景德傳燈錄 2.39

2.39

尊者說偈已。以僧伽梨衣密付斯多。俾之他國隨機演化。斯多受教直抵南天。尊者以難不可苟免獨留罽賓。時本國有外道二人。一名摩目多。二名都落遮。學諸幻法欲共謀亂。乃盜為釋子形象。潛入王宮。且曰。不成即罪歸佛子。妖既自作禍亦旋踵。事既敗。王果怒曰。吾素歸心三寶。何乃搆害一至于斯。即命破毀伽藍祛除釋眾。又自秉劍至尊者所。問曰。師得蘊空否。尊者曰。已得蘊空。曰離生死否。尊者曰。已離生死。曰既離生死可施我頭。尊者曰。身非我有何悋於頭。王即揮刃斷尊者首。涌白乳高數尺。王之右臂旋亦墮地。七日而終。太子光首歎曰。我父何故自取其禍。時有象白山仙人者。深明因果。即為光首廣宣宿因解其疑網（事具聖胄集及寶林傳）遂以師子尊者報體而建塔焉。當魏齊王二十年己卯歲也（當作高貴鄉公六年。蓋齊王芳立十五年而廢矣。正宗記云。寶林傳誤作己卯。當是齊王芳丁卯歲也。然則乃是八年也）。師子尊者付婆舍斯多心法信衣為正嗣。外傍出達磨達四世二十二師。

Having spoken the verse, the Venerable One secretly transmitted the saṃghāṭī robe to Sthita (Baśiasita), ordering him to go to another kingdom and propagate the transformation according to capacity. Baśiasita received the instruction and went straight to Southern India. Considering that the disaster could not be avoided by improper evasion, the Venerable One remained alone in Jibin. At that time, there were two non-Buddhists in that country: one named Mamukta and the other named Tulākṣa. They studied various magical arts and wished to plot rebellion together. They stealthily assumed the guise of disciples of Śākya and slipped into the royal palace, saying, “If it fails, the blame will fall on the Buddha's disciples.” The sorcery being of their own doing, misfortune turned on their heels. When the matter failed, the king was indeed enraged and said, “I have always taken refuge in the Three Jewels; why have they plotted injury to such an extent?” He immediately ordered the destruction of monasteries and the expulsion of the Śākya assembly. He also took a sword himself and went to the Venerable One's place. He asked, “Master, have you attained the emptiness of the aggregates?” The Venerable One said, “I have already attained the emptiness of the aggregates.” The king said, “Are you free from birth and death?” The Venerable One said, “I am already free from birth and death.” The king said, “Since you are free from birth and death, you can give me your head.” The Venerable One said, “The body is not mine; why begrudge the head?” The king immediately brandished the blade and severed the Venerable One's head. White milk surged up several feet high. The king's right arm also immediately fell to the ground, and after seven days he died. The crown prince Guangshou sighed, “Why did my father bring this calamity upon himself?” At that time there was a hermit on White Elephant Mountain who deeply understood cause and effect; he broadly proclaimed the past causes for Guangshou to dissolve his net of doubts (the matter is detailed in the Shengzhou ji and Baolin zhuan). They then built a stūpa for the Venerable Siṃha's retribution body. It was the twentieth year, the yimao year, of King Qi of Wei (it should be the sixth year of the Duke of Gaoguixiang, for King Qi Fang was deposed after fifteen years on the throne. The Zhengzong ji says that the Baolin zhuan mistakenly wrote yimao; it should be the dingmao year of King Qi Fang, which would then be the eighth year). The Venerable Siṃha transmitted the mind-Dharma and the robe of faith to Baśiasita as the legitimate heir; collaterally, from Dharmadatta came four generations and twenty-two masters.