法華傳記 4.58

4.58

釋僧翼。本吳興餘抗人。少而信悟。早有絕塵之操。初出家止廬山寺。依慧遠修學蔬素苦節。見重門人。晚適關中。復師羅什。經律數論。並皆參涉又誦法華一部。以晉義熙十三年。與同志曇學沙門。俱遊會稽訪山水至秦。望西北見五岫駢峯。有耆闍之狀。乃結草成菴。稱曰法華精舍。太守孟顗富人陳載。並傾心挹德。贊助成功。翼蔬食㵎飲三十餘年。誦法華功莫大。深夜有光明。廼是普賢。現其人前。以宋元嘉二十七年卒。春秋七十。立碑山寺。旌其遺德。

Śramaṇa Sengyi was originally a native of Yuhang in Wuxing. From youth he possessed faith and understanding, early showing a demeanor that rose above the dust of the world. When he first left household life, he resided at Mount Lu Temple, where he relied upon Huiyuan to cultivate and study, keeping a strict vegetarian and ascetic discipline, and was held in high esteem by his fellow disciples. Later he went to Guanzhong, where he again studied under Kumārajīva, participating in and studying sūtras, vinaya, and abhidharma treatises; he also recited the complete Lotus Sūtra. In the thirteenth year of the Yixi reign period of the Jin, together with the śramaṇa Tanxue, a fellow of like mind, he traveled around Kuaiji to visit its mountains and waters; arriving at Qinwang, looking to the northwest, he saw five peaks standing side by side, resembling the shape of Gṛdhrakūṭa. Thereupon he tied thatch into a hut, calling it the Lotus Hermitage. The commandery governor Meng Yi and the wealthy man Chen Zai both devoted their hearts, admired his virtue, and assisted in its completion. Yi ate vegetables and drank from the ravine for over thirty years; his merit from reciting the Lotus was unsurpassed. In the dead of night there was a bright light: it was Samantabhadra appearing before him. He passed away in the twenty-seventh year of the Yuanjia reign period of the Song at the age of seventy. A stele was erected at the mountain temple to commemorate his surviving virtue.