法苑珠林 17.6

17.6

宋沙門釋道璟。扶風好畤人也。本姓馬氏。學業淳粹弱齡有聲。元嘉二年九月在雒陽為人作普賢齋。道俗四十許人。已經七日正就中食。忽有一人袴褶乘馬入至堂前下馬禮佛。璟謂常人不加禮異。此人登馬揮鞭忽失所在。便見赤光赫然竟天。良久而滅。後三年十二月。在白衣家復作普賢齋。將竟之日有二沙門。容服如凡直來禮佛。眾中謂是常僧不甚尊仰。聊問何居。答曰。住在前村。時眾白衣有張道。覺其有異至心禮拜。沙門出門行可數十步。忽有飛塵直上衝天。追目此僧不復知所。璟以七年與同學來游京師。時司空何尚之始構南㵎精舍。璟寓居焉。夜中忽見四人乘一新車從四傳教。來在屋內呼與共載道。璟驚其夜至疑而未言。因眼闇不覺昇車。俄而至郡後沈橋見一貴人。著𢂿被箋布單衣。坐床纛繖形似華蓋。鹵簿從衛可數百人悉服黃衣。見璟驚曰。行般舟道人精心遠詣旨。欲知其處耳。何故將來即遣人引送。璟還至精舍門外失所送人。門閉如故。扣喚久之。寺內諸僧咸驚相報告。開門內之。視所住房。戶猶故關之（右三驗出冥祥記）。

The monk Shi Daojing of the Song dynasty was a native of Haozhi in Fufeng. His original surname was Ma. His learning and practice were pure and refined, and he achieved renown at a tender age. In the ninth month of the second year of Yuanjia, he held a Samantabhadra fast for someone in Luoyang. There were about forty persons, both monastic and lay. Seven days had passed, and it was just time for the midday meal when suddenly a man wearing trousers and a tunic rode up on horseback before the hall. He dismounted and bowed to the Buddha. Jing regarded him as an ordinary man and did not treat him with unusual ritual respect. The man mounted his horse, brandished his whip, and suddenly vanished from sight. Thereupon, a radiant red light was seen blazing across the sky, vanishing only after a long time. Three years later, in the twelfth month, he held another Samantabhadra fast at the home of a layperson. On the day it was about to conclude, two monks whose appearance and robes were ordinary came directly to bow to the Buddha. Those in the assembly thought they were common monks and did not show great reverence. Someone casually asked where they dwelt, and they replied, "We reside in the village ahead." At the time, among the lay assembly, there was a man named Zhang Dao, who sensed that they were extraordinary and bowed with utmost devotion. The monks walked out the gate for several tens of paces when suddenly a cloud of flying dust shot straight up toward heaven. Pursuing them with their eyes, they no longer knew where the monks were. In the seventh year, Jing came with a fellow student to travel to the capital. At that time, the Minister of Works He Shangzhi had just founded the Nanjian Vihāra, and Jing took up lodging there. In the middle of the night, he suddenly saw four men riding a new carriage, followed by four messengers, who arrived inside his room and called him to ride with them. Daojing was startled by their nocturnal arrival and, suspicious, did not speak. In the darkness, he unconsciously boarded the carriage. Presently, they arrived behind the commandery at Shen Bridge, where he saw an exalted noble wearing a headdress and a unlined gown of coarse cloth, seated on a couch. The staff and parasol resembled a jewelled canopy, and the retinue and guard numbered several hundred, all clad in yellow garments. Seeing Jing, he said in surprise: "The practitioner who walks the pratyutpanna-[samādhi] has reached far with a dedicated mind; I only wished to know his whereabouts. Why did you bring him here?" He immediately sent people to escort him back. When Jing arrived outside the vihāra gate, he lost sight of the escorts. The gate was locked as before. He knocked and called for a long time. The monks within the monastery were all startled and reported to one another, then opened the gate to let him in. They examined the room where he dwelt; the door was still bolted as before. (The above three testimonies are taken from the *Mingxiang ji*.)