神僧傳 3.24

3.24

釋道豐。未詳氏族。世稱得道之流。與弟子三人居相州鼓山中不求利養。世之術藝無所不解。齊高帝往來并鄴常過問之。應對不思隨事標舉。帝曾命酒并蒸肫。勅置豐前令遣食之。豐略無辭讓極意飽噉。帝大笑。亦不與言。駕去後謂弟子曰。除却床頭物。及發撤床見向者蒸肫猶在。都不似噉嚼處。時石窟寺有一坐禪僧。每日至西。則東望山巔有丈八金像現。此僧私喜謂覩靈瑞。日日禮拜。如此可經兩月。後在房臥。忽聞枕間有語。謂之曰。天下更何處有佛。汝今成道即是佛也。爾當好作佛身莫自輕脫。此僧聞已便起持重。傍視群僧猶如草芥。於大眾前側手指胸云。爾輦頗識真佛不。泥龕畫像語不能出脣。知慮何如。儞見真佛不知禮敬。猶作本目期我悉墮阿鼻。又眼精已赤叫呼無常。合寺知是驚禪。及未發前舁詣豐所。徑問曰。汝兩月已來常見東山上現金像耶。答曰。實見。又曰。汝聞枕間遣作佛耶。答曰。實然。豐曰。此風動失心耳。若不早治或狂走難制。便以針針三處。因即不發。及豐臨終謂弟子曰。吾在山久。令汝等有谷汲之勞。今去無以相遺。當留一泉與汝。既無陟降辛苦。努力勤修道業。便於竈傍去一方石。遂有玄泉。澄映不盈不減。於今見存。

Shi Daofeng was of unknown clan. His contemporaries called him one who had attained the Way. Together with three disciples, he lived in Mount Gu in Xiangzhou, seeking neither gain nor support. There was no mundane art or craft that he did not understand. When Emperor Gao of Qi travelled between Bingzhou and Ye, he would often visit and question him; Daofeng responded without hesitation, illustrating points according to the matter at hand. The emperor once ordered wine and steamed suckling pig to be placed before Daofeng, commanding him to eat. Daofeng made not the slightest gesture of refusal, eating his fill to his heart's content. The emperor laughed loudly and said nothing more to him. After the imperial carriage departed, [Daofeng] said to his disciples: "Clear away the things by the head of the bed." When they uncovered and cleared the bed, they saw that the earlier steamed suckling pig was still there, showing no sign of having been chewed or eaten. At that time, in Shiku Monastery, there was a meditation monk who, whenever evening arrived, would look eastward toward the mountain summit and see an eighteen-foot golden image appear. This monk rejoiced in secret, thinking he had beheld a divine omen, and bowed in worship day after day. This went on for about two months. Later, lying in his room, he suddenly heard a voice from beside his pillow speaking to him, saying: "Where else in the world is there a Buddha? You have now attained the Way and are yourself a Buddha. You should conduct yourself well as the Buddha's body; do not take yourself lightly." Having heard this, the monk immediately assumed a grave and dignified manner, looking upon the assembly of monks as if they were grass and mustard seeds. In front of the great assembly, he pointed sideways to his chest with his finger and said: "Do you all recognize the true Buddha or not? Images in clay niches and paintings cannot speak a word from their lips; what knowledge or thought do they have? You see the true Buddha yet know not to pay homage and respect; you still look at me with your ordinary eyes, destined that you all fall into Avīci!" Moreover, the pupils of his eyes had turned red, and he shouted about impermanence. The entire monastery knew this was a case of meditation fright (citta-vibhrama). Before it flared up uncontrollably, they carried him to Daofeng's place. [Daofeng] directly asked him: "For these past two months, have you constantly seen a golden image appear on the eastern mountain?" He answered: "I truly saw it." [Daofeng] also asked: "Did you hear [a voice] beside your pillow telling you to act as a Buddha?" He answered: "Truly so." Daofeng said: "This is merely wind disturbance causing the loss of your mind. If not treated early, you might run about madly and become difficult to control." He then used a needle to prick him in three places, and whereupon the condition did not flare up again. When Daofeng was near his end, he said to his disciples: "I have been in the mountains for a long time, causing you the toil of drawing water from the valley. Now that I am departing, I have nothing to leave you, but I shall leave a spring for you. Since there will be no bitterness of climbing up and down, strive diligently to cultivate the work of the Way." He then removed a square stone beside the stove, and a dark spring welled forth, clear and luminous, neither overflowing nor diminishing. It still exists today.