佛祖統紀 47.65

47.65

In the fourth month of the fifth year, Lu Yuan, Director of the Ministry of Justice, bathed, put on his cap and robes, lay down to sleep, and passed away. As he was about to be encoffined, the fragrance of lotus flowers suddenly welled up and gushed forth from his mouth and nose. Yuan's sobriquet was Xing'an; he resided at Hengxi in Yin of Siming. Every morning upon rising, he recited the Lotus Sutra once a day for thirty years. Having reached the age of eighty, he increased it to three times, expressing his aspiration in verse, which had the line: 'In the clear morning, thrice arriving at Vulture Peak.' He also read the Great Canon and recited the Buddha's name. In all the Tiantai teachings and the principles of Shaolin, there was nothing he did not investigate extensively (His younger brother Lu You, [sobriquet] Fangweng, composed the tomb inscription).