Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.71

v1.c6.s2.t3.71

also summon rains to put out fire on his whim. Buddhacinga possessed splendid healing skills, he could treat people’s difficult diseases and patients would recover just as he said. He also possessed profound understanding in Buddhism *dharma* with incomparable explanation profession and a great goal of spreading great *dharma*, he was never short of words in discussions; Shi Le, Shi Hu, Guo Heilue and other people educated by Buddhacinga all began to uphold benevolent rules for saving all creatures on earth and enrolled masses of followers. Buddhacinga’s *dharma* dissemination later became foundation for thriving of northern Buddhism in the period of the 16 Kingdoms and primarily created the dissemination mode of Buddhism-Monarch (Imperial Power) Combination. Buddhacinga eventually passed away in fourth year of Yonghe (348) during the rule of Emperor Jin Mu at the age of 117 years. Buddhacinga had students like Shi Daoan and Zhu Fatai and they were all knowledgeable people with high morales. Since most stories about Buddhacinga contained mysterious and divine elements, these have foreshadowed his otherwise excellent accomplishments in Dharma and righteous deed. His stories are categorised in *Biographies of Eminent Monks* by people in later generations.