法苑珠林 36.58

36.58

昔宋永嘉年中。有外國三藏法師求那跋摩。勅延祇桓寺。每於講說四眾雲會。嘗夏安居竟。信心看採雜華施僧座下中竟。檢視唯跋摩所坐鮮榮如初。預知死時。依日先洗浴。叉手誦經端坐而化。身體香軟。於座下得手迹遺文一卷。其偈曰。

Formerly, during the Yongjia years of the Song, there was the foreign Tripiṭaka master Guṇavarman, who was summoned by imperial decree to Jetavana Temple. Whenever he lectured, the fourfold assembly gathered like clouds. Once, when the summer retreat had ended, people of faithful mind went to pick various flowers and laid them beneath the monks' seats. Afterwards, upon inspection, only where Guṇavarman had sat remained as fresh and flourishing as before. Knowing in advance the time of his death, on that day he first bathed, then joined his palms, chanted sūtras, sat upright, and passed away. His body was fragrant and soft. Beneath his seat, an autograph scroll of his final writing was found. Its verses said: