法苑珠林 18.14

18.14

後魏末齊州釋志湛者。住太山北人頭山邃谷中銜草寺。省事少言。人鳥不亂。讀誦法華。人不測其素業。將終時。神僧寶誌謂梁武曰。北方銜草寺須陀洹聖僧今日滅度。湛之亡也無惱而化。兩手各舒一指。有梵僧云。斯初果人也。還葬山中。後發看之唯舌如故。乃為立塔表之。今塔存焉。鳥獸不敢陵踐污之。

At the end of the Latter Wei, there was the monk Zhizhan of Qizhou. He resided at Xiancao Temple in a deep ravine of Rentou Mountain, north of Mount Tai. He simplified his affairs and spoke little; neither people nor birds disturbed him. He read and recited the Lotus Sūtra, and people could not fathom his former karma. When he was about to pass away, the divine monk Baozhi said to Emperor Wu of the Liang: "Today, the srotāpanna holy monk of Xiancao Temple in the north enters extinction." At Zhan's passing, he transformed without affliction. On each of his two hands, he extended one finger. An Indian monk said: "This was a person of the first fruit." He was brought back and buried in the mountains. Later, when they opened the tomb to inspect it, only his tongue remained as before. Thereupon they erected a stupa to commemorate it; the stupa still exists today. Birds and beasts dare not trample or defile it.