高僧傳 10.21

10.21

沛國劉興伯為兗州刺史，遣使要之。負圌而來。興伯使人舉視，十餘人不勝。伯自看，唯見一敗納及一木杯。後還李家，復得三十餘日。清旦忽云：「欲得一袈裟，中時令辦。」李即經營，至中未成。度云暫出，至冥不反。合境聞有異香，疑之為怪。處處覓度，乃見在北巖下，鋪敗袈裟於地，臥之而死。頭前脚後，皆生蓮華。華極鮮香，一夕而萎。邑人共殯葬之。後數日，有人從北來云，見度負蘆圌行向彭城。乃共開棺，唯見鞾履。

Liu Xingbo of the state of Pei, inspector of Yanzhou, sent an envoy to invite him. He came carrying his basket. Xingbo ordered people to lift it and inspect it, but more than ten men could not raise it. Xingbo looked for himself, and saw only a tattered patched cassock and a wooden cup. Later he returned to the Li family for another thirty-odd days. One early morning, he suddenly said, "I want a kāṣāya; have it ready by midday." Master Li immediately made arrangements, but by midday it was not yet finished. Beidu said he was going out for a short while, and did not return by nightfall. The entire region smelled an extraordinary fragrance and suspected something miraculous. Searching for Beidu everywhere, they found him under the northern crags, lying dead upon a tattered kāṣāya spread on the ground. In front of his head and behind his feet, lotuses grew. The flowers were extremely fresh and fragrant, but withered in a single night. The townsfolk buried him together. Several days later, someone coming from the north said he had seen Beidu carrying his reed basket, traveling toward Pengcheng. They opened the coffin together, and saw only boots and sandals.