Master Hui Yuan is an influential monk in history and a proud disciple of Master Daoan. Master Hui Yuan (334-416) was vulgar and the Yanmen Building was annoying (now Yueru Village, Dafang Township, Yuanping City, Shanxi Province). Smart and studious since childhood, he made outstanding achievements as a child and was liked by his uncle. At the age of thirteen, he took him to Luoyang and other places to study, widely contacted with famous Confucianism, and taught modestly. Since then, he has made great progress in knowledge. He is less than twenty years old and has become a young student. He has a good knowledge of the Six Classics, and he prefers Zhuang Lao's theory. He is personable, cheerful, humble and polite, and deeply admired by the students.
At the age of 2 1, Master Daoan promoted Buddhism in Hengshan Mountain of Taihang Mountain and gained a great reputation. Out of curiosity, Hui Yuan and his mother went to Hengshan. Hui Yuan listened to Master Daoan, and the more he listened, the more he realized. He was moved to himself: "This is really my good teacher. He taught me too much! " After listening to it for many days, I heard the views of the Prajna Sutra on the life of the universe, such as opening the clouds to see the sun, and suddenly I was enlightened. He sighed excitedly: "if the knowledge of Confucianism and Taoism is shallower than that of Buddhism, it can enlighten people's wisdom and make them fascinated!" I immediately persuaded my brother Hui Zhi to give up the idea of official career and decided to become a monk and learn from Master Dao An.
From then on, the two brothers changed their faces, put on their clothes, got a haircut and got a ring. Taoist advocates paying equal attention to agriculture and Zen, and urges monks to stand on their own feet. Huiyuan brothers also farm barefoot, not afraid of the hardships under the scorching sun. They cultivate self-cultivation and get rid of the habit of learning after one year. Hui Yuan, in particular, often recites Buddhist scriptures until late at night, but empty pockets and monk Tan Yi often help with lamps and candles; His younger brother, Hui Zhi, often accompanied him to study in the evening. It was cold in winter and hot tea was served.
All this makes Master Daoan see in his eyes and feel the infinite joy in his heart. Daoan once praised in front of the public more than once: "Those who make Taoism flow eastward are far away!" In other words: "I am very satisfied to receive such a good apprentice. In the future, Buddhism will spread to China, and it seems that it depends on Hui Yuan! "
At the age of twenty-four, Hui Yuan began to give lectures. At first, there were not many listeners. Because of his popular and vivid speech, he was able to quote classics, and soon the audience grew more and more, almost filling the lecture hall with four people. Where people don't understand, he quoted Zhuang Lao's theory as a supplementary explanation to make the listener understand.
In the ninth year of Jian Yuan, the former Qin Dynasty, Master Dao An led his disciples on a southern tour. Unfortunately, Fu Pi, the general of the State of Qin, sent troops to Xiangyang and insisted on keeping the stone. This person could not leave. Teacher Daoan told Hui Yuan to take his disciples away as soon as possible. Hui Yuan was reluctant to leave the teacher, so she had to take dozens of classmates with tears.
They first went to Jingzhou, stayed for a few days, and then went to Luofu Mountain. On the way, they met the majestic Lushan Mountain, which was enough to make their hearts rest in peace, so they settled down in Longquan Temple in Lushan Mountain. Huan Yi secretariat longed for the name of Hui Yuan, so he raised funds to build another Torin Temple in Dongshan, with spacious halls and numerous other houses. Hui Yuan praised: "It is a good place for real people to rely on mountains and rivers, the peak of incense burners, the sound of waterfalls, the language of pines at night, the house full of white clouds during the day, and the cooperation of fish, bells and drums!" So in Tolin Temple, I chose three western icons, chiseled a pond to plant lotus flowers, and gathered 123 sages to form the Lotus Society (later generations also called the White Lotus Society), chanting Buddha day and night and dedicating myself to the pure land of the East.
From the introduction, the lotus wind is a big fan. 1600 years ago, the pure land Sect has a long history and is endless. Hui Yuan became the ancestor of Pure Land Sect. In order to make the majority of believers believe in Buddhism better, Master Hui Yuan also created Amitabha four letter word based on Amitabha Sutra, Infinite Life Sutra, View Infinite Life Sutra and Past Life Theory, which means the pure land theory of the western paradise dominated by Amitabha and a simple and easy practice method.
At that time, Buddhism had just been introduced into Jiangdong, and there were few scriptures. Hui Yuan selected a dozen disciples and went to the north to learn from the scriptures. For more than a year, * * * has numerous Sanskrit and Chinese versions. Hui Yuan, a shaman who just came to Guo Bin from the Western Regions, co-translated the classics such as Abida Heart and Three Laws. Hui Yuan was very happy to hear that Master Kumarajiva had arrived in Chang 'an. Eager for Roche's fame, he immediately wrote a book and sent it to Tong. When Roche heard Hui Yuan's name, he responded with pleasure to express his admiration and presented a new translation of Great Wisdom written by Master Long Shu.
In 392 AD, Hui Yuan felt that Buddhism and Taoism were still inadequate, so he sent his disciples Fa Ling and Fa Jing to the Western Regions (ancient India) to seek Buddha. After 14 years, they passed through many countries and finally arrived in ancient India, asking for more than 200 volumes of Buddhist scriptures. Among them, more than 65,438,000 volumes were stored in Chang 'an at that time and translated by Kumarajiva, a Buddhist monk in Tianzhu. In addition, more than 65,438+000 books were brought back to Tolin Temple, which was translated into scriptures by Bodhisattva, an Indian monk who came to Tolin Temple in Lushan Mountain, including the Ten Chants, Convenient Zen Sutra and other famous classics. Hui Yuan prefaces this. This move was at least 200 years earlier than the Tang Priest's scriptures. Yao, the master of Qin Dynasty, praised Hui Yuan's name, sent books to show his respect, and presented the golden rust Buddha statue of Qiuci.
Amitabha's belief in Pure Land can be widely popularized in the future, and Pure Land Sect can flourish day by day, which is really the credit of Master Hui Yuan. During the period of Yixi in Jin 'an, this master was awarded the titles of "True Face of Lushan Mountain", "Red Master" and "Anbaili Society Master".
Later, in the first year of Dazhong (AD 847), posthumous title was a "master of argument", who rose to Yuan level in the Southern Tang Dynasty for three years (AD 939), in the first year of Taiping Xingguo (AD 976) and in the main road for two years (AD 1 18). In the 12th year of Iraq (AD 4 16), Hui Yuan Master Garden died in Torin Temple at the age of 83. Ruankan, the satrap of Xunyang, and his disciples buried him in Xiling Mountain of Lushan Mountain. Celebrity Xie Lingyun wrote an inscription praising the master's virtue and his glorious life.