法華傳記 4.34

4.34

釋志湛。齊州山荏人也。是朗公曾孫之弟子也。立行純厚省事少言。仁濟為務。每遊諸禽獸。而群不為亂。住人頭山邃谷中𮕣草寺。寺即宋求那跋摩之所立也。讀誦法華用為常業。將終之日。沙門寶誌奏梁武曰。北方山荏縣人。住今𮕣草寺。須陀洹果聖僧者。今日入涅槃。揚都道俗。聞誌此告。皆遙禮拜。故湛之亡也。寂無餘惱。端然氣絕。兩手各舒一指。有西天竺僧。解云。若二果者舒兩指。驗湛初果也。還收葬于人頭山。築塔安之。石灰泥塗。鳥獸不敢陵污。今猶在焉（續高僧傳第二十八）。

Śramaṇa Zhizhan was a native of Shanren in Qizhou. He was a disciple of the great-grand-disciple of Master Lang. His conduct was pure and solid; he was spared from mundane affairs and spoke little, taking benevolent aid as his task. Whenever he wandered among birds and beasts, the flocks and herds did not become frightened or disordered. He resided at Licao Temple in a deep ravine of Mount Rentou; this temple was originally founded by Guṇavarman of the Song. Reading and reciting the Lotus Sūtra was his constant occupation. On the day he was about to die, the śramaṇa Baozhi reported to Emperor Wu of the Liang: 'The sacred monk who attained the fruit of srotāpanna, a native of Shanren County in the north who currently resides at Licao Temple, enters nirvāṇa today.' When the clergy and laity of the capital of Yangzhou heard Zhi's pronouncement, they all paid homage from afar. Thus, when Zhan passed away, he was entirely free of any residual affliction. Upright, his breath ceased, with one finger extended on each hand. A monk from Western India explained: 'If one attained the second fruit, two fingers would be extended; this proves that Zhan attained the first fruit.' He was brought back and buried on Mount Rentou; a stūpa was constructed to enshrine him, plastered with lime and mud, so that birds and beasts dared not desecrate it. It still exists today. (Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks, fascicle 28)