高僧傳 7.56

7.56

釋道汪，姓潘，長樂人。幼隨叔在京，年十三投廬山遠公出家。研綜經律，雅善《涅槃》，蔬食數十餘年。嘗行梁州，道為羌賊所圍，垂失衣鉢。汪與弟子數人，誓心共念觀世音。有頃，覺如雲務者覆汪等身。群盜推索不見，於是獲免。後聞河間玄高法師，禪慧深廣，欲往從之。中路值吐谷渾之難，遂不果行，於是旋于成都。

Shi Daowang, whose secular surname was Pan, was a native of Changle. As a youth, he accompanied his uncle to the capital, and at the age of thirteen, he joined Master Huiyuan at Mount Lu to become a monk. He thoroughly studied the sūtras and vinaya, was exceptionally skilled in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, and maintained a vegetarian diet for several decades. Once, while traveling through Liangzhou, he was surrounded on the road by Qiang bandits and was on the verge of losing his robes and alms bowl. Daowang and several disciples resolved their minds and recited the name of Avalokiteśvara together. Soon, they felt something like a cloud of fog envelop Daowang and the others. The band of thieves searched but could not see them, and thus they escaped. Later, hearing that Dharma Master Xuan'gao of Hejian possessed profound and vast dhyāna-wisdom, he wished to go study with him. En route, he encountered the disturbances of the Tuyuhun and was unable to proceed; he therefore returned to Chengdu.