法苑珠林 97.64

97.64

隋相州鄴下釋玄景。姓石氏。滄州人。統解玄微純講大乘。後因臥疾三日。告侍人曰。玄景欲見彌勒佛。云何乃作夜摩天主。又云。賓客極多事須看視。有問其故。答云。凡夫識想何可檢校。向有天眾欲來邀迎耳。爾後異香充戶。眾共聞之。又曰。吾欲去矣。當願生世為善知識。遂終於所住。即大業二年六月也。自生常立願云。沈骸水中。及歿後遵用前旨。葬于紫陌河深瀅之中。三日往觀。所沈之處。反成沙墳。極高峻而水分兩派。道俗異其雅瑞。傳迹于今（右此一驗出唐高僧傳）。

During the Sui, the śramaṇa Xuanjing of Yexia in Xiangzhou was surnamed Shi and was a person from Cangzhou. He thoroughly understood the profound and subtle, lecturing purely on the Mahāyāna. Later, after lying ill for three days, he told his attendants: "I, Xuanjing, wish to see Maitreya Buddha; why have I become the lord of the Yāma Heaven instead?" He also said: "There are a great many guests who require looking after." When someone asked the reason, he answered: "How can an ordinary person's perceptions and thoughts investigate this? Just now a host of devas arrived, seeking to welcome me." After this, an extraordinary fragrance filled the room, which everyone smelled together. He further said: "I am about to depart. May I vow to be reborn in the world as a spiritual friend." He then passed away at his dwelling place; this was the sixth month of the second year of Daye. In his life he had always made the vow: "May my corpse be sunk into the water." After his death, following his previous intention, he was buried in the deep currents of the Zimo River. After three days people went to look, and the place where he was submerged had instead become a sand mound, exceedingly tall and steep, with the water dividing into two streams. Clergy and laity marveled at this elegant omen, and the account of this trace has been transmitted to this day. (The above evidential miracle is from the Tang Gaoseng zhuan.)