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    Buddhist abbot

    Published:2014/08/08 General Knowledge Views:832

    据《维摩诘经》记载,道高德超的维摩诘居士所居住的寝室,四方面各长一丈,即面积仅一平方丈,然而其限量无限。于是,禅宗寺院比附其说,用”方丈“二字称呼佛寺住持。

    佛寺住持的居处称为方丈, 亦曰堂头、正堂。这是方丈一词的狭义。广义的方丈除指住持居处外, 还包括其附属设施如寝室、茶堂、衣钵寮等。

    据《维摩诘经》说,身为菩萨的维摩诘居士所住的卧室虽仅仅一丈见方,却能容纳二千师子之座,有不可思议之妙。道世《法苑珠林感通篇》载:“吠舍厘国宫城周五里,宫西北六里有寺塔,是维摩故宅基。尚多灵神,其舍垒砖。传云:积石即是说法现疾处也。”“唐显庆年中,敕差卫尉寺承李义表前融州黄水令王玄策往西域充使。至毗耶黎城东北四里许,维摩居士宅示疾之室,遗址迭石为之,王玄策躬以手板纵横量之,得十笏,故号方丈。”(《释氏要览》卷上)许多史籍都言,方丈之得名源于王玄策此举。然而,《文选》中收有王简栖《头陀寺碑》已出现“方丈”一词。其文说:“宋大明五年,始立方丈茅茨,以庇经像。”高诱注则说:“堵,长一丈,高一丈,面环一堵,为方丈。”“大明”为南朝刘宋孝武帝的年号,大明五年即公元461年。不过,这里所谓的“方丈”是否即是后世所指的含义,原文语焉不详,仅备一说。