弘贊法華傳 2.42

2.42

右。西域沙門菩提流支。魏云道希。北天竺人也。遍通三藏。妙入總持。志在弘法。廣流視聽。遂狹道宵征。遠莅葱左。以魏永平之初。來遊東夏。宣武皇帝。下勅引勞。供擬殷贍。處之永寧大寺。四事供給。七百梵僧。勅以流支。為譯經之元匠也。譯出前論。沙門曇林筆受。其流支房內。經論梵本。可有萬甲。所翻新文。筆受蒿本。滿一間屋。然其慧解。與勒那相亞。而神悟聰敏。洞善方言。兼工呪術。即無抗衡矣。甞坐井口。澡灌內空弟子未來。無人汲水。流支乃操柳枝。聊撝井中。密密加誦呪。纔始數遍。泉水上涌。及乎井欄。即以鉢酌。用之盥洗。傍僧具見。莫測其神。流支曰。斯乃術法。外國共行。此方不習。謂為聖也。

The above: Śramaṇa Bodhiruci of the Western Regions, translated in the Wei as Daoxi, was a native of northern India. Comprehensively versed in the Tripiṭaka and wonderfully penetrating dhāraṇī, his resolve was set on propagating the Dharma and widely extending its visibility and audition. He thereupon traveled by night through narrow passes, arriving from afar west of the Congling (Pamir) Mountains. In the beginning of the Yongping era of the Northern Wei, he came to travel in the eastern Xia (China). Emperor Xuanwu issued an edict extending an invitation and慰勞, providing abundantly for his needs, accommodating him in the great Yongning Monastery, and furnishing the four requisites to seven hundred Indian monks. The Emperor decreed that Bodhiruci serve as the chief master of translation. He translated the above treatise, with Śramaṇa Tanlin acting as scribe. In Bodhiruci's chamber, Sanskrit manuscripts of sūtras and treatises numbered perhaps ten thousand cases; the newly translated texts and rough scribal drafts filled an entire room. Yet in intellectual understanding he was matched with Ratnamati, while in spiritual awakening and quick intelligence he was thoroughly proficient in regional languages and also skilled in dhāraṇī arts, having no equal. Once he sat by a well-curb; the washing pitcher was empty inside, and his disciples had not yet arrived, so there was no one to draw water. Bodhiruci then held a willow branch, casually waved it into the well, and secretly recited a dhāraṇī; after merely a few recitations, the spring water welled upward until it reached the well-curb. He immediately scooped it with his bowl and used it for washing. The surrounding monks all witnessed it, none able to fathom his miraculous power. Bodhiruci said: 'This is merely an art commonly practiced in foreign lands; this land does not practice it, so you consider it holy.'