高僧傳 9.35

9.35

Beside Fotudeng's left breast there had formerly been an aperture, four to five inches in circumference, that opened straight through into his abdomen. At times his intestines would come out from it, or he would plug the hole with cotton wool. At night when he wished to read scriptures, he would pull out the cotton, and the entire room would be brightly illuminated. Moreover, on fast days he would always go to the water's edge, pull out his intestines to wash them, and then replace them inside.