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title: "永明道蹟 · 閻君禮像"
description: "永明道蹟由明代僧人釋大壑輯錄，是一部記載五代宋初高僧永明延壽禪師生平事蹟與思想的重要傳記。該書成書於明代，系統整理了延壽禪師的求法歷程、修行實踐及其著作《宗鏡錄》等核心思想，反映了宋明時期禪教合一、淨土念彌陀的佛教發展趨勢。作為研究永明延壽的關鍵文獻，此書在佛教史中具有重要地位，對後世禪淨雙修的法門影響深遠，是了解中國佛教融合思想的重要典籍。"
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師涅槃後。有僧來自撫州。經年禮拜禪師之塔。人問其故。僧云。我病入陰府。見殿上供𦘕僧一㡠。閻羅王每日自來頂禮。遂問主吏。此是何人。吏曰。此杭州永明寺壽禪師也。凡人死者。皆經我曹判生。唯此師徑生西方上上品矣。王重其德。故圖像而敬事焉。

> After the Master's passing, a monk came from Fuzhou and spent a year paying respects at the Master's stupa. Someone asked him why. The monk said: "I fell ill and went to the underworld. There I saw a portrait of a monk enshrined in the hall, and King Yama himself bowed before it daily. I asked the clerk, 'Who is this person?' The clerk replied, 'This is Master Shou of Yongming Temple in Hangzhou. When ordinary people die, they all pass through our judgment to determine their next life. But this Master went directly to the highest level of the Western Pure Land. The King honors his virtue, so he has this portrait made to venerate him.'"

唐虞盛曰。僧傳閻老瞻像。是夢話。亦是鬼話。何必究其有無。第世人多不信佛。而未始不畏閻老。儻聞是語已。亦以閻老之禮禮之。而因知有佛。則地獄一言。未必非接引西方之寶筏矣。雖然彼斥鷃群羊之馴服。豈亦有畏心哉。人實媿焉。

> Tang Yu Sheng said: "The story of the monk dreaming of seeing the King of Hell’s statue is nothing but dream talk and ghost talk—why bother investigating whether it’s true or not? However, most people in this world don’t believe in the Buddha, yet they all fear the King of Hell. If they hear this story and treat the King of Hell with the respect due to him, thus coming to know the Buddha, then the words 'hell' may just be the precious raft that ferries them toward the Western Pure Land. Still, even the timid quails and tamed sheep submit—what fear drives them? Truly, we humans ought to be ashamed."