佛祖歷代通載 7.109

7.109

（二十九）　禪師玄高居夌𧂐山。與沙門曇弘友善。聞曇無毘自北山至涼妙禪觀。高往親之。旬日即悟。無毘歎異以為勝己。及無毘西歸。有妖比丘。嫉高譖於河南王世子曼曰。高今聚徒將為國害。曼信之欲殺高。其父不許。遂擯於河北。居林陽堂山。山蓋地仙所宅。夜有鐘磬聲。高門弟子百餘輩。拔萃者玄紹有神力。甞指地出水以給眾。如紹者又十有一人。河南王迎曇弘至。問王何以擯高。其人希世之瑞也。王厚禮迎之。高欲赴命。山中草木為摧偃亂石塞路。高曰。吾志弘道。自滯岩竇無益也。路乃可行。王郊迎之禮以為師。後游涼土。沮渠蒙遜禮遇尤勤。弟子僧印自謂得阿羅漢果。高假以神力。使於定中見十方無盡世界。及聞諸佛所說之法。各各不同。即於一夏尋其所見不盡。方生愧懼。明年魏使請高入于平城。拓跋燾在位。益加誠敬令太子晃師事之。

(Twenty-nine) Chan Master Xuan'gao resided on Mount Lingyi, and was on good terms with the śramaṇa Tanhong. Hearing that Dharmapriya had arrived in Liang from the Northern Mountains and was wondrous in Chan contemplation, Xuan'gao went to be near him, and within ten days attained awakening. Dharmapriya sighed in wonder, deeming him superior to himself. When Dharmapriya returned west, an evil bhikṣu was jealous of Xuan'gao and slandered him to Man, the crown prince of the King of Henan, saying: “Xuan'gao is now gathering followers and will become a danger to the state.” Man believed him and wished to execute Xuan'gao, but his father would not permit it, and he was consequently banished to the north of the river. He dwelt on Mount Linyangtang, which was the abode of terrestrial immortals; at night, the sounds of bells and chimes were heard. Xuan'gao had over a hundred disciples; the most preeminent among them, Xuanshao, possessed divine powers, and once pointed at the earth to make water spring forth to supply the assembly. There were eleven others equal to Shao. The King of Henan welcomed Tanhong, who arrived and asked the king: “Why have you banished Xuan'gao? That man is an auspicious omen rare in the world.” The king sent an escort with lavish gifts to welcome him. As Xuan'gao was about to answer the summons, the trees and grasses on the mountain collapsed, and loose boulders blocked the road. Xuan'gao said: “My aspiration is to propagate the Dharma; lingering in mountain caverns is of no benefit.” Only then did the road become passable. The king welcomed him in the suburbs and honoured him as his preceptor. Later, he traveled to the land of Liang, where Juqu Mengxun treated him with exceptional courtesy. His disciple Sengyin claimed to have attained the fruit of an arhat. Xuan'gao lent him his divine power, causing him in samādhi to see the inexhaustible worlds of the ten directions and to hear the teachings expounded by the various Buddhas, each distinct. Throughout a single summer, he could not exhaust what he saw, and only then felt shame and awe. The following year, an envoy from Wei requested Xuan'gao to come to Pingcheng. Tuoba Tao was on the throne; he showed him even greater sincerity and reverence, and commanded Crown Prince Huang to serve him as a master.