宋高僧傳 23.44

23.44

釋普靜，姓茹氏，晉州洪洞人也。少出家于本郡惠澄法師。暗誦諸經，明持祕呪，思升白品，願剪青螺。既下方壇，而循律檢，往禮鳳翔法門寺真身。乃於睢陽聽涉，赴龍興寺講訓，徒侶若鱣鮪之宗蛟龍焉。又允琴臺請轉梵輪，安而能遷。復於陳、蔡、曹、亳、宿、泗，各隨緣獎導。迴於今東京揚化，善者從之。晉天福癸卯歲，心之懷土，還復故鄉。遂斷食發願，願捨千身，速登正覺。至周顯德二年，遇請真身入寺，遂陳狀於州牧楊君，願焚軀供養，楊君允其意。乃往廣勝寺，傾州民人或獻之香果，或引以旛華，或泣淚相隨，或唄聲前導。至四月八日，真身塔前廣發大願曰：「願焚千身，今千中之一也。」徐入柴庵，自分火炬。時則煙飛慘色，香靄愁雲，舉眾歎嗟，群黎悲泣。享壽六十有九，弟子等收合餘燼供養焉。

Śramaṇa Pujing, secular surname Ru, was a native of Hongdong in Jinzhou. In his youth he left secular life under Dharma Master Huicheng of his home commandery. He silently memorized various sūtras, clearly upheld secret dhāraṇīs, contemplated ascending to the pure white rank, and vowed to shave his dark locks. Having stepped down from the square platform [of ordination], he observed the disciplines of the vinaya, and traveled to pay homage to the True Body at Famen Temple in Fengxiang. He then attended lectures and studied in Suiyang, and went to Longxing Temple to preach and instruct, where his followers gathered like sturgeons and tunas honoring a scaly dragon. Furthermore, he granted the request of Qintai to turn the wheel of the Dharma, being at peace yet able to move. Again in Chen, Cai, Cao, Bo, Su, and Si, he guided and encouraged people according to circumstances. Returning to the present Eastern Capital to propagate conversion, the virtuous followed him. In the guimao year of Tianfu under the Jin, yearning for his homeland, he returned to his old village. Thereupon he fasted and made vows, wishing to renounce a thousand bodies to swiftly ascend to correct awakening. In the second year of Xiande under the Zhou, on the occasion of the True Body being invited into the monastery, he submitted a statement to Governor Yang of the prefecture, expressing his wish to burn his body as an offering; Lord Yang granted his request. Thereupon he went to Guangsheng Temple, and the people of the entire prefecture came forth, some offering incense and fruit, some leading the way with banners and flowers, some following in tears, and some guiding ahead with chanting. On the eighth day of the fourth month, before the True Body Pagoda, he made a great vow on a broad scale, saying: 'I vow to burn a thousand bodies; this is one among that thousand.' Slowly he entered the brushwood hut and personally ignited the torch. At that moment, smoke flew in grim colors, and fragrant vapor formed sorrowful clouds; the entire assembly sighed with lamentation, and the multitude of common folk wept bitterly. He lived to the age of sixty-nine, and his disciples collected the remaining ashes to make offerings to them.