法苑珠林 12.101

12.101

唐潞州法住寺釋曇榮。俗姓張氏。定州人也。神厲氣清。觀榮勤攝。隨緣通化。曾無執著。每年春夏立方等般舟。至於秋冬各興禪誦。乃告眾曰。舍利之德挺變無方。若苦業有銷。請祈可遂。乃人人前別置水鉢。加以香鑪通夜苦求。至明鉢內總獲舍利四百餘粒。後時所住堂舍忽自崩壞。龕像舍利宛然挺出。布在庭中一無所損。又至貞觀七年。清信士常凝保等。請榮於州治法住寺。行方等懺法。至七月十四日。有本寺沙門僧定者。戒行精固。於道場內見大光明。五色間起從上而下。中有七佛相好非常。語僧定云。我是毘婆尸如來無所著至真等正覺。以汝罪銷故來為證。然非本師不與受記。如是六佛皆同此詞。最後一佛云。我是汝本師釋迦牟尼也。為汝罪銷故來授記。曇榮是汝滅罪良緣。於賢劫中名普寧佛。汝身器清淨。後當作佛名普明。若斯之應現感靈祥信難圖矣。以貞觀十三年卒於法住寺。春秋八十有五（右二人出唐高僧傳）。

During the Tang dynasty, Śramaṇa Tanrong of Fazhu Temple in Luzhou was originally surnamed Zhang and was a man from Dingzhou. His spirit was stern and his manner pure; observing honor and wealth, he diligently restrained himself. Conforming to conditions, he universally converted others without any attachment. Every spring and summer, he established Fangdeng (Vaipulya) and Pratyutpanna repentance rituals; in autumn and winter, he promoted meditation and recitation. He then addressed the assembly, saying: 'The virtue of the śarīra transforms unpredictably without bound. If our painful karma can be eliminated, our prayers may be fulfilled.' He then placed a separate water bowl before each person, accompanied by an incense burner, and they earnestly prayed through the night. By morning, a total of more than four hundred grains of śarīra were obtained in the bowls. Later, the hall where he resided suddenly collapsed of itself, yet the shrines, statues, and śarīra miraculously emerged intact, scattered across the courtyard without any damage whatsoever. Furthermore, in the seventh year of the Zhenguan reign, pure-faith laymen such as Chang Ningbao invited Rong to Fazhu Temple at the administrative seat of the prefecture to perform the Fangdeng repentance liturgy. On the fourteenth day of the seventh month, a śramaṇa of the monastery named Sengding, whose moral conduct was refined and solid, saw a great illumination within the ritual arena. Five colors arose alternately from above, descending downward. Within it were seven Buddhas whose primary and secondary marks were extraordinary. They spoke to Sengding, saying: 'I am Vipaśyin Tathāgata, Arhat, Samyaksaṃbuddha. Because your sins have been eradicated, I have come to bear witness. However, unless one is your original teacher, one does not bestow prediction (vyākaraṇa).' The other six Buddhas all spoke the same words. The last Buddha said: 'I am your original teacher, Śākyamuni. Because your sins have been eliminated, I come to bestow prediction upon you. Tanrong is your good condition for extinguishing sins; in the Bhadrakalpa, he will be named the Buddha General Peace (Puning). Your bodily vessel is pure; in the future, you will become a Buddha named General Illumination (Puming).' Such responsive manifestations and spiritual omens are truly difficult to conceive. In the thirteenth year of the Zhenguan reign, he died at Fazhu Temple at the age of eighty-five. (The above two individuals are drawn from the Tang Gaoseng Zhuan.)