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佛祖統紀 10.49

佛祖統紀 10.49

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10.49

法師守素。初從邃師受觀心之法。既悟玄旨。入居京師大興善寺。足不越閫長誦法華。至三萬七千餘部。夜則虎狼侍座聽經。食則烏鵲就掌取粒。沙門幽玄贈之詩曰。三萬蓮經三十春。半生不踏院門塵。時以為實錄。

Dharma Master Shousu initially received the contemplation of the mind from Master Sui. Having realized the profound principle, he entered the capital and dwelt at Daxingshan Temple; his feet did not cross the threshold, and he perpetually recited the Lotus [Sūtra], reaching more than 37,000 recitations. At night, tigers and wolves attended his seat to listen to the sūtra; at mealtime, crows and magpies came to his palms to take grains. The śramaṇa Youxuan presented him with a poem: "Thirty thousand Lotus Sūtras in thirty springs, / For half a life not treading upon the dust of the cloister gate." At that time, it was considered a veritable record.

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