高僧傳 7.6

7.6

生既獲斯經，尋即講說，以宋元嘉十一年冬十一月庚子，於廬山精舍昇于法座，神色開朗，德音俊發，論議數番，窮理盡妙。觀聽之眾，莫不悟悅。法席將畢，忽見麈尾紛然而墜，端坐正容，隱几而卒，顏色不異，似若入定。道俗嗟駭，遠近悲泣。於是京邑諸僧內慚自疚，追而信服。其神鑒之至徵瑞如此。仍葬廬山之阜。

Having obtained this sūtra, Daosheng immediately began expounding it. On the gengzi day of the eleventh month in the winter of the eleventh year of the Yuanjia era of the Song (434 CE), he ascended the Dharma seat in the monastery on Mount Lu. His expression was bright and serene, his virtuous voice resounded brilliantly, and through several rounds of discourse and debate, he exhausted principle to its utmost subtlety. None among the listening audience failed to be enlightened and delighted. As the Dharma session was drawing to a close, they suddenly saw his deer-tail chowry drop loosely; sitting upright with a composed countenance, he leaned on his armrest and passed away, his complexion unchanged, as though he had entered meditative absorption. Monastics and laypeople were astonished and shaken; those near and far wept in grief. Thereupon the monks of the capital felt inner shame and remorse, and posthumously believed and submitted to him. Such was the auspicious sign of the culmination of his divine discernment. He was then buried on a knoll of Mount Lu.