Shi Mingda, whose family surname is Kang, his ancestral home is Kangju, became a monk in his childhood, and strictly observed fasting. When you first receive the ten precepts, the five roots will be pure; if you stick to the rules outside, the internal causes of Taoism, compassio

Shi Mingda, whose common surname is Kang, his ancestral home is Kangju ( Western Regions ancient country name), he became a monk in his childhood and strictly observed fasting. After receiving the ten precepts for the first time, the five senses will be pure; after receiving the full precepts. The business is even more steep. I can't hold my mat, eat every day. Keep the rules outside, cultivate the cause inside, be compassionate, and wandering is the task. At the beginning of Liang Tianjian (502 AD), he came from the Western Regions to Shu tribe (now Sichuan). At that time, thieves often blocked the road and robbed them in the Three Gorges of Bashu. The prefectures and counties sent troops to fight, hoping to chase and take these thieves to the case. Mingda felt sorry for these thieves and wanted to save them. Then he went to the place where the thieves were alone, persuaded them to change their evil and do good. At first, the thief refused to listen to the advice. Not long after, suddenly, thunder suddenly rose and the wind blew. The thieves were very panicked and begged for mercy to Mingda. Mingda asked them to prepare thousands of lamps and sincerely pray for the Three Jewels. Everything was ready, and the weather was clear immediately. Later, these thieves surrendered to the court. Therefore, the roadblocks were cleared, and the journey was unhindered, and the military power was not set, and the road was smooth. This was a clear achievement.

Once, Mingda was walking on the road and met someone tied a pig to the ground. At that time, the pig said to Mingda in human words, "I wish the saints could save me." Mingda then took off his clothes, redeemed the pig, and let it go. He once asked his disciple for water to wash his feet at night. The disciple brought water to help him wash as he said, but the mud on his feet could not be washed away. So I washed it with hot soup, but it still couldn't be washed off. He rinsed it with water himself, and the mud was washed away in an instant. Mingda said to his disciples, "It's fish paste." He even more could not measure the state of his practice.

Another time, he went to Niutou Mountain in Zizhou (now Santai and Zhongjiang areas in Sichuan) and prepared to build a temple pagoda there. He didn't look for wood and stone first, but craftsmen first, which everyone found strange. At that time, the water source was exhausted and the water in the river became very shallow. He went into the water to collect the wood, so he took out a long wood from the water, which was exactly the length and size of the wood. Everyone was very happy and stood up the wood. By April, the river water surged and a lot of wood floated down. When it reached the river bank by the village, it stopped floating away. Everyone brought these woods up and quickly built the temple tower with these woods. He was very frugal and his clothes were all thick clothes. He repaired them himself when they were torn and never wore leather to make clothes. Sometimes when you enter the rope bed, the fire suddenly starts, and the monks quickly put out the fire. Everyone does not feel hot, but on the contrary, they feel cool. There was a monk who suffered from spasm and for a long time, so he came to seek Mingda treatment. Mingda took him a tin stick and asked him to walk with a tin stick. Not long after, the monk strode back. There are countless things like this.

Also, when Busa, he often sits first. There was once a thief who went over the wall and went into the temple to steal things. After walking out of the temple, he felt confused and returned to the temple. Mingda knew the reason and moved it with emotion, so that he knew his mistakes and admitted his mistakes, so he let him go. He had a very high reputation in the Chu and Shu areas, which led to many gangsters in the area, who either held a furnace to ask for offerings, scattered flowers and common people, abandoned the world and converted, or consciously followed the Dharma. All of these were invincible. In the fifteenth year of Tianjian (516 AD), King Suishing returned to Jingzhou. In the winter of that year, I finally arrived in Jiangling and lived for fifty years.