Master Hui Yuan began to give lectures at the age of twenty-four. When the audience couldn't understand anything, Master Hui Yuan quoted Zhuangzi's righteousness as an analogy and adopted the method of "Geyi" to make the audience understand. Master Hui Yuan wrote about great wealth. It is said that Master Kumarajiva read Master Hui Yuan's "On the Essence of Law" and praised the cloud: "The border people are inexperienced, so they are dark and indifferent, wonderful!" 」
In the process of spreading the Dharma, many people converted to the position of Master Hui Yuan. In the fourth year of Taiyuan in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 379), Daoan, a master, went to Chang 'an under the leadership of Fu Jian, a former Qin Dynasty. His disciples dispersed. Master Hui Yuan led dozens of disciples to Luofu Mountain and passed Xunyang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi). Seeing the purity of Lushan Mountain, I was able to settle down and collect photos to run Taoist temples, so I was stationed in Longquan Jingshe at the west foot. Huan Yi, the secretariat, took the initiative to build the Torin Temple. From then on, Master Hui Yuan took Lindong as the Dojo, cultivated self-cultivation and wrote books. In his later years, he was "not a vulgar figure, but by no means a shadow." "Because of Hui Yuan's great ambition, Torin Temple became the center of Southern Buddhism at that time. Chinese and foreign monks and customs look forward to the wind. " East kotow, heart Lu Yue. "Yao and North Chang 'an Xiaoyao Garden share the world equally.
Master Hui Yuan's majestic appearance makes people feel awe at first sight. According to legend, there was a master Yi Hui who pretended to be strong and just and refused to convince others. He said to Hui Yuan's disciple Bao Hui, "You are all mediocre people, so you believe in Hui Yuan. You see, I quarreled with him. " While listening to Hui Yuan's Hokkekyo, I repeatedly tried to ask difficult questions, but I was too scared to ask a word. Besides, Xie Lingyun is proud of his talent. I was deeply impressed to see Master Hui Yuan. It serves to show that Master Hui Yuan has great personality.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced continuously, but it was not complete. So there are still a steady stream of Brahma monks coming to China to promote China. Master Hui Yuan felt that he lacked Buddhism and Taoism. He sent his disciples Fa Jing and Fa Ling to the west to learn from the scriptures and got many Buddhist scriptures. So he set up Prajnaparamita in Lushan Mountain to translate the classics, becoming the first person in the private translation field in the translation history of China.
Master Hui Yuan joined a Buddhist chanting group in Tuolin Temple in Lushan Mountain and traveled to the west. Lead many people to read Buddha, plant lotus flowers in the pond, set up twelve lotus flowers in the water, rotate with the waves, and control the road day and night. Due to the correct theory and method of spiritual practice, there are 65,438+023 people in the Lotus Society, all of whom were born in pure land, and some of them even saw the Buddha in appearance, such as Liu Yimin.
According to "Biography of the Far Duke", Master Hui Yuan was very diligent and brave when he was cleaning up Lushan Mountain. He once saw Buddha and Bodhisattva win three times in Samadha. But Master Hui Yuan never told anyone. Later, in the East Palace of Prajna Paramita, he saw that Amitabha was full of emptiness. In the round light, there were countless buddhas and avalokitesvara bodhisattvas, as well as wisdom, smoothness and harmony. At that time, Amitabha said to him, "I will try my best to comfort you. You will be born in China in seven days." Liu's adherents and others also came forward to say to Master Hui Yuan, "Why is it too late when the mage's ambition is before mine?" Master Hui Yuan didn't tell his disciples, such as Fajing and Bao Hui, until he knew the date of Sheng Xiang's death. Leave a legacy, then it will be safe and the top grade will pass.
Hui Yuan, a master, knows Buddhism from within and is good at learning books from outside, and is respected by contemporary monks and nuns abroad. Tolin Temple in Lushan Mountain was the Buddhist center of Nandi at that time, sharing the world with Chang 'an where Roche lived. Yixi reigned for the twelfth year, at the age of 83. Later, the Emperor of the Tang and Song Dynasties named posthumous title as "Master", "Master of Renyi", "Master of Wu Yuan", "Master of Pingjue" and "Master of Wu Yuan". Different from Hui Yuan in the elite temple in Sui Dynasty, it was later called "Lushan Hui Yuan".