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按無性《攝論》所引頌云：「處夢謂經年，寤乃須臾頃，故時雖無量，攝在一剎那。」又《西域傳》云：有隱士結廬屏迹，博習伎術，究極神理，能使瓦礫為寶，人畜易形，但未能馭風雲陪仙駕。閱圖考古，更求仙術，其方曰：夫神仙者，長生之術也。將欲求學，先定其志，築建壇場，命一列土執長刀立壇隅，屏息絕言，自昏達署。求仙者中壇而坐，手按長劍，口誦神呪，收視反聽，達明登仙。是人既得仙方，而訪列士，營求曠歲，未諧心願。後得列士，先與人傭力，難辛五歲，遠失一日，遂被笞辱，又無所得，悲號巡路。隱士見命，數加重賂，潛行隱德，感激其心。列士屢求効命，以報知已。隱士曰：我求列士彌歷歲時，幸而會遇，奇貌應圖，非有他故，願一夕不聲耳。列士曰：死尚不辭，豈徒屏息？於是設壇場，受仙法，依方行事，坐待日曛。曛暮之後，各司其務。隱士誦神呪，列士按銛刀。殆將曉矣，忽發聲叫。是時，空中火下，煙焰雲蒸，隱士疾引此人入池避難已而問曰：試子無聲，何以驚叫？列士曰：受命後，至夜分，惛然若夢，變事更起。見昔事主躬來慰謝，感荷厚恩，忍不報語。彼人震怒，遂見殺害。更受中陰身，自顧歎惜，猶願歷世不言，以報厚德。遂見託生南印度大婆羅門家，乃至受胎、出胎，修經苦厄，荷恩荷德，忍而不言。洎乎受業冠婚、喪親生子，每念前恩，忍而不語。宗親戚屬咸見怪異，年過六十而有一男。我妻謂曰：汝可言矣，若不語者，當殺汝子。我時惟念已隔生世，自顧衰老，唯此稚子，因止其妻，令無殺害，遂發此聲耳。隱士曰：我之過也，此魔嬈耳。列士感恩，悲事不成，憤恚而死。

According to the verse cited in Asabhāva's Mahāyānasaṃgraha: "Being in a dream, one thinks years have passed; on waking, it is but a fleeting moment. Therefore, although the time is immeasurable, it is subsumed within a single kṣaṇa." Furthermore, the Xiyu ji states: There was a hermit who built a hut in seclusion, extensively studying arts and techniques and fathoming the ultimate divine principles. He could turn rubble into jewels and change the forms of humans and animals, yet he was not yet able to ride the wind and clouds to accompany the immortals' chariots. Inspecting manuals and researching antiquity, he further sought the art of the immortals. The recipe stated: The divine immortal is the art of longevity. When desiring to cultivate it, first settle your resolve. Construct an altar platform, command a valiant man to hold a long sword and stand at the corner of the altar, holding his breath and severing speech from dusk until dawn. The seeker of immortality sits in the middle of the altar, his hand resting on a long sword, his mouth chanting divine mantras, withdrawing sight and hearing, and upon daybreak he ascends as an immortal. Having obtained the immortal recipe, this man sought a valiant man, searching for many years without fulfilling his wish. Later he found a valiant man who had previously hired out his labor to others; after five years of hardship, having strayed for a single day, he was whipped and disgraced and received nothing, weeping and wailing along the road. The hermit summoned him, repeatedly bestowed lavish gifts, secretly performed hidden virtuous deeds, and deeply moved his heart. The valiant man repeatedly offered his life to repay his appreciation. The hermit said: "I have sought a valiant man for many long years, and fortunately met you, whose extraordinary appearance matches the manual. For no other reason, I only wish that you make no sound for one night." The valiant man said: "I would not refuse even death; how could I merely hold my breath?" Thereupon they set up the altar platform, received the immortal dharma, acted according to the recipe, and sat waiting for the sun to sink. After sunset, each attended to his task. The hermit chanted the divine mantras, and the valiant man held the sharp sword. When it was almost dawn, he suddenly cried out aloud. At that moment, fire descended from the sky, smoke and flames steamed like clouds, and the hermit swiftly led this man into a pool to escape the disaster. Afterward, he asked: "I tested you to make no sound; why did you cry out in alarm?" The valiant man said: "After receiving your command, when it reached midnight, I became dazed as if in a dream, and strange events arose. I saw my former master come in person to comfort and thank me. Feeling indebted to his great kindness, I endured and did not reply to his words. That man became furious, and I was subsequently killed. Again, I received an intermediate existence (antarābhava) body; looking at myself with sorrow and regret, I still wished to pass through lifetimes without speaking in order to repay your profound virtue. Subsequently, I saw myself taking rebirth in a great brahmin family in South India, and up to being conceived and born, undergoing bitter hardships; bearing your kindness and virtue, I endured and did not speak. When it came to completing my studies, capping, marriage, the death of parents, and the birth of a child, whenever I thought of the former kindness, I endured and did not speak. My kin and relatives all considered it strange. When I was over sixty years old, I had a son. My wife said to me: 'You may speak now; if you do not speak, I shall kill your son.' At that time, I only thought that lifetimes had already intervened, and looking at myself being old and feeble, there was only this young child. Thereupon, to stop his wife and prevent her from killing him, I uttered this sound." The hermit said: "It is my fault; this was the disruption of Māra." The valiant man was grateful for his kindness, grieved that the affair was not accomplished, and died of indignation and resentment.