高僧傳 9.52

9.52

Several years later, eight lay disciples of Fotiao went into the western mountains to cut wood. Suddenly they saw Fotiao on a high cliff, his robes fresh and bright, his appearance cheerful and radiant. In pleasant surprise they made prostrations, saying, 'Is the Upādhyāya still here?' Fotiao said, 'I am always here.' He inquired in detail about whether old acquaintances were well, and only after a long while did he depart. The eight men abandoned their work and returned home to tell their fellow practitioners. As the assembly had no way to verify it, they together dug up the mound and opened the coffin, but did not find the corpse; only his clothes and shoes remained.