法苑珠林 84.46

84.46

隋益州響應山寺釋法進。不知氏族。為輝禪師弟子。常於竹林坐禪。有四老虎繞於左右。師語勿泄其相也。師後教為水觀。家人取柴。見繩床上有好清水。拾兩白石安著水中。進暮還寺彌覺背痛。具問家人。云安石子。語令明往所除此石。及旦進禪。家人還見如初清水。即除石子。所苦便愈。因爾習定不出此山。開皇中蜀王秀臨益州。妃患請進治損。後辭還山。王及妃躬送向山。王及妃見進足離地四五寸。以大業十三年正月八日終於此山。

Shi Fajin of Xiangying Mountain Temple in Yizhou under the Sui dynasty was of unknown clan. He was a disciple of Dhyāna Master Hui. He often sat in meditation in a bamboo grove, with four tigers surrounding him on the left and right. His master told him not to reveal these signs. Later, his master taught him the water contemplation. A servant went to fetch firewood and saw fine, clear water upon the rope bed; he picked up two white stones and placed them in the water. When Jin returned to the temple in the evening, he felt severe pain in his back. Inquiring thoroughly of the servant, [the servant] said he had placed the pebbles there. Jin told him to go tomorrow and remove these stones. When dawn came and Jin meditated, the servant again saw clear water as before, and immediately removed the stones; Jin's suffering was cured at once. Because of this, he practiced samādhi and did not leave this mountain. During the Kaihuang era, Prince Xiu of Shu governed Yizhou. His consort fell ill and invited Jin to treat her ailment. Later, he took leave to return to the mountain. The Prince and his consort personally escorted him toward the mountain. The Prince and his consort saw Jin's feet four to five inches above the ground. On the eighth day of the first month in the thirteenth year of Daye, he passed away on this mountain.