宋高僧傳 13.31

13.31

釋行因，不詳姓氏，雁門人也。遊方問道于江淮，見廬山北有巖，遙望如垂手焉，手下則深邃可三五丈許。因獨棲禪觀于其中。偽唐主元宗聞之，三徵召不起。巖中夜闌，有異鹿一臥于因之石屋之側，又錦囊鳥一伏宿于石壁下，二物都無驚怖。因不度弟子，有隣庵僧為之供侍。一日小疾，謂侍僧曰：「卷上簾，我去去。」簾方就鉤，下床三數步間立，屹然而化，春秋七十許。元宗命畫工寫真，而闍維收遺骨，白塔在巖背焉。初因傳禪法于襄陽鹿門山。尋為元宗堅請，於棲賢寺開堂唱道，不及朞月，潛歸巖窟。初巖如五指，中指上有松一株，因終之日，此亦枯瘁。因有經籍之學，有問，則指擿先儒得失，章句是非。談論不滯於方隅，開喻必含於教化，實得道之良士也。

Śramaṇa Xingyin, whose surname is unknown, was a native of Yanmen. He traveled in search of the Way through the Jiang-Huai region and noticed a cliff to the north of Mount Lu which, viewed from afar, resembled a hanging hand; beneath the hand was a deep recess of some thirty to fifty feet. Yin dwelt alone in dhyāna contemplation inside it. When Yuanzong, ruler of the pseudo-Tang, heard of him, he summoned him three times, but Yin did not arise. In the depth of the night within the cliff, an extraordinary deer would lie down beside Yin's stone cottage, and a brocade-pouch bird would roost beneath the stone wall, neither creature showing any fear. Yin did not ordain disciples, but a monk from an adjacent hut attended upon him. One day he had a slight ailment and said to the attendant monk: "Roll up the curtain; I am going." Just as the curtain met the hook, he stepped down from his bed, stood erect after three or four paces, and passed away standing firm, at about seventy years of age. Yuanzong ordered painters to paint his portrait, cremated his remains, and gathered his bones; the white stupa stands on the back of the cliff. Earlier, Yin had transmitted the Chan teachings at Mount Lumen in Xiangyang. Soon after, persistently requested by Yuanzong, he opened the hall to preach the Way at Xixian Temple, but before a full month had passed, he secretly returned to his cliff cavern. Originally, the cliff resembled five fingers, with a pine tree growing upon the middle finger; on the day Yin passed away, this tree also withered and died. Yin was learned in the classics and commentaries; if questioned, he would point out the merits and demerits of earlier scholars, and the correctness or error of their textual phrasing. In discussion he was not constrained to any single corner, and his explanations invariably encompassed edification; he was truly a fine gentleman who had attained the Way.