高僧傳 11.46

11.46

釋淨度，吳興餘杭人。少愛遊獵，嘗射孕鹿墮胎。鹿母䘖痛，猶就地舐子。度乃心悟，因摧弓折矢，出家蔬食。誦經三十餘萬言。常獨處山澤，坐禪習誦。若邑中有齋集，輒身然九燈，端然達曙，以為供養，如此者累年。後忽告弟子云：「令辦香湯洗浴，說法數千章，誡以生死因果。」言訖，奄然而化。簫鼓香烟自空而至。同時眷屬數十人皆所聞見。

Shi Jingdu was a native of Yuhang in Wuxing. In his youth he was fond of hunting, and once shot a pregnant deer, causing it to miscarry. The mother deer, enduring the pain, still approached the ground to lick its fawn. Du then attained an awakening of heart; he consequently broke his bow, snapped his arrows, entered the monastic order, and ate vegetarian food. He recited over three hundred thousand words of sūtras. He often dwelt alone in mountains and marshes, sitting in dhyāna and practicing recitation. Whenever there was a fast gathering in the district, he would light nine lamps on his body and remain upright until dawn as an offering, doing so for many years. Later, he suddenly told his disciples, "Prepare fragrant water for bathing; I shall expound several thousand sections of Dharma, admonishing you concerning the causes and effects of birth and death." Having finished speaking, he suddenly passed away. The sound of flutes and drums and the smoke of incense arrived from the sky. Several dozen companions at the time all heard and saw this.