佛祖統紀 42.11

42.11

大和元年十月。誕節詔祕書監白居易。安國寺引駕大師義林。上清宮道士楊弘元。於麟德殿談論三教（樂天文集具有問答）○沙門善信大師學於馬祖悟佛法大意。後往五臺修無礙供。久之見老父謂曰。師之大緣當在隨洪。師依教至大洪山。適居人以牲物禱雨於山之龍池。師止之曰。勿殺而牲。吾當為汝禱。乃登山宴坐甘雨霈然。有張武陵父子。率眾禮謝。為建道場。至是年忽示眾曰。種種供養不若以身供養。乃以利刃斷左右足置几上。白乳流涌。門人哀號奪去其刃。師不起於座遂入涅槃。張氏父子侍立左右。脫然解化。人服靈相。謂之大聖二聖云。山南節度使崔公。遣官修供。以金泥傳其身。上聞之。賜所居號幽濟院。自是諸郡有禱。靈響如答。

In the first year of Dahe, in the tenth month, on the imperial birthday, a decree summoned Bai Juyi, Director of the Palace Library, Great Master Yilin of Anguo Monastery who Guides the Imperial Carriage, and Yang Hongyuan, Daoist priest of Shangqing Palace, to discuss the three teachings in the Linde Hall. (The Letian Wenji fully contains their dialogues.) ○ Śramaṇa Great Master Shanxin studied under Mazu and awakened to the cardinal meaning of the Buddha's Dharma. Later, he went to Mount Wutai to cultivate the unhindered offering. After a long time, he saw an old man who said to him: "Your great karmic affinity lies in Suihong." Following the instruction, the Master went to Mount Dahong. It happened that local residents were sacrificing living animals to pray for rain at the dragon pool of the mountain. The Master stopped them, saying: "Do not kill animals for sacrifice; I shall pray for you." He then climbed the mountain and sat in peaceful meditation; sweet rain poured down abundantly. A certain Zhang Wuling and his son led the multitude to give thanks and built a bodhimaṇḍa for him. In this year, he suddenly announced to the assembly: "Various kinds of offerings are not as good as offering one's own body." He then used a sharp blade to cut off his left and right feet and placed them on a table; white milk gushed forth. His disciples wailed and snatched the blade away. Without rising from his seat, the Master entered nirvāṇa. The Zhang father and son stood in attendance to his left and right, and suddenly shed their bodies and transformed. People were awed by these spiritual signs, referring to them as the Great Saint and the Second Saint. Military Commissioner Cui of Shannan sent officials to arrange offerings and applied gold paste to his body. Hearing of this, the Emperor bestowed upon his dwelling the name Youji Cloister. From then on, whenever various commanderies prayed there, the spiritual response came like an echo.