法苑珠林 21.47

21.47

隋蜀部灌口山竹林寺釋道仙。本康居國人。以游賈為業。往來吳蜀集積珠寶。向直十萬貫。後達梓州牛頭山。值僧說法深寤財累乃沈江頓捨。便投灌口山竹林寺出家。初落髮日對眾誓曰。吾不得道誓不出山。結志不群野栖禽獸。入定一坐五日為期。有客到門潛通即覺起共接語。若無人時。端坐靜室寂若虛空。有時預告。明當客至人數若干。形貌服色恰期明至。數服皆同。時遭酷旱。百姓惶怖憂稼失色。皆來請祈雨。仙即往龍穴以杖扣門。喚曰。眾生何為嗜眠。如語即寤。當即玄雲四合大雨普沾。民賴斯澤。貴賤咸賽欽若天神。隋蜀王秀作鎮岷絡。有聞王者。尋遣追召全不承命。王勃然動色。親領兵仗往彼擒之。必若固違可即加刃。仙聞兵至傍若無人。被僧伽梨已端坐禪誦。王達山足。忽降雨雜注雹雪雷𩣺水涌。須臾滿川。軍藏無計並憂沒命。事既窘迫。乃懺悔歸依。遙禮仙德。垂雲忽散山路清夷。得達仙所。王躬盡敬一心歸懺。仙為說法重發信心。乃殷勤奉請邀還成都。至靜眾寺彌加厚禮。舉郭恭敬。號為仙闍梨。至仁壽年中返于山寺。卒葬於彼（右一驗出唐高僧傳）。

Shi Daoxian of the Zhulin Temple on Mount Guankou in the Shu region under the Sui was originally a native of Kangju. He worked as an itinerant merchant, traveling between Wu and Shu, accumulating jewels and treasures worth nearly one hundred thousand strings of cash. Later he arrived at Mount Niutou in Zizhou, where he met a monk preaching the Dharma. Deeply awakening to the encumbrance of wealth, he sank it into the river and abandoned it all at once. Thereupon he went to Zhulin Temple on Mount Guankou to enter the monastic order. On the day his hair was first shorn, he swore before the assembly: "If I do not attain the Path, I vow never to leave the mountain." Keeping his resolve aloof from the multitude, he dwelt in the wild like beasts and birds. When entering samādhi, one sitting lasted five days as his term. When guests arrived at the gate, their secret approach was immediately sensed; he would rise to receive and converse with them. When there were no people, he sat upright in his quiet room, tranquil as empty space. At times he foretold: "Tomorrow guests will arrive, their number so-and-so, their appearances and clothing colours such-and-such." Right on time the next day they would arrive, their number and clothing matching exactly. At that time there was a severe drought. The common people were terrified, turning pale with worry over their crops; all came to request him to pray for rain. Daoxian went to the dragon cave and knocked on the door with his staff, shouting, "Sentient beings, why indulge in sleep?" As he spoke, it immediately woke. Thereupon dark clouds gathered from all four quarters, and torrential rain fell everywhere. The people relied on this beneficence; noble and base alike offered thanks and revered him as a heavenly deity. Prince Xiu of Shu under the Sui was stationed at Minluo. Having heard of him, the Prince soon dispatched a summons, but Daoxian did not obey the order at all. The Prince's countenance flushed with rage, and he personally led armed soldiers to go and seize him, intending to put him to the sword if he persistently disobeyed. Hearing that the soldiers had arrived, Daoxian acted as if no one were there; donning his saṃghāṭī, he sat upright in meditation and chanted. When the Prince reached the foot of the mountain, rain suddenly poured down mingled with hail, snow, thunder, and lightning, and floods welled up, filling the valley in an instant. The army had no recourse and all feared losing their lives. In this desperate extremity, they repented and took refuge, bowing from afar to Daoxian's virtue. The overhanging clouds suddenly dispersed, the mountain path became clear and smooth, and they reached Daoxian's place. The Prince personally paid the utmost respect, single-mindedly taking refuge and repenting. Daoxian preached the Dharma for him, renewing his faith. The Prince then earnestly requested and invited him back to Chengdu. When he arrived at Jingzhong Temple, he was treated with ever more generous etiquette. The whole city revered him, calling him Master Daoxian. In the Renshou era, he returned to the mountain temple and died, being buried there. (This one verification comes from the Tang Gaoseng zhuan.)