Guāngfó 光佛, zì Háichū 還初. LínjìYángqí dharma-heir of Shèngkě Déyù 德玉 聖可德玉 (1628–1701) at Huáyánsì 華嚴寺 in Chóngqìng (Sìchuān). Born 崇禎四 = 1631-02-01/1632-02-19; alive in 康熙乙丑 = 1685 at age 55; death-date not preserved. Native of Fùshùnxiàn 富順縣 (Sìchuān); lay surname Gāo 高.
Tonsured at 25 (1655) under Shèngkě Déyù. Pilgrimage to Língfēng 靈峰, Yúnfēng Tǐzōng 雲峰體宗, and Zhāojué Zhàngxuě 昭覺丈雪 (通醉); returned to Déyù for transmission. Sole abbacy at Chóngqìng Huáyán Chányuàn 重慶華巖禪院 (succeeding his master).
Heirs. Yúnshí Jìxiá 雲石寂遐; Xīlín Tōngliàng 西臨通量 通量 (compiler of KR6q0518).
Works.
- KR6q0488 《華嚴聖可禪師語錄》 5 juan — compiled his master Déyù’s yǔlù.
- KR6q0518 《華巖還初佛禪師語錄》 2 juan, Jiāxīng Canon J37 B393 — his own yǔlù, compiled by fǎsì Xīlín Tōngliàng 通量 děng biān.
Sources: KR6q0518 juan 1–2; DILA A016581.