高僧傳 11.101

11.101

釋僧隱，姓李，秦州隴西人。家世正信。隱年八歲出家，便能長齋。至十二蔬食。及受具戒，執操彌堅。常遊心律苑，妙通《十誦》，誦《法華》、《維摩》。聞西涼州有玄高法師禪慧兼舉，乃負笈從之。於是學盡禪門，深解律要。高公化後，復西遊巴蜀，專任弘通。頃之東下，止江陵琵琶寺，諮業於慧徹。徹名重當時，道扇方外。隱研訪少時，備窮經律，禪慧之風，被於荊楚。州將山陽王劉休祐及長史張岱，並諮稟戒法。後刺史巴陵王休若及建平王景素，皆稅駕禪房，屈膝恭禮。

Shi Sengyin, surnamed Li, was a native of Longxi in Qinzhou. His family had upheld the right faith for generations. Yin went forth from the household at the age of eight and was immediately able to observe permanent fasting. By the age of twelve, he ate only vegetarian food. When he received the full precepts, his maintenance of discipline became even firmer. He constantly occupied his mind in the garden of the Vinaya, attained a wondrous comprehension of the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya, and recited the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra and the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra. Hearing that Master Xuan’gao of West Liangzhou was eminent in both dhyāna and wisdom, he took up his book-box and followed him. Thereupon he fully mastered the methods of dhyāna and deeply understood the essentials of the Vinaya. After the venerable Gao passed away, he traveled west to Ba and Shu, devoting himself to propagation. Soon after, he traveled east and resided at Pipa Temple in Jiangling, inquiring about doctrine under Huiche. Che's renown was heavy at that time, his teaching stirring beyond the ordinary world. Yin inquired and studied for a short time and thoroughly investigated the sūtras and Vinaya; the wind of his dhyāna and wisdom covered the Jing and Chu regions. Liu Xiuyou, Prince of Shanyang and regional governor, and Zhang Dai, his aide-de-camp, both consulted him and received the precept methods. Later, the inspectors Liu Xiuruo, Prince of Baling, and Liu Jingsu, Prince of Jianping, both halted their carriages at his dhyāna chamber, bent their knees, and paid respectful homage.