[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [神僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064) › 8.56 # 神僧傳 8.56 神僧傳 8.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.56) 悟達國師知玄。與一僧邂逅京師。時僧患迦摩羅疾。人莫知其異也。皆厭惡之。知玄視候無倦色。後別僧謂知玄曰。子後有難可往西蜀彭州茶隴山相尋。有二松為誌。後知玄居安國寺。懿宗親臨法席。賜沈香為座。恩握甚厚。忽膝生人面瘡。眉目口齒俱備。每以飲食餧之。則開口吞啖。與人無異。求醫莫效。因憶舊言。乃入山相尋。見二松於烟雲間。信所約不誣。即趨其處佛寺煥儼。僧立於山門顧接甚歡。天晚止宿。知玄以所苦告之。曰無傷也。山有泉旦濯之即愈。黎明童子引至泉所。方掬水間。瘡忽人語曰。未可洗。公曾讀西漢書不。曰曾讀既曾讀之。寧不知袁盎殺晁錯乎。公即袁盎吾晁錯也。錯腰斬東市。其冤何如哉。累世求報於公。而公十世為僧。戒律精嚴報不得其便。今汝受賜過奢。名利心起故能害之。蒙迦諾迦尊者。洗我以三昧法水。自此不復為冤矣。時知玄魂不住體。急掬水洗之其痛徹髓絕而復蘇。其瘡亦旋愈。回顧寺宇莽不復見。因卓菴其處遂成大寺。知玄感其異。思積世之冤非遇聖賢何由得釋。因述懺法三卷。蓋取三昧水洗冤業之義。名曰水懺云。 > State Preceptor Wuda, Zhixuan, had a chance encounter with a monk in the capital. At the time, the monk was afflicted with kāmalā disease; no one knew his extraordinary nature, and all loathed him. Zhixuan attended upon him without any look of weariness. Later, upon parting, the monk said to Zhixuan, "If you face misfortune in the future, you may seek me out at Mount Chalong in Pengzhou of Western Shu; two pine trees will mark the place." Later Zhixuan resided at Anguo Monastery. Emperor Yizong personally attended his Dharma assembly and bestowed upon him a seat of eaglewood, holding him in very high favor. Suddenly, a human-face sore grew on his knee, equipped with eyebrows, eyes, mouth, and teeth. Whenever he fed it with food and drink, it would open its mouth and swallow, no different from a human being. He sought medical treatment, but to no effect. Recalling the former words, he entered the mountains to search for the monk. Seeing two pines amidst the mists and clouds, he knew that the agreement had not been false. He hastened toward the place, where a Buddhist monastery stood splendid and imposing. The monk was standing at the mountain gate and received him with great joy. When night fell, he lodged there, and Zhixuan told him of his suffering. \[The monk\] said, "No harm done; there is a spring in the mountain. Wash with it at dawn and you will be cured." At daybreak, a boy led him to the spring. Just as he was cupping the water, the sore suddenly spoke in a human voice, saying, "Do not wash yet! Have you ever read the Book of the Western Han, sir?" He said, "I have." \[The sore said,\] "Since you have read it, do you not know how Yuan Ang killed Chao Cuo? You, sir, were Yuan Ang, and I was Chao Cuo. When Cuo was cut in two at the waist in the Eastern Market, how great was my grievance! Life after life I sought retribution against you, but for ten lives you were a monk whose discipline was pure and strict, so I could find no advantage for revenge. Now you have received gifts that are overly extravagant, and thoughts of fame and gain have arisen, which is why I was able to harm you. Having received the grace of the Venerable Kanaka, who washes me with the Dharma water of samādhi, from this day forth I shall no longer hold a grievance." At that time Zhixuan was frightened out of his wits; he quickly cupped the water and washed it. The pain pierced his marrow so that he fainted and then revived, and the sore soon healed. Looking back, the monastery had vanished into wild overgrowth and was no longer to be seen. Thereupon he pitched a hermitage at the site, which subsequently became a great monastery. Zhixuan, moved by this extraordinary encounter and reflecting that grievances accumulated over successive lives could not have been released without encountering a sage, composed a repentance ritual in three fascicles. Taking the meaning of the water of samādhi washing away karmic grievances, he titled it the \*Water Repentance\*. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.55) - [Next: 8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.57) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064~en-mt.8.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2064.8.56) · Pramāṇa