神僧傳 8.32

8.32

釋靈默。俗姓宣氏。毘陵人也。初參豫章馬大師。因住白砂道場。經于二載。猛虎來馴。近林產子意有所依。又住東道場。地僻人稀。山神一夜震雷暴雨懸崖委墜。投明大樹倒欹庵側樹枝交絡。茅苫略無少損。遐邇聞旃皆來觀歎。後遊東白山。俄然中毒。而不求醫閉關宴坐。未幾毒化流汗而滴乃復常矣。元和初久旱民皆狼顧。默沿㵎見青蛇夭矯瞪目如視行人不動。咄之曰。百姓溪渴苗死。汝胡不施雨救民耶。至夜果大雨。合境云足。民荷其賜。厥後澡沐焚香。端坐繩床而卒。壽七十二。法臘四十一。

Shi Lingmo's secular surname was Xuan, and he was a native of Piling. At first he studied under Great Master Ma of Yuzhang. Later he stayed at Baisha Sanctuary for two years; fierce tigers came to be tamed, and one gave birth to cubs near the woods as if seeking shelter. He also stayed at the Eastern Sanctuary, where the place was remote and people were few. One night, the mountain spirit sent violent thunder and rainstorms, causing the sheer cliff to collapse; by daybreak a large tree had fallen askew beside the hermitage, its branches interlaced, yet the thatched eaves suffered not the slightest damage. Far and near, those who heard of it came to behold and marvel. Later he traveled to Mount Dongbai, where he was suddenly poisoned. Instead of seeking a physician, he shut his doors and sat quietly in meditation; before long, the poison transformed into perspiration and dripped away, whereupon he returned to normal. Early in the Yuanhe reign, there was a prolonged drought, and the people all looked about in panic like wolves. Mo walked along a mountain stream and saw a blue snake coiled handsomely, staring with fixed eyes as if gazing at passers-by without moving. He scolded it, saying: "The common people are parched and the crops are withering; why do you not send rain to save the people?" When night came, heavy rain indeed fell, and throughout the entire region it was reported to be sufficient; the people were indebted to his blessing. Sometime later, he bathed, burned incense, sat upright on a rope-bed, and passed away. His age was seventy-two, his monastic age forty-one.