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釋慧琳。姓薛。綿州神泉人。以隋初隱於建明寺。清虛守靜與物不群。寺有塑像常在供養。像為生鬚三十六枚。大業末年。掃一古墳。竪二竹竿云。是天眼。後忽拔一云。弘農揚為魔所拔也。不久義寧嗣曆。有時著複衣夏坐墳上。日雖炎赫身無熱狀。口雖涉道形同於俗。言談之次以理居先。雒縣先有育王浮圖。琳忽一時歷村借車三百乘。云欲向雒縣迎浮圖於此安置。未經旬日遂被火燒。武德年中。潛伏草野。人莫知也。彼有楊祜師不測何人。直往草中相見。曾生未面宛若舊朋。各云。別來八百年矣。曾為人呪病得差。病者令女齎裙以施。女遂留衣送直。琳遙見謂曰。但將裙來我不須錢。女驚其聖。以貞觀四年示從物故。

Shi Huilin was surnamed Xue and was a native of Shenquan in Mian Prefecture. At the beginning of the Sui dynasty, he lived in seclusion at Jianming Monastery. Pure, detached, and keeping to tranquility, he did not mingle with ordinary worldly people. In the monastery, there was a modeled statue that he constantly worshiped; on the statue's chin thirty-six hairs sprouted. In the final years of the Daye era, he swept an ancient grave and erected two bamboo poles, saying, "These are celestial eyes." Later, he suddenly pulled one out, saying, "The Yang of Hongnong has been uprooted by māra." Shortly afterward, the Yining era succeeded to the calendar. At times, he would wear lined winter clothing and sit upon a grave during the heat of summer; though the sun was blazing, his body showed no signs of heat. Although his speech touched on the Way, his appearance was like that of a layman; when conversing, he always put ultimate principle first. In Luo County there was previously an Aśokan stūpa; Huilin suddenly traversed the villages, borrowing three hundred carts, saying that he wished to head to Luo County to welcome the stūpa and install it here. Before ten days had passed, the stūpa was consumed by fire. During the Wude era [618–626], he lived concealed in the grasslands and wilderness, unknown to people. There was a Master Yang Hu whose background was unfathomable; he went straight into the grasses to meet him. Though they had never met in this life, they were just like old friends, each saying, "It has been eight hundred years since we parted." Once, he chanted incantations over an ill person and cured the disease. The patient instructed his daughter to take a skirt and offer it as a gift. The daughter kept the garment and instead brought the monetary value. Seeing her from afar, Huilin said to her, "Just bring the skirt; I have no need for money." The daughter was astounded by his holy insight. In the fourth year of Zhenguan [630], he manifested passing away.