宋高僧傳 22.4

22.4

Śramaṇa Rumin was a native of Min. He first visited Chan Master [Da]'an, and subsequently carried out widespread conversion south of the Nanling Mountains, where he indeed displayed many wondrous traces. In character, he was magnanimous, pure, and sincere; without reason he spoke little, but deeply pitied the confused and foolish, consistently acting to stimulate and encourage them. When the Liu clan held regional dominance over Panyu, each time they invited Min to enter and consult him, he mostly foresaw their coming in advance, and his verification matched like the joining of tallies. The rulers of Guang[nan] across successive generations served him and associated with him; from time to time they paid him formal visits, and whenever they had doubts that could not be resolved, they went straight to consult him. Min also harboured no suspicion or jealousy; he gave spontaneous instructions in extemporaneous verse, and these were always accurate. At the time people called him "the One Who Grants Prayers," and privately titled him "Grand Master Knower of Sages." Initially, Min took an ascetic practitioner as his attendant, who thoroughly satisfied his expectations; Min called him "Suoyou" (the Source). One day, as [the attendant] followed him over a mountain ridge, Min waved him off and secretly ordered him down the mountain; turning to look back, [the attendant] saw Min entering the earth. The ascetic concealed his form in the grass, and after watching for a long time, Min emerged. The attendant went forward to greet him and asked, "Where did the Master go?" He said, "I have an old friendship with the mountain king, who invited me to have a chat." In this manner, whenever he occasionally vanished, he would emerge from a hole in the ground. He sternly admonished him: "Suoyou, you must not speak of this to outsiders and disclose my leisure affairs." Later, he passed away at his resident monastery, his entire body intact without decaying. His funeral stūpa was provided for by the authorities; today it is called the True Body Stūpa of Chan Master Lingshu—is that not so!