法苑珠林 28.23

28.23

晉河陰白馬寺有釋曇邃。未詳何許人。少出家止河陰白馬寺。蔬食布衣誦正法華經。常一日一遍。又精達經旨。亦為人解說。甞於夜中忽聞扣戶。云欲請法師九旬說法。邃不許。固請乃赴之。而猶是眠中。比覺己身在白馬塢神祠中。并一弟子。自爾日日密往。餘無知者。後寺僧經祠前過見有兩高座。邃在北弟子在南。如有講說聲。又聞有奇香之氣。於是道俗共傳。咸云。神異。至夏竟神施以白馬一匹白羊五頭絹九十匹。呪願畢於是各絕。邃終不知所在。

At the Baima Temple in Heyin during the Jin dynasty, there was the Śramaṇa Shi Tansui. It is not known where he was from. In his youth, he left household life and resided at the Baima Temple in Heyin. He ate a vegetarian diet, wore hemp clothing, and recited the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra, usually once every day. Furthermore, he had a subtle mastery of the sūtra's purport and also explained it for others. Once during the night, he suddenly heard a knock at the door, and someone said that they wished to invite the Dharma master to preach the Dharma for ninety days. Tansui did not consent, but after persistent requests, he went, while still as if in sleep. By the time he awoke, he found his body inside the shrine of the spirit of Baima Entrenchment, accompanied by one disciple. From then on, he secretly went there every day, without anyone else knowing. Later, monks of the temple passing by the front of the shrine saw two high seats: Tansui was on the north, and his disciple was on the south, with sounds as if expounding the teachings. They also smelled an extraordinary fragrance. Thereupon, monastics and laypeople alike spread the word, all calling it a divine anomaly. When the summer ended, the spirit made an offering of one white horse, five white sheep, and ninety bolts of silk. After the prayers of dedication were completed, each vanished. Tansui's whereabouts were ultimately unknown.