續高僧傳 16.37

16.37

釋法京。姓孫。太原人。寓居江陵。母將懷孕。夢入蓮池捧一童子。端正可喜。因而有娠。將誕又夢。乘白師子遊戲虛空。京七歲出家。十三與同學智淵。咸昇高座說法無滯。寺內長少俱夢。聖僧告云。京是寺元檀越。願力生此。方為棟梁。所以凡所投造風從水漸。財利山積福門大弘。殿宇小大千五百間。並京修造。僧眾湊集千有餘人。長沙大寺聖像所居。天下稱最。東華第一。由是道力所致幽明被之。後梁二主聞便敬重。奉為僧正綱紀遺法。晚抱危疾。諸僧像前七日行道。沙門法泰夢。像至於京房。淨人遠志。親覩像從京房返於大殿。爾日即愈。是知育王瑞像感降在人。專注祈求無往不應。不久卒於寺。春秋七十六矣。

Shi Fajing was surnamed Sun and was a native of Taiyuan, residing in Jiangling. When his mother was about to conceive, she dreamed of entering a lotus pond and holding a boy, handsome and pleasing; she subsequently became pregnant. When about to give birth, she dreamed again that she was riding a white lion, roaming and playing in the empty sky. Jing left household life at the age of seven. At thirteen, together with his fellow student Zhiyuan, he ascended the high seat and expounded the Dharma without impediment. Old and young within the temple all dreamed that a holy monk told them: "Jing is the temple's original dānapati. By the power of his vows, he was born here to become a pillar [of the sangha]." Therefore, in whatever he initiated, people followed him as the wind blows and water flows; wealth accumulated like mountains, and the gate of merit was widely expanded. Halls and buildings, large and small, numbered fifteen hundred bays, all built by Jing. The monastic assembly gathered to more than a thousand people. The great image housed in the Great Changsha Temple was acclaimed under heaven as foremost, the first in the Eastern Flower. This was brought about by the power of the Way, reaching both the unseen and seen realms. Later, two rulers of the Later Liang heard of him, revered him, and honored him as Sangha Commissioner to regulate the bequeathed teachings. In his later years, he suffered a grave illness. Monks circumambulated before the holy image for seven days. Śramaṇa Fatai dreamed that the image came to Jing's room. The pure person Yuanzhi personally saw the image return to the great hall from Jing's room. That very day, he recovered. From this it is known that the auspicious descent of King Aśoka's image depends upon the person; when prayed to with singleness of mind, there is none that does not respond. Not long after, he passed away at the temple at the age of seventy-six.