[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋門自鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083) › 1.103 # 釋門自鏡錄 1.103 釋門自鏡錄 1.103 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.103) 隋末新羅國有一禪師。失其名。景行精著多在一檀越家。偏受供養。往來不絕。可向十年。檀越信力堅深家途豐渥。朝夕四事身心俱盡。禪師年老致終依法埋殯。不盈數日其家園中枯木忽生軟菌。家人採以為臛。味同於肉。大小歡慶日日取之。遍木隨生給用無盡。歲月稍久親隣咸悉。後西隣一人踰垣夜竊以刀割取。忽聞木作人聲云。誰割我肉。我不負君。其人驚問。汝是誰耶。答曰。我是往某禪師。緣我道行輕微受主人重心供養業不能消。來此償債。君能為我乞物。還主人吾即得解脫。隣人先憶識之。故怪歎嗚呼。即告主人。主人聞此崩號殞絕對木懺悔。謝愆誓相免放。隣人為乞一百碩米。來與主人。於是園中不復生也。有新羅僧達義。年將八十。貞誠懇到託迹此山。余敬其德時給衣藥。義對余悲泣具述此由云。餘來亦割肉還師也。 > At the end of the Sui dynasty, there was a Chan master in the kingdom of Silla whose name has been lost. His admirable conduct was refined and prominent. He stayed mostly in the house of a certain donor, exclusively receiving his offerings, coming and going without interruption for nearly ten years. The donor's power of faith was steadfast and deep, and his household was affluent; morning and evening he provided the four requisites, exerting both body and mind to the utmost. When the Chan master grew old and passed away, he was buried according to the Dharma. Within a few days, a soft fungus suddenly grew on a dead tree in the family garden. The household gathered it to make stew, and its flavour was identical to meat. Young and old rejoiced, gathering it day after day; it grew everywhere on the tree as needed, providing an inexhaustible supply. After some time, relatives and neighbours all learned of it. Later, a man from the western neighbourhood climbed over the wall by night to steal it, cutting some off with a knife. Suddenly, he heard the tree utter a human voice, saying: "Who is cutting my flesh? I owe you nothing!" Terrified, the man asked: "Who are you?" It answered: "I was the former Chan master So-and-so. Because my practice of the path was slight, yet I received the host's profound and weighty offerings, I was unable to dissolve that karma, and so I have come here to repay the debt. If you can beg goods on my behalf and return them to the host, I will attain liberation." The neighbour had previously known him, and thus marvelled and sighed in sorrow. He immediately informed the host. Hearing this, the host wailed in grief, collapsing senseless, and repented before the tree, apologising for his fault and vowing to release him from the debt. The neighbour begged a hundred bushels of rice on his behalf and gave them to the host. Thereupon the fungus ceased to grow in the garden. There was a Silla monk named Dayi, nearly eighty years of age, whose sincerity was earnest and devoted; he took up residence in this mountain. I respected his virtue and from time to time provided him with robes and medicines. Facing me with weeping and tears, Dayi fully recounted this story, saying: "I too will come to cut my flesh to repay you, Master!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.102) - [Next: 1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.104) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083~en-mt.1.103) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2083.1.103) · Pramāṇa