[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 27.55 # 法苑珠林 27.55 法苑珠林 27.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.27.55) 趙沙門單或作善。字道開。不知何許人也。別傳云。燉煌人。本姓孟。少出家。欲窮栖巖谷故先斷穀食。初進麵三年。後服鍊松脂三十年後唯時吞小石子。石子下輒。復斷酒脯雜菓。體畏風寒唯噉椒薑。氣力微弱而膚色潤澤。行步如飛。山神數試未曾傾動。仙人常來意亦不耐。每齧蒜以却之。端坐靜念晝夜不眠。久在抱牢。石虎建武二年自西平迎來至鄴下。不乘舟車日行七百餘里。過南安度一童子為沙彌。年十三四。行亦及開。既至居于照德佛圖。裳服縷弊背膊常袒。於屋內作棚閣。高八九尺。上織菅為帳禪于其中。絕穀七載常御雜藥。藥有松脂茯苓之氣。善能治目疾常周行墟野救療百姓。王公遠近贈遺累積。皆受而施散。一毫無餘。石虎之末逆知其亂。乃與弟子南之許昌。升平三年來至建業。復適番禺住羅浮山。蔭臥林薄邈然自怡。以其年七月卒。遺言露屍林裏。弟子從之。陳郡袁彥伯。興寧元年為南海太守。與弟頴升登游此岳。致敬其骸燒香作禮（右六驗出冥祥記）。 > The śramaṇa Shan—also written as Shan—courtesy name Daokai, of the Zhao, was a man of unknown origins. A separate biography says he was a native of Dunhuang, originally surnamed Meng. He went forth in his youth; wishing to reside secluded in rocky valleys, he first cut off grain food. At first, he ate flour for three years; later, he ingested refined pine resin for thirty years; thereafter, he only occasionally swallowed small pebbles. Once the pebbles were passed, he also gave up wine, dried meat, and various fruits. His body feared wind and cold, so he only ate pepper and ginger. His physical strength was subtle and weak, yet his complexion was glossy, and he walked as if flying. Mountain spirits tested him several times, but he was never swayed. Immortals often came, yet his mind was not enchanted; he always chewed garlic to drive them away. Sitting upright in quiet reflection, he did not sleep day or night, dwelling for a long time at Baolao. In the second year of the Jianwu reign era of Shi Hu, he was welcomed from Xiping to Ye. Without riding in boats or carriages, he traveled over seven hundred li a day. Passing through Nan'an, he ordained a boy of thirteen or fourteen as a novice, whose walking pace could also match Kai's. Upon arrival, he resided in Zhaode Pagoda. His garments were tattered and torn, and his back and shoulders were often bare. Inside his room, he built a platform eight or nine feet high, weaving reeds above it into a screen, and practiced dhyāna within it. Having abstained from grain for seven years, he constantly consumed various medicinal herbs, which carried the scent of pine resin and tuckahoe. He was skilled at curing eye diseases and constantly traveled through villages and wilds to heal the common people. The gifts piled up by princes and nobles from far and wide were all accepted and distributed, leaving not a single thread behind. Toward the end of Shi Hu's reign, foreknowing the turmoil, he and his disciples went south to Xuchang. In the third year of the Shengping reign era, he came to Jianye, and later went to Panyu to dwell on Mount Luofu. Lying in the shade of the grove, he was detached and contented. He died in the seventh month of that year. His dying instruction was to leave his corpse exposed in the forest, and his disciples complied. Yuan Yanbo of Chen Commandery, who was Grand Administrator of Nanhai in the first year of the Xingning reign era, ascended and toured this peak with his younger brother Yingsheng, paying respect to his remains and burning incense in reverence. (The six miracles above are from the \*Records of Signs from the Unseen Realm\* \[\*Mingxiang ji\*\].) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.27.54) - [Next: 27.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.27.56) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.27.55) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.27.55) · Pramāṇa