釋門自鏡錄 2.81

2.81

隋梁州沙門慧全。徒眾五百。中一人頗麁異。全素所不錄。忽自云。得那含果。全有疾閉門。其人徑至榻前問疾。而門閉如故明日復然。因謂全曰。師命過當生婆羅門家。全云。我一生坐禪何故生彼。答云。師信道未篤外學未絕。雖有福業不得超詣。

Śramaṇa Huiquan of Liangzhou during the Sui had five hundred disciples. Among them, one was rather coarse and eccentric, whom Quan consistently refused to accept. Suddenly, this man claimed to have attained the fruit of ananāgāmin. Quan fell ill and closed his door; the man walked straight to his couch to inquire after his illness, while the door remained closed as before. The next day it happened again. He then said to Quan: “When Master passes away, you will be reborn in a brāhmaṇa family.” Quan said: “I have practiced seated meditation all my life; why should I be born there?” He replied: “Master’s faith in the Path is not yet deep, and secular studies have not yet been abandoned. Although you have meritorious karma, you cannot attain transcendence.”