高僧傳 5.39

5.39

釋曇徽，河內人。年十二，投道安出家，安尚其神彩，且令讀書，二三年中，學兼經史，十六方許剃髮。於是專務佛理，鏡測幽凝，未及立年，便能講說。雖志業高素，而以恭推見重。後隨安在襄陽，符丕寇境，乃東下荊州，止上明寺。每法輪一轉，則黑白奔波。常顧解有所從，乃圖寫安形，存念禮拜。於是江陵士女，咸西向致敬印手菩薩。或問：「法師道化，何如和上？」徽曰：「和上內行深淺，未易可測；外緣所被，多諸應驗。在吾一渧，寧比江海耶！」

Shi Tanhui was a native of Henei. At the age of twelve, he went to Dao'an to leave the household. Dao'an admired his spiritual vitality and had him read books; within two or three years, his studies encompassed both the classics and the histories, and only at sixteen was he permitted to have his head shaved. Thereupon he devoted himself to Buddhist principles, clearly discerning their profound depths, and before reaching thirty he was able to lecture. Although his aspirations and practices were lofty and unadorned, he was respected for his deference and humility. Later, he accompanied Dao'an in Xiangyang. When Fu Pi invaded the region, he went east down to Jingzhou and stayed at Shangming Temple. Whenever he turned the wheel of the Dharma, monastics and laypeople rushed to attend. Constantly mindful of where his understanding came from, he had a likeness of Dao'an painted, which he meditated upon and worshipped. Thereupon the scholar-officials and women of Jiangling all faced west to pay homage to the "Seal-Hand Bodhisattva". Someone asked: "How does the Dharma Master's propagation of the Way compare to that of the upādhyāya?" Hui said: "The depth of the upādhyāya's internal practice cannot easily be measured, and the exterior conditions he influences have many responsive miracles. In me, it is a single drop; how could it compare to the rivers and seas!"