高僧傳 11.50

11.50

釋法成，涼州人。十六出家，學通經律。不餌五穀，唯食松脂，隱居巖穴，習禪為務。元嘉中，東海王懷素出守巴西，聞風遣迎，會於涪城。夏坐講律，事竟辭反。因停廣漢，復弘禪法。後小疾便告眾云。成常誦《寶積經》，於是自力誦之，始得半卷，氣劣不堪，乃令人讀之，一遍纔竟，合掌而卒。侍疾十餘人，咸見空中紺馬背負金棺，升空而逝。

Shi Facheng was a native of Liangzhou. He underwent pravrajyā at sixteen, and his studies encompassed both the sūtras and the vinaya. He did not partake of the five grains, subsisting only on pine resin, and lived in seclusion in rocky caves, taking the cultivation of dhyāna as his duty. During the Yuanjia reign era, Prince Huaisu of Donghai went out to govern Baxi; hearing of Facheng's reputation, he sent for him, and they met at Fucheng. In the summer retreat he lectured on the vinaya, and after concluding the matter, took leave and returned. He subsequently paused in Guanghan, where he again promoted the methods of dhyāna. Later, upon contracting a minor illness, he addressed the assembly, saying: 'I, Facheng, have constantly recited the Ratnakūṭa-sūtra.' Thereupon he made the effort to recite it himself; but having completed only half a scroll, his energy failed and he could not bear it. He then ordered someone to read it; as soon as it was finished once through, he joined his palms and passed away. More than ten attendants caring for him during his illness all saw in the sky a dark-blue horse bearing a golden coffin on its back, ascending into the void and disappearing.