弘贊法華傳 6.12

6.12

釋道壽。未詳何許人也。清和恬寂。以恭孝稱。受五戒未甞犯。元嘉中。遭其父憂。因毀遘疾。自無痛癢。唯黃瘠骨立。經歷年歲。諸治不瘳。因爾發願。願疾愈出家。立誓之後。漸得平復。如願出俗。住祇洹寺。勤苦超絕。誦法華經三千遍。常見光瑞。元嘉十六年九月七日夜。見空中寶蓋。垂覆其上。後不知所終。

Shi Daoshou: it is not known where he was from. He was pure, harmonious, calm, and quiet, renowned for his reverence and filial piety. He received the five precepts and never broke them. During the Yuanjia era, he went into mourning for his father. Through his grief he contracted an illness; he had no aches or pains, but became emaciated, sallow, and reduced to skin and bones. Years passed, and all treatments failed to cure him. Thereupon he made a vow, wishing that once his illness was cured he would leave household life. After making this vow, he gradually recovered. Leaving secular life as he had vowed, he lived at Jetavana Monastery (Qihuan si). His diligence and austere practice were extraordinary; he recited the Lotus Sūtra three thousand times and often saw auspicious omens of light. On the night of the seventh day of the ninth month in the sixteenth year of the Yuanjia era, he saw a jeweled canopy suspended in the air, covering him from above. Later it was not known where he ended his days.