[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) › 83.42 # 法苑珠林 83.42 法苑珠林 83.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [83.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.42) 隋懷州柏尖山寺釋曇詢。俗姓楊。弘農華陰人也。謹攝自修宗稟心學。遠訪巖隱。游至白鹿山北霖落泉寺逢曇準禪師。授以禪法。又往稠禪師所。問其津道。極相禮遇。善洽禪味。後經三夏移住鹿土谷修禪。屬枯泉重出䴥麋繞院。故得美水馴獸。日濟道隣。從學之徒相慶茲瑞。時因請法暫往雲門。值徑陰霧昏暗失路。忽蒙山神示道方會本途。此乃化感幽冥神明翊衛。時有盜者來竊蔬菜。將欲出園。乃為群蜂所螫。詢聞來救。慈心將治得全餘命。嘗有趙人遠至殷勤。致禮陳云。弟子因病死蘇。往見閻羅王。詰問罪當就獄。賴蒙詢師來為請命。王因放免。生來未面遠訪方委。又山行值二虎鬪。累日不歇。詢執錫分之。以身為翳。語云。汝同居林藪。計無大乖。幸各分路。何須固忿。虎聞低頭。飲氣而散。屢逢熊虎。交諍不歇。皆詢往救。略同前述。入定鳥不亂。獸見如偶。又陰德感物顯用藏仁。每入禪定七日為期。白虎入房同居窟宅。獨處靜院不出十年。隋文重德屢送璽書。兼賜香供重疊累載。以開皇初年風疹忽增。卒於柏尖山寺。春秋八十。初遘疾彌留。忽有神光照燭香風拂戶。又感異鳥白頸赤身。繞院空飛。聲唳哀切。氣至大漸。鳥住堂基。自然狎附。不畏人物。或在房門至于臥席。悲鳴逾甚血沸眼中。既爾往化。鳥便飛出外空旋轉奄然翔逝。又感猛虎繞院虓\[豸\*虎\]。兩宵霧昏三日結慘又加山崩石墜林摧㵎塞。驚動人畜恓惶失據。其哀感靈祥疇能殫記（右世二驗出唐高僧傳）。 > During the Sui dynasty, Shi Tanxun of Baijian Mountain Temple in Huai Prefecture had the secular surname Yang and was a native of Huayin in Hongnong. He disciplined himself and practiced austerities, taking mind-learning as his guiding principle. Searching afar for hermits in the rocky heights, he traveled to Linluoquan Temple north of Bailu Mountain, where he met Meditation Master Tanzhun, who transmitted the meditation method to him. He also went to Meditation Master Chou's place to inquire about the crossing and the Way; he was treated with great courtesy and deeply savoured the taste of dhyāna. After three summer retreats, he moved to reside in Lutugu to practice meditation. It happened that a dry spring welled forth again, and roe deer and elaphures encircled the courtyard; thus obtaining sweet water and tamed beasts, he daily aided his neighbors in the Way. The disciples who followed his study congratulated each other on these auspicious omens. Once, while on a brief journey to Yunmen to request the Dharma, he encountered a path obscured by dark fog and lost his way; suddenly he was guided by a mountain deity who showed him the path, whereupon he met the original route. This was his spiritual influence moving the unseen world, such that the spirits defended and escorted him. At that time, a thief came to steal vegetables; just as he was about to leave the garden, he was stung by a swarm of bees. Xun heard of it and came to the rescue, treating him with a compassionate mind so that his remaining life was preserved. Once, a man from Zhao came from afar, earnestly paying homage and stating: 'Your disciple died of an illness and revived; I went and saw King Yama, who interrogated me, and I was about to be cast into hell. Fortunately, I relied on Master Xun, who came to plead for my life, and the King therefore released and pardoned me. Having never met you in this life, I inquired afar to confirm it.' Moreover, while walking in the mountains, he came upon two tigers fighting, which did not cease for days on end. Xun held his staff and separated them, shielding them with his own body, and said: 'Living together in the forest, by rights you have no great estrangement. I hope you will each go your own way; why must you persist in anger?' Hearing this, the tigers hung their heads, swallowed their wrath, and dispersed. He repeatedly encountered bears and tigers fighting incessantly; in all cases Xun went to save them, roughly as related above. When he entered samādhi, birds were not disturbed, and beasts looked upon him as their kin. Furthermore, his secret merit moved living beings, his manifest application concealed benevolence. Every time he entered meditation, seven days was the period; a white tiger entered his room and dwelt together with him in the cavernous chamber. He lived alone in a quiet courtyard, not leaving for ten years. Emperor Wen of the Sui revered his virtue, repeatedly sending imperial letters with royal seals, along with successive gifts of incense and offerings over many years. In the early years of the Kaihuang era, his wind rash suddenly worsened, and he died at Baijian Mountain Temple at the age of eighty. When he first fell critically ill, suddenly a divine light shone brightly, and a fragrant breeze brushed the door. Moreover, it moved a strange bird with a white neck and red body, which flew circling in the air around the courtyard, its cries sorrowful and mournful. When his breath reached its final extremity, the bird rested on the base of the hall, naturally tamed and close, not fearing humans or animals. Sometimes it was at the door of the chamber, or beside his sleeping mat, mourning even more intensely, tears of blood welling in its eyes. Once he passed away, the bird flew out into the open sky, wheeled around, and suddenly vanished into flight. It also moved a fierce tiger to roar around the courtyard. For two nights there was dark fog, and for three days a gloom hung heavy; in addition, mountains crumbled, rocks fell, forests were destroyed, and gullies blocked. Humans and beasts were startled and panicked, losing their footing. How could one exhaustively record his moving spiritual omens? (The two verifications above from the world are from Tang Gaoseng zhuan.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 83.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.41) - [Next: 83.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.43) - [Up: 83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.83.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.83.42) · Pramāṇa