辯正論 3.56

3.56

梁東陽郡烏陽縣雙林寺傅大士。常轉法輪。紹隆尊位。分身世界濟度群生。或胸臆之間。乍表金色。拳握之內。時吐異香。或現身長丈餘。臂過于膝。脚長二尺指長五寸。兩目分明雙瞳照耀。顏貌端嚴有大人之相。遣使齎書。贈梁武曰。雙林樹下當來解脫善惠大士。白國主救世菩薩。今條上中下善。希能受持。其上善。略以虛懷為本。不著為宗。忘相為因。涅槃為果。其中善。略以治身為本。治國為宗。天上人間果報安樂。其下善。略以護養眾生。梁武延之。仍居鍾山之下定林寺。坐蔭高松。臥依盤石。四徹之中恒注甘露。六旬之內常雨天花。梁武於華林園重雲殿開般若題。獨設一榻與天旨對揚。及玉輦升殿。晏然箕坐。憲司譏問。但云。法地若動則一切不安。且知梁運將終。救愍兵災。乃燃臂為燈。冀攘來禍。至太建元年夏。右脇而臥奄然涅槃。于時隆暑赫曦。溫暖無異。色貌敷愉。光彩鮮潔。香氣充滿。屈伸如恒。觀者發心歎未曾有。

Great Master Fu of Shuanglin Monastery in Wuyang County, Dongyang Commandery, under the Liang, constantly turned the wheel of the Dharma and exalted the noble station, multiplying his forms throughout the worlds to liberate all living beings. Sometimes between his breast and belly a golden color would suddenly appear; within his clenched fist an extraordinary fragrance would at times emanate. Or he would manifest a body over ten feet tall, his arms reaching past his knees, his feet two feet long, his toes five inches long, his two eyes distinct with double pupils shining brightly, and his countenance dignified, possessing the marks of a Great Man. He sent an emissary bearing a letter to present to Emperor Wu of the Liang, saying: 'Shan Hui, the Great Master of Future Liberation beneath the Twin Trees, speaks to the Lord of the State, the Bodhisattva Saving the World. I now set forth the superior, middling, and inferior goods, hoping that you will be able to receive and uphold them. The superior good takes an open mind as its basis, non-attachment as its essence, forgetting signs as its cause, and nirvāṇa as its fruition. The middling good takes cultivating oneself as its basis, governing the state as its essence, bringing the peaceful and joyful fruition of heavenly and human realms. The inferior good takes protecting and nourishing sentient beings as its basis.' Emperor Wu invited him, and he took up residence below Mount Zhong at Dinglin Monastery, sitting shaded by tall pines and reclining against massive boulders. Within the four directions of the monastery sweet dew was constantly poured down, and within sixty days heavenly flowers frequently rained. When Emperor Wu opened the exposition of the Prajñā title in the Chongyun Hall of Hualin Garden, a single couch was separately arranged for him to converse with the Emperor. When the jade carriage ascended the hall, [Fu] sat peacefully with legs splayed out. When the censors inquired and reproved him, he merely said: 'If the Dharma earth is disturbed, then all things will be uneasy.' Moreover, knowing that the destiny of the Liang was coming to an end and taking pity on the calamities of war, he burned his arms as lamps, hoping to avert the coming disaster. In the summer of the first year of the Taijian era, lying on his right side, he suddenly entered nirvāṇa. At that time, though the midsummer heat was blazing, his warmth was no different [from in life], his countenance was joyful and composed, his radiance was fresh and pure, fragrance filled the space, and his limbs could be bent and stretched as normal. Those who looked on generated the aspiration [for awakening] and sighed that it was unprecedented.