大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.38

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佛照杲和尚，初住歸宗，專精行道未甞少懈，深夜修敬罷，坐於僧堂地爐中，忽見二僧入堂，一人厖眉雪頂，一人少年，皆丰姿頎然，杲心喜自謂曰：「我座下有如此僧。」須臾二人出堂，杲襲其後見入佛殿中，杲亦隨入，燈影熒煌，爐中尚有火，杲炷香禮佛，二僧復出，亦襲其後至佛殿前，偶失所在，自念：「忘却香匣在殿內。」回身取時見殿門扃鑰，遂喚直殿行者守舜開門。舜取鑰匙開門，見爐中香煙未散，香匣在寶階上，自不諭其故。妙喜親見佛照說，時守舜在旁，猶指以為證。

When Master Fozhao Gao first resided at Guizong, he practiced the Way with single-minded diligence, never slackening in the least. Deep in the night, after finishing his devotions, he sat by the floor hearth in the Saṅgha hall. Suddenly he saw two monks enter the hall: one had shaggy eyebrows and a snow-white head; the other was a youth. Both had tall and striking figures. Gao was delighted in his heart and said to himself, "There are such monks under my seat!" In a short while the two went out of the hall. Gao followed behind them and saw them enter the Buddha hall. Gao also went in after them. The lamp light shone brilliantly, and there was still fire in the brazier. Gao burned incense and paid homage to the Buddha. The two monks went out again, and he also followed behind them until they reached the front of the Buddha hall, where he unexpectedly lost sight of where they were. He thought to himself, "I forgot my incense box inside the hall." Turning back to fetch it, he saw the doors of the hall were barred and locked. He then called the hall-attendant postulant, Shoushun, to open the door. Shun took the key and opened the door, only to see that the incense smoke in the brazier had not yet dispersed, and the incense box was on the jeweled steps. He did not understand the cause of this. Miaoxi personally heard Fozhao tell this; at that time Shoushun was by his side and still pointed to it as proof.