高僧傳 13.65

13.65

釋曇頴，會稽人。少出家，謹於戒行，誦經十餘萬言，止長干寺。性恭儉，唯以善誘為先。故屬意宣唱，天然獨絕。凡要請者，皆貴賤均赴，貧富一揆。張暢聞而歎曰：「辭吐流便，足騰遠理。」頴嘗患癬瘡，積治不除，房內恒供養一觀世音像，晨夕禮拜，求差此疾。異時忽見一蛇從像後緣壁上屋，須臾有一鼠子從屋脫地，涎涶沐身，狀如已死。頴候之，猶似可活，即取竹刮除涎涶。又聞蛇所吞鼠，能療瘡疾，即刮取涎涶，以傅癬上。所傅既遍，鼠亦還活。信宿之間，瘡痍頓盡。方悟蛇之與鼠皆是祈請所致。於是精勤化導，勵節彌堅。宋太宰江夏王義恭最所知重。後卒於所住，年八十一。

Shi Tanying was a native of Kuaiji. He left household life young, was scrupulous in moral conduct, recited more than one hundred thousand words of sūtras, and stayed at the Changgan Temple. He was by nature reverent and frugal, taking skillful guidance as his foremost duty. Hence he devoted his mind to preaching and chanting, which was naturally unmatched. Whenever he was invited, he went whether the host was noble or base, treating rich and poor alike. Zhang Chang heard him and sighed with admiration: 'His eloquence flows smoothly, fully conveying profound truths.' Tanying once suffered from scabies, which could not be cured despite protracted treatment. In his room he constantly made offerings to an image of Avalokiteśvara, prostrating morning and evening and praying for the illness to be cured. On an unusual day, he suddenly saw a snake crawling from behind the image along the wall up to the roof. In an instant, a rat fell to the ground from the roof, drenched in saliva, appearing already dead. Tanying watched it and saw that it seemed still viable, so he took a bamboo [strip] and scraped away the saliva. Having also heard that rats swallowed by snakes can cure skin diseases, he scraped the saliva and applied it to the scabies. When it had been applied all over, the rat also revived. Within two nights, the sores completely disappeared. Only then did he realize that both the snake and the rat had been brought about by his prayers. Thereupon he diligently transformed and guided [others], and his resolve became even firmer. The Grand Preceptor and Prince of Jiangxia, [Liu] Yigong, appreciated and esteemed him above all others. He later died at his dwelling at the age of eighty-one.