宋高僧傳 24.39

24.39

釋大行，齊州人也。後入泰山，結草為衣，採木而食。行法華三昧，感普賢現身。行自歎曰：「命且無常，必歸磨滅，未知來世何處受生？」遂入藏內信手探經，乃獲西方聖教，遂專心思念阿彌陀佛。三七日間，於半夜時，忽覩瑠璃地，心眼洞明，見十方佛猶如明鑑中像。後時詔行入內宮，寢於御殿，勅賜號常精進菩薩，受開國公。乃示微疾，右脇而終。葬後開棺，見儀貌如生，異香芬郁焉。

Shi Daxing was a native of Qizhou. Later he entered Mount Tai, weaving grass for clothes and gathering wild plants for food. He practiced the Lotus Samādhi and induced Samantabhadra to manifest his physical body. Xing sighed to himself: "Life is impermanent and must inevitably come to ruin; where shall I take birth in the next world?" Thereupon he entered the canon and reached his hand in at random to draw out a scripture, obtaining holy teachings on the Western Direction. He then single-mindedly concentrated on Amitābha Buddha. Within three weeks, at midnight, he suddenly beheld ground of lapis lazuli, his mind's eye becoming thoroughly bright and clear, seeing the Buddhas of the ten directions like images in a clear mirror. Later, an imperial decree summoned Xing into the inner palace to lodge in the imperial halls. By imperial decree, he was granted the title Bodhisattva Ever-Vigorous and ennobled as Duke of the Nation. He then displayed a slight illness and passed away lying on his right side. When the coffin was opened after burial, his appearance looked as if he were still alive, and an extraordinary fragrance was richly diffused.