法華傳記 10.18

10.18

釋僧瑜。姓周吳興餘抗人。弱冠出家。業素純粹。元嘉十五年。與同學曇溫慧光等。於廬山南嶺。共建精舍。名曰招隱。瑜常以為結累三塗情形故也。情將盡矣形亦宜損。藥王之𨅊獨何云遠。於是屢發言。誓始契燒身。以宋孝建二年六月三日。集薪為龕。并請僧設齋。告眾辭別。是日雲霧晦合。密雨交零。瑜廼誓曰。若我所志克明。天當清朗。如其無感。便當滂注使此四輩知神應之無昧也。言已雲景明霽。至初夜竟便入薪龕中。合掌平坐藥藥王品。火焰交至。猶合掌不散。道俗知者。奔赴彌山。並稽首作禮。願結因緣。咸身紫氣騰空。久之廼歇。時年四十四。其後旬有四日。瑜房中生雙梧桐。根枝豐茂。巨細相如貫壤直聳。遂成奇樹。理識者以為娑羅寶樹。剋炳泥洹。瑜之庶幾故現斯證。因號為雙桐沙門。吳郡張辯。為平南長吏。親覩其事。具為傳贊。贊曰。悠悠玄機。茫茫至道。出生入死。孰為妙寶（其一）自昔藥王。殊化絕倫。往聞其說。今覩斯人（其二）英英沙門。慧定心固。凝神紫氣。表迹雙樹（其三）其德可樂。其操可貴。文之作矣。式飃鬘髴（其四）。

Śramaṇa Sengyu had the secular surname Zhou and was a native of Yuhang in Wuxing. He left household life upon coming of age, his practice pure and unblemished. In the fifteenth year of Yuanjia, together with his fellow students Tanwen, Huiguang, and others, he established a vihāra on the southern ridge of Mount Lu named Zhaoyin. Yu constantly considered: 'Bonds and entanglements in the three destinies are caused by sentiments and physical forms. When sentiments are exhausted, the form should also be discarded; why should Bhaiṣajyarāja's footprints alone be far away?' Thereupon, he repeatedly uttered vows, forming a compact to burn his body. On the third day of the sixth month in the second year of the Xiaojian era of the Song dynasty, he gathered firewood to make a niche, invited monks, hosted a vegetarian feast, and took leave of the assembly. On that day, clouds and mist merged darkly, and dense rain fell steadily. Yu then made a vow, saying: 'If my resolve is clearly achieved, heaven shall become clear and bright; if it has no sympathetic resonance, let it rain torrentially, so that the fourfold assembly may know the spiritual response is not obscure.' When he finished speaking, the cloud cover cleared. When the first watch ended, he entered the wooden niche, joined his palms, sat upright, and recited the 'Bhaiṣajyarāja Chapter'. As the flames converged upon him, his joined palms did not part. Knowing monastics and laypeople rushed across the mountains, bowing their heads in homage, wishing to establish a karmic connection. All saw purple vapor soaring into the sky, ceasing only after a long time. He was forty-four years of age. Fourteen days later, a pair of wutong trees sprouted in Yu's chamber; their roots and branches were luxuriant, their thickness uniform, piercing the earth and towering straight up, eventually becoming wondrous trees. Those of discerning mind considered that these were the jeweled śāla trees clearly manifesting nirvāṇa, and because Yu had nearly attained it, this proof appeared. He was thus called the 'Dual Wutong Śramaṇa'. Zhang Bian of Wujun, serving as Chief Clerk of Pingnan, witnessed the matter in person and composed a biography and eulogy. The eulogy said: / Vast and distant is the mysterious mechanism, / Boundless is the supreme Way. / Going out into life and entering into death, / What is the wondrous treasure? (Part 1) / Since ancient times, Bhaiṣajyarāja / Has displayed extraordinary transformation beyond compare. / Formerly I heard his exposition, / Today I behold this man. (Part 2) / Eminent is the śramaṇa, / Firm in wisdom and meditation. / His spirit coalesced in purple vapor, / His traces manifested in the paired trees. (Part 3) / His virtue is to be rejoiced in, / His conduct to be valued. / When these words are composed, / May they flutter faintly [in his honor]. (Part 4)