釋鑑稽古略續集 3.134

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圓鏡法師　汾州人。早歲出家。游心賢首講肆。得悟諸經密旨。常游平陽府妙樓山石室寺。為眾說法。一日至北門瓦窯坡上。鑿搆一菴。如龕燕默其中。忽囑其徒曰。吾將歸矣。請其期。曰來日耳。晨興沐浴。即更三衣焚香。趺坐說偈而逝。

Dharma Master Yuanjing was a native of Fenzhou. Leaving home at an early age, he set his mind on the lecture arenas of the Xianshou [tradition] and attained awakening to the secret purports of various sūtras. He often traveled to Shishi Monastery on Mount Miaolou in Pingyang Prefecture, preaching the Dharma for the assembly. One day, reaching the Kiln Slope by the North Gate, he carved out a hermitage, where he sat silently in ease like a niche. Suddenly he instructed his disciples, saying: "I am about to return." When they asked for the date, he said, "Tomorrow." Rising at dawn, he bathed, changed into the three robes, burned incense, sat cross-legged, uttered a verse, and passed away.