佛祖歷代通載 6.24

6.24

（七）　永平四年。天竺沙門耆域至洛陽。指沙門竺法淵曰。此菩薩從羊中來。指竺法興曰。此菩薩從天中來。又曰。比丘衣服華麗大違戒律。非佛意也。望見帝都宮室曰。大略似忉利天宮。然人天殊分。疲民之力繕刻如此。不亦侈乎。未幾而洛陽亂。域辭歸天竺。數百人遮道。請中食乃行。域許之。明日百餘家域分身同時赴之。家喜其來。及發跡洛南。域徐行而追者不及。即以杖畫地曰。于此訣矣。是日有出長安者。見域在寺中。有賈胡濕登者。其夕會域宿于流沙。蓋一昔萬里沙門神迹。于此為濕云。初域來交廣。並有靈異。既達襄陽。欲寄載過江。舟人見是胡僧。輕而不渡。及舡達岸域已前行。路見兩虎。虎弭耳掉尾。域以手摩其頭。虎下道而去。見者皆敬焉。

(7) In the fourth year of the Yongping era, the Indian monk Jīvaka arrived in Luoyang. Pointing to the monk Zhu Fayuan, he said: 'This bodhisattva has come from among the sheep.' Pointing to Zhu Faxing, he said: 'This bodhisattva has come from the heavens.' He also said: 'The monks' robes are magnificent and ornate, greatly violating the monastic regulations; this is not the intention of the Buddha.' Looking toward the palaces and mansions of the imperial capital, he said: 'They roughly resemble the palace of the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven; however, the realms of humans and gods are distinct. To exhaust the labor of the people to carve and construct like this—is this not excessive extravagance?' Before long, Luoyang fell into chaos. Jīvaka took his leave to return to India. Several hundred people blocked the road, requesting that he take the midday meal before departing, and Jīvaka agreed. The next day, Jīvaka divided his body and appeared simultaneously at over a hundred homes; each family rejoiced at his arrival. When he set out south of Luoyang, Jīvaka walked leisurely, yet those who pursued him could not catch up. He then drew a line on the ground with his staff and said: 'Here we part.' That day, someone leaving Chang'an saw Jīvaka inside a monastery. There was a Sogdian merchant named Shideng who met Jīvaka that evening and lodged together with him in the shifting sands. Truly, for a monk's miraculous feats to cover ten thousand li in a single night is verified here. Earlier, when Jīvaka had arrived in Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, there had been extraordinary miracles in both places. When he arrived in Xiangyang, he wished to take passage across the river. The boatman, seeing that he was a foreign monk, held him in contempt and would not ferry him across. By the time the boat reached the opposite shore, Jīvaka was already walking ahead. On the road, he encountered two tigers; the tigers flattened their ears and wagged their tails, and Jīvaka stroked their heads with his hand, whereupon the tigers left the road and departed. All who saw this revered him.