordered by the emperor to serve as a mentor to study the Nirvana Sutra at Jingying Temple. Under the Daye period of Emperor Yang of Sui (605-618 AD), the imperial court widely selected great monks across the country, and Shanzhou was immediately selected. Although Shanzhou repeatedly held lectures on preaching and spreading the Dharma, he often secretly practiced the Pure Land Method in private, and no one else knew about it. One day I suddenly got the disease of stroke , and the corners of my lips were tilted. Later, the disease suddenly eased and disappeared, and returned to normal conditions. Shanzhou said, "Since my illness has been cured, my life must be over."
月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月月At this time, Shanzhou suddenly stood up and sat upright and closed his hands respectfully, and told the attendant, "Hurry up and place a high seat. Amitabha has arrived. I, Shanzhou, only today knows how to repent and feel ashamed of the evil karma of the past." After that, he sat upright and closed his hands. After a long time, he lay down and said, "Did you see it when Amitabha came just now? I am going to be reborn now!" After that, he died and died. (Continued the Biography of the Empress Monk)
Daojie
Daojie. His family surname is Yang, a native of Anyi, Hedong (now Jiezhou, Shanxi). He had the ambition to leave the world at a young age. Emperor Wen of Sui The eleventh year of Kaihuang (591 AD), when he was about to be twenty years old, he defected to Master Ying to take the full ring. Then he went to the place where He Ji, a scholar from Qingzhou, Shandong, to listen to the lecture on ", real and realistic ". After Master He Ji was destroyed, he traveled around Qitu (Shandong area), collected and explored and studied theories everywhere, and held lectures on spreading the Dharma many times.
After a period of time, I suddenly thought: "I am just engaging in writing, but I am confused and unaware of my own nature and mind skills. As for the need to open up wisdom, if I do not have the ability to meditate, it is difficult to inspire." Therefore, I decided to stop talking and go to Magu, Shanxi to study meditation based on Zen Master Zhenhui, and deeply consider the profound meaning of the origin of all dharmas. I was praised by Zen Master Zhenhui as a person with sharp aptitude.
Master Daojie is indifferent, taciturn, stays away from money, and has a simple diet. No matter how you encounter pain or happiness, you can ignore it and be unrestrained and worried. In his later years, he was the master of the monks of Qiyan Temple. Tang Emperor Taizong The first year of Zhenguan (627 AD) On July 28, he died on the mountain in Magu at the age of fifty-five.
Fan Chuo
Fan Chuo In the Sangquan area of Shanxi before Master Daojie, there was a man named Fan Chuo, a monk who was forced to return to secular life when Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou destroyed Buddhism. Although he was already a lay Buddhist in white, he often visited the temples and temples, and Master Daojie also valued him very much. Before Daojie passed away, Fan Chuo had already passed away. Fan Chuo had two daughters. One day, both of them dreamed that their father came in the air at the same time and said to them, "I have been reborn in the Western Paradise. Now I know that Master Daojie is about to die, so I specially welcomed Master to the Pure Land with the Buddha." After that, he headed towards Qiyan Temple. On the same day, Daojie happened to be sick and stopped preaching. When he was dying, Daojie saw Fan Chuo standing in the air. Everyone in the temple smelled the wonderful fragrance and heard the sound of Tianlemingkong. (Continued the Biography of the Empress Monk)