高僧傳 12.19

12.19

以宋孝建二年六月三日，集薪為龕，并請僧設齋，告眾辭別。是日，雲霧晦合，密雨交零。瑜迺誓曰：「若我所志克明，天當清朗，如其無感，便當滂注。使此四輩知神應之無昧也。」言已，雲景明霽。至初夜竟，便入薪龕中，合掌平坐，誦《藥王品》，火焰交至，猶合掌不散。道俗知者，奔赴彌山，並稽首作禮，願結因緣。咸見紫氣騰空，久之乃歇。時年四十四。

On the third day of the sixth month in the second year of Xiaojian of the Song dynasty, he gathered firewood to make a pyre, invited monks to hold a vegetarian feast, and took leave of the assembly. On that day, clouds and mist merged in darkness, and dense rain fell steadily. Sengyu then vowed, 'If my aspiration is to be fulfilled, heaven should become clear and bright; if there is no divine resonance, let torrential rain pour down, so that these fourfold assemblies may know that spiritual response is never unperceptive.' As soon as he finished speaking, the clouds parted and the sky cleared. At the end of the first watch of the night, he entered the pyre alcove, sat cross-legged with palms joined, and recited the 'Chapter on Bhaiṣajyarāja'. Even when the flames closed in, he kept his palms joined without slackening. Monastics and laypeople who knew of it rushed over, filling the mountain, and bowed with their heads to the ground in homage, wishing to establish a karmic connection. All saw a purple vapor soar into the sky, which ceased only after a long time. He was forty-four years of age at the time.