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title: "嘉泰普燈錄 · 三祖僧璨大士"
description: "嘉泰普灯录由南宋高僧正受编撰于嘉泰年间，是继五灯会元后重要的禅宗灯录体史书。全书三十卷，收录历代禅师机缘语录、行实传记及偈颂，涵盖临济、云门等宗派，以普照禅法、嘉惠学人为宗旨。它系统传承了禅宗法脉与思想，是研究宋代禅宗历史与思想的重要文献，在佛教史上具有承前启后的地位，与五灯会元并称为禅宗灯录双璧。"
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### 三祖僧璨大士

> Third Patriarch, Great Master Sengcan

未詳族里。自謁大祖。受度傳法。隱于舒之皖公山。屬周武破滅佛法。往來司空山十有餘載。人無知者。至開皇十二年。有沙彌道信。年始十四。前禮足云。願和尚慈悲。乞與解脫法門。曰。誰縛汝。云。無人縛。曰。何更求解脫。信於言下大悟。巾侍九祀。屢以玄微試之。即授衣法。往羅浮。二秋回舊止。大業二年十月十五日。受士民檀供已。復為四眾廣宣心要。於法會大樹下合掌屹立而終。奉真身塔於山谷寺。後玄宗諡曰鑑智禪師覺寂之塔。

> His family background and birthplace are unknown. He personally went to pay respects to the Great Ancestor (Bodhidharma), received ordination, and was transmitted the Dharma. He then retired to Wan'gong Mountain in Shu (modern Anhui). During the time when Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou eradicated Buddhism, he wandered in the Sikong Mountains for over a decade without anyone knowing of his presence. In the twelfth year of the Kaihuang era (592 CE), a novice monk named Daoxin, only fourteen years old, came to him. Kneeling and touching his feet, he said, “I beg the Master, in your compassion, to grant me the Dharma of liberation.” The master asked, “Who has tied you up?” Daoxin replied, “No one has tied me up.” The master said, “Then why seek liberation?” At these words, Daoxin experienced a deep awakening. He served the master for nine years as his attendant, during which the master repeatedly tested his understanding with profound and subtle teachings. Finally, the master transmitted the robe and Dharma to him. The master then traveled to Mount Luofu, returning to his former dwelling after two years. On the fifteenth day of the tenth month in the second year of the Daye era (606 CE), having received offerings from laypeople and officials, he extensively proclaimed the essential teachings of the mind to the fourfold assembly (monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen). Beneath a large tree at the Dharma assembly, he stood with palms joined, motionless, and passed into final nirvana. His true body was enshrined in a stupa at Valley Temple. Later, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty bestowed upon him the posthumous title "Chan Master of Mirror-like Wisdom" and named his stupa "The Tower of Awakening and Stillness."