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By nature he was expansive and unfettered, fond of pursuing miraculous traces, and there was no bizarre or uncanny spot he did not explore. Hearing that beneath waterfalls there were many caverns where immortals and sages resided, in the Putai era of the Wei he traveled to Mount Rong. Seeing a cavern opening beneath a flying cascade, he entered by way of the cave. Having walked about five or six li, he was able to exit the cavern. Outside there was a faint path. Going northeast along it for several li, he came upon a stone conduit two or three paces wide; the water flowed westward, pure and clear all the way through, and medicinal herbs trailed over the ground, verdant and fresh. North of the conduit were three tiled buildings, very ancient and humble in shape. Before the courtyard, ears of grain were scattered about, largely pecked away by birds. In the eastern chamber were several racks of yellow rough robes; in the middle were two iron mortars as well as cooking cauldrons, all covered with accumulated dust, without any signs of cooking. In the western room was a śramaṇa sitting upright and dignified, dust covering his knees. Looking around in all directions, he saw only dense forests and hanging ravines, not an inhabited place. In an instant he met a divine monk, about sixty years old, whose eyebrows were over a zhang long and coiled hanging over his ears. Meeting each other, he was joyful and solicitous, as if meeting an old friend. He asked where he came from. \[The monk\] replied: "We three fellow disciples came here to escape the world. One went out and has not returned; one has been dead for a very long time, as if entering the samādhi of cessation. He is now in the western chamber—did you see him? Today, which surname reigns as lord?" \[Sengzhao\] replied: "It is the house of Wei." \[The monk\] asked: "Having enjoyed the state for so long, is it not the Cao clan?" Sengzhao said: "The surname is Yuan." The monk said: "I have not heard of it." Thereupon he took ears of grain, pounded them into gruel, and going into the forest, gathered pears and dates from beneath the leaves, giving them to him to eat. The monk said: "You just eat them; I do not eat this." He further asked: "What scripture do you recite as your practice?" Zhao said: "I recite the Lotus Sūtra." The divine monk nodded his head and said: "Very good, a practice of vigorous effort. The many scriptures on the shelves in the eastern room now, I recite them all myself. Would you like to hear them?" Zhao pressed his palms together and said: "I only dare to obey your instruction." The monk then chanted them section by section, his voice clear and penetrating, lasting throughout the entire night. Zhao was weary and succumbed to sleep. The monk said: "Just sleep; this is merely my daily practice." Reaching dawn without sleeping, he further prepared food for him. Zhao thanked him, saying: "I am fortunate to have met you. Now I shall temporarily return, but will soon come to serve you." The monk did not detain him either, but merely said: "My fellow disciple went away; if you had met him, you would have had great awakening. I regret that you did not see him." Having said that, \[he added\]: "You must return, go well!" Zhao followed the path and was able to return. He gathered companions to come again, seeking the cavern at the waterfall, but could never find its location. In all the Zhongnan mountains nowadays there are also such occurrences, which cannot be recounted in full. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 39.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.39.27) - [Next: 39.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.39.29) - [Up: 39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.39) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.39.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.39.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.39.28) · Pramāṇa