續高僧傳 18.21

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釋法進。不知氏族。住益州綿竹縣響應山玉女寺。為輝禪師弟子。後於定法師所受十戒。恭謹精誠謙恪為務。惟業坐禪。寺後竹林。常於彼坐。有四老虎遶於左右。師語。勿泄其相也。後教水觀。家人取柴見繩床上有好清水。拾兩白石安著水中。進暮還寺彌覺背痛。具問家人。云安石子。語令明往可除此石。及旦進禪。家人還見如初清水。即除石子所苦便愈。因爾習定不出此山。開皇中。蜀王秀臨益州。妃患心腹。諸治不損。有綿州昌隆白崖山道士文普善者。能升刀禁火。鵠鳴山有二道士能呼策鬼神。符印章𭃔入水不溺。並來同治。都無有効。乃使長史張英等往山請出為妃治病。報曰。吾在山住向八十年。與木同姓。餘更苦邀。進答曰。盡命於此。可自早還。信返具報。王使六司官人𨏔車四乘將從百人重往迎請。進曰。王雖貴勝命有所屬。執志如初。信還。王大怒。自入山將手加罪。既至山寺禮佛見進。不覺身戰汗流。王曰。奉請禪師為妃治病。禪師慈悲願救此苦。答曰。殺羊食心豈不苦痛。一切眾生皆是佛子。何因於妃偏生此愛。王慚愧懺悔。仍請出。乃曰。王命既重不可不行。王自先行。貧道生不乘騎。當可後去。王曰。弟子步從與師同行。報曰。出家人與俗異。但前行。應同到。王行兩日方至。進一旦便達。徑入妃堂。見進流汗。因爾除差。施絹五百段納衣袈裟什物等。進令王妃以水盥手執物呪願。總用迴入法聚寺基業。即辭還山。王與妃見進足離地可四五寸。以大業十三年正月八日終此山中。龍吟猿叫。諠寺三日矣。

Shi Fajin, whose secular lineage is unknown, lived at Yunü Temple on Mount Xiangying in Mianzhu County, Yizhou. He was a disciple of Dhyāna Master Hui. Later, he received the ten precepts under Dharma Master Ding. Respectful, diligent, sincere, and humble, he took these as his primary duty, devoted exclusively to the practice of seated dhyāna. In the bamboo grove behind the temple, he would constantly sit there. Four tigers circled around him on both sides. His master told him, 'Do not disclose this sign.' Later, he was taught the water contemplation. A servant gathering firewood saw fine, clear water on his rope-bed, picked up two white stones, and placed them into the water. When Jin returned to the temple in the evening, he felt severe back pain. He questioned the servant thoroughly, who said that he had placed small stones there. Jin told him to go the next morning and remove the stones. At dawn when Jin entered dhyāna, the servant again saw clear water as before; he promptly removed the stones, and Jin's pain was cured. Thereafter he practiced concentration without leaving this mountain. During the Kaihuang era, Xiu, Prince of Shu, presided over Yizhou. His consort suffered from abdominal ailments, and no medical treatment brought relief. There was a Daoist master named Wen Pushan of Mount Baiya in Changlong, Mianzhou, who could climb knives and banish fire; on Mount Huming there were two Daoist masters who could summon and direct ghosts and spirits, and who, with talismans, seals, registers, and charms, could enter water without drowning. They all came together to treat her, but none had any effect. Thereupon the Chief Administrator Zhang Ying and others were dispatched to the mountain to invite Jin to come out and cure the consort's illness. Jin replied, 'I have lived in the mountains for nearly eighty years, sharing my surname with the trees.' When they urgently pressed the invitation further, Jin answered, 'I shall end my life here. You may return early on your own.' When the messenger returned and reported in full, the Prince dispatched officials of the Six Directories with four carriages and an entourage of a hundred people to go again and invite him. Jin said, 'Although the Prince is noble and exalted, life belongs to something else.' He held to his resolve as before. When the messenger returned, the Prince was enraged, and entered the mountain in person to punish him by his own hand. Upon reaching the mountain temple, he bowed to the Buddha and saw Jin; involuntarily his body trembled and sweat poured forth. The Prince said, 'I respectfully invite the Dhyāna Master to treat the consort's illness. May the Dhyāna Master be compassionate and rescue her from this suffering.' Jin replied, 'Is it not painful to slaughter sheep and eat their hearts? All sentient beings are Buddha's children; why do you show such partial love only to your consort?' Ashamed, the Prince repented, and still invited him to come out. Jin then said, 'Since the Prince's command is so weighty, it will not do not to go. The Prince may go first on his own; in this life I do not ride mounts, so I shall go later.' The Prince said, 'This disciple will walk on foot to travel alongside the master.' Jin replied, 'Those who have left home differ from the secular. Just proceed ahead; we should arrive together.' The Prince traveled for two days before arriving, while Jin reached there in a single morning. He went straight into the consort's hall; seeing Jin, she broke into a sweat, and thereby her illness was cured. They offered five hundred bolts of silk, patched robes, kāṣāyas, utensils, and other items. Jin had the Princess wash her hands with water, hold the items, and make an aspiration with a dhāraṇī, redirecting all of them to become the property of Fazhu Temple. He then took his leave to return to the mountain. The Prince and Princess saw Jin's feet hovering about four or five inches above the ground. On the eighth day of the first month of the thirteenth year of Daye, he died in this mountain. Dragons moaned and apes cried, echoing through the temple for three days.