集神州三寶感通錄 3.26

3.26

又扶風釋道冏者。為師入河南霍山採鍾乳。四人入穴。數里三人溺死。炬火又亡。冏素誦法花憑誠乞濟。有頃見螢火追之。遂得出穴。頻作普賢行道。並見感應。或見胡僧入坐。或見騎馬人至。未及言次倐忽不見。後遊宋都以般舟為業。中夜入禪見四人御車呼冏上乘。不覺自身已在大路。見一人坐胡床侍衛數百人。見冏驚起曰。向令知處而已。何忽勞屈。法師遂拜別。令送還寺。扣門方開。房門亦閉。眾咸敬服焉。

Furthermore, Shi Daojiong of Fufeng went on behalf of his master into Mount Huo in Henan to collect stalactites. Four men entered the cavern; after several li, three men drowned, and their torches also went out. Jiong had always recited the *Lotus Sūtra*, and relying on utmost sincerity, he prayed for deliverance. Before long, he saw a firefly and pursued it, thereby managing to exit the cavern. He frequently performed the Samantabhadra practice of the Way, and on all occasions encountered sympathetic responses: sometimes seeing an Indian monk enter and sit, or seeing a man arrive on horseback, but before words could be exchanged, they would vanish in an instant. Later, he traveled to the Song capital and took the *pratyutpanna-samādhi* as his practice. In the middle of the night, while entering dhyāna, he saw four men driving a carriage who called out for Jiong to board. Without realizing it, he was already on the main highway, where he saw a man sitting on a folding chair with several hundred guards. Seeing Jiong, the man stood up in astonishment and said: ‘I merely sent for you to know the place; why have you wearied yourself by coming?’ The Dharma Master bowed and took leave, and [the man] ordered him escorted back to the temple. Only when knocking on the gate was it opened, and his chamber door was also still closed. The whole assembly revered and submitted to him.