法苑珠林 51.70

51.70

齊相州鼓山釋道豐。未詳氏族。世稱得道之流。與弟子三人居相州鼓山中。不求利養。或云。練丹黃白醫療占相世之術藝無所不解。齊高來往并鄴。常過問之。應對不思隨事標答。帝曾命酒并蒸肫。勅置豐前令遣食之。豐聊無辭讓極意飽噉。帝乃大笑。亦不與言。駕去後謂弟子曰。除却床頭物。及發撤床見向者蒸肫酒等猶在。都不似噉嚼處。時石窟寺有一坐禪僧。每日西則東望山顛。有丈八金像現。此僧私喜謂覩靈瑞。日日禮拜。如此可經兩月。後在房臥。忽聞枕間有語。謂之曰。天下更何處有佛。汝今道成即是佛也。爾當好作佛身莫自輕脫。此僧聞已便起鄭重。傍視群僧猶如草芥。於大眾前側手指胸云。儞輩頗識真佛不。泥龕畫佛語不出唇。智慮何如。儞見真佛不知禮敬。猶作本日期我。悉墮阿鼻。又眼睛已赤噭呼無常。合寺知是驚禪。及未發前輿詣豐所住。即謂曰。汝兩月已來常見東山上現金像耶。答曰。實見。又曰。汝聞枕間遣作佛耶。答曰。實然。豐曰。此風動失心耳。若不早治。或狂走難制。便以鍼鍼之三處。因即不發。及豐臨終謂弟子曰。吾在山久。汝等有谷汲之勞。今去無以相遺。當留一泉與汝。既無陟降辛苦努力勤修道業。便指竈傍去一方石。遂有懸泉澄映不盈不減。於今現存（右三驗出梁高僧傳）。

Shi Daofeng of Mount Gu in Xiang Prefecture under the Qi dynasty: his clan name is not known. His contemporaries called him one who had attained the Way. Together with three disciples he dwelt in Mount Gu in Xiang Prefecture, seeking no material support. Some said that he understood all worldly arts and skills, including alchemical compounding, aurifaction, medicine, divination, and physiognomy. Gao of the Qi, whenever traveling between Bing and Ye, would frequently visit to consult him. He answered without hesitation, responding directly according to the subject. The Emperor once ordered wine together with a steamed suckling pig, commanding them to be placed before Feng and ordering him to eat them. Feng showed not the slightest refusal or hesitation, eating to his heart's content until fully sated. The Emperor laughed loudly and spoke no more with him. After the imperial carriage departed, [Feng] said to his disciples, “Remove the things beside the bed.” When they uncovered and cleared the bed, they saw that the previous steamed suckling pig and wine were still there, showing no signs of having been chewed or consumed at all. At that time, there was a monk practicing sitting meditation at the Shiku Temple. Every day at sunset, looking eastward toward the mountain peak, an eighteen-foot golden statue would appear. This monk secretly rejoiced, thinking he was beholding an auspicious omen, and bowed in worship day after day. This went on for about two months. Later, while lying in his room, he suddenly heard a voice beside his pillow saying to him, “Where else under Heaven is there a Buddha? Your realization of the Way today is itself being a Buddha. You should conduct yourself well as the Buddha's body; do not take yourself lightly.” Upon hearing this, the monk immediately developed pride and arrogance, regarding the host of monks around him as mere weeds. Before the assembly, tilting his finger and pointing to his chest, he said, “Do you all recognize a true Buddha? For clay niches and painted Buddhas, words do not come from their lips; what wisdom or thought do they have? Seeing a true Buddha, you do not know to pay homage, but still measure me by my former days. You shall all fall into Avīci!” Furthermore, his eyes had already turned red, and he was screaming wildly without pause. The whole monastery knew this was meditation madness. Before it became completely unmanageable, they carried him on a litter to Feng's dwelling. [Feng] immediately said to him, “For the past two months, have you frequently seen a golden statue appear on the eastern mountain?” He answered, “I truly did see it.” [Feng] said again, “Did you hear [a voice] beside your pillow telling you to act as a Buddha?” He answered, “Truly so.” Feng said, “This is merely a disruption of wind causing you to lose your mind. If it is not treated early, you might run mad and be difficult to restrain.” He then applied acupuncture needles to three places on his body, and thereupon the madness did not recur. When Feng approached the end of his life, he said to his disciples, “I have been in these mountains for a long time. You have endured the toil of drawing water from the valley. Now that I am departing, I have nothing to bequeath you, but I shall leave you a spring. Since you will no longer have the hardship of climbing up and down, exert yourselves diligently in cultivating the work of the Way.” He then pointed beside the stove to a square stone. Thereupon a suspended spring gushed forth, clear and bright, neither overflowing nor diminishing. It still exists today. (The above three testimonies are taken from the Liang Lives of Eminent Monks.)