續高僧傳 28.33

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又同寺僧法達者。以誠素見稱。供嚫之直用寫華嚴八部般若。燒香自讀一百餘遍。而生常清潔不畜門人。單己自怡食無餘粒。斯亦輕清之高士也。年登七十。便齎所讀經贈同行者。但捧勝天一部以為終老。即擲公名趣雲陽巖中。擁緣送死。經于四載遂卒彼山。並是即目近事。且夫讀誦徵感。其類繁焉。別有紀傳。故不曲盡。略引數條。示光緒耳。

Furthermore, there was the monk Fada of the same temple, who was praised for his sincere simplicity. The proceeds from the offerings he received were used to copy the Avataṃsaka Sūtra and eight sections of the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras. He burned incense and read them on his own over a hundred times. Throughout his life he was always pure and clean, not keeping disciples. Solitary and contented, he left no grain of food uneaten. He too was an untrammeled and noble scholar. When he reached the age of seventy, he took the scriptures he had read and presented them to his fellow practitioners, holding only one copy of the *Shengtiantuoluoni jing* to spend the rest of his days. He then relinquished his public registry and went into the cliffs of Yunyang to gather his conditions and await death. After four years, he passed away on that mountain. These are all recent events witnessed in our own times. Moreover, instances of spiritual resonance from chanting and recitation are indeed numerous. There are separate accounts and biographies, so they are not detailed exhaustively here. I have briefly cited a few instances merely to indicate the general thread.