釋氏稽古略 1.596

1.596

元康六年丙辰。西竺沙門耆域。初來交廣。既達襄陽。此年至洛陽。見比丘衣服華麗乃曰。大違戒律非佛意也。太守滕永文兩腿攣屈。經年不能起行。求域治之。域以淨衣楊枝拂之者三。滕即能行。域知世之將亂。乃辭歸天竺。有僧乞言為誡。域令會眾。眾集。域陞座曰。守口攝身意。慎勿犯眾惡。修行一切善。如是得度世。言訖便默。眾遮道請中食者數百人。域許之。明日域分應其家。各喜其來。及發洛南徐行。而追者莫及。域以杖畫地曰。于此訣矣。是日有出長安者。見域在大寺。有賈胡濕登者。其夕會域宿於流沙（本傳）。

In the bingchen year, the sixth year of Yuankang, the śramaṇa Jīvaka (Qiyu) of Western India first arrived in the Jiaozhi and Guangzhou regions, and after reaching Xiangyang, arrived in Luoyang in this year. Seeing that the bhikṣus wore magnificent robes, he said, "This greatly contravenes the precepts and discipline, and is not the Buddha's intention." The governor Teng Yongwen had both legs crippled and contracted, and had been unable to stand and walk for years; he asked Yu to treat him. Yu took a clean robe and willow branches and brushed him three times, whereupon Teng was immediately able to walk. Yu knew that the world was about to fall into chaos, so he took his leave to return to India. A monk begged for words of admonition; Yu ordered the assembly to gather. When the assembly had gathered, Yu ascended the seat and said:

"Guard the mouth, restrain the body and mind;
Take care not to commit any evils.
Cultivate all good deeds;
In this way one crosses beyond the world."

Having finished speaking, he remained silent. Several hundred people blocked the road to invite him for the midday meal; Yu agreed. The next day, Yu manifested separately at each of their houses, and each rejoiced at his coming. When he departed south of Luoyang, he walked slowly, yet those pursuing him could not catch up. Yu drew on the ground with his staff and said, "Here we part." On that day, someone leaving Chang'an saw Yu at a great monastery. A Sogdian merchant, Shideng, met Yu that night and lodged together with him in the shifting sands (his main biography).