◎ 晋阙公则
Jìn Dynasty’s Quē Gōngzé
阙公则者,赵人也。晋武帝时,居于洛阳,萧然恬放,日常诵《正法华经》。
That Quē Gōngzé, was a Zhào state person. When in Jìn Dynasty’s Emperor Wǔ’s period, he lived in Luòyáng. Carefree, at peace and free, he recited the Right Dharma Flower Sūtra every day.
既卒,其友为设会于白马寺。至夕转经,忽闻空中有声。
When already deceased, his friends for him set up a Dharma assembly in White Horse Monastery. Reaching sunset, when turning the sūtras, suddenly heard within the sky was a voice.
仰见一人,形色光丽。曰:「我,阙公则也,生西方安乐世界,与诸上人,来此听经。」
Looking upwards, they saw a person, with body and countenance brilliant and magnificent. He said, ‘I am Quē Gōngzé, and have been born in the Western Pure Land Of Peace And Bliss. With all superior persons, we have come here to listen to the sūtras.’
堂中人共见之。有汲郡卫士度者,受业于公则,其母常饭僧。
People within the hall together saw him. There was that Jíjùn’s Wèi Shìdù, who received learning from Gōngzé, with his mother who frequently offered food to monastics.
是日将中,忽空中下钵,正落母前。谛视之,乃公则常所用钵也。有饭满中,其香充堂,食者,七日不饥。
On this day, when about to be noon, suddenly within the air dropped a bowl, falling right before his mother. Looking carefully at it, it was thus Gōngzé’s frequently used bowl. There was rice full within, with its fragrance filling the hall, with those eating it, for seven days not hungry.
支道林为之赞曰:「
The monastic Zhī Dàolín for him praising, said,
大哉阙公,歆虚纳灵。
神化西域,迹应东京。
徘徊霄墟,流响耀形。
岂钦一赞,示以匪冥?」(大唐内典录,念佛三昧宝王论)
‘The great Gōngzé, was gladly in space that received his sprit. With his consciousness manifested in the western region [i.e. Pure Land], with his traces responded in the eastern capital city. Hovering in empty space’s place, propagating with sounds and his radiant body. How can he be respected with one praise, for his revelations with that profound?’ (Great Táng Dynasty’s Inner Canonical Record, Mindfulness Of Buddha Samādhi’s Treasure King Treatise)
《净土圣贤录》
Record Of Pure Land’s Noble Sages:
卷八 • 往生居士第七
Scroll Eight: Seventh Section On Reborn Laypersons
彭希涑撰
Compiled By Péng Xīsù
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
相关感应录
Related Testimonies:
东晋阙公则
[3] [85] Eastern Jìn Dynasty’s Quē Gōngzé
https://purelanders.com/2022/01/22/3-eastern-jin-dynastys-que-gongze
往生净土之证据
Various Proofs Of Rebirth In Pure Land
往生净土归来报告之公案
Reports Of Those Reborn In Pure Land Returning To Inform So
https://purelanders.com/2024/10/24/proof-of-rebirth-in-pure-land