弘贊法華傳 6.24

6.24

釋慧觀。不知何許人。流寓玄津。聽南㵎寺仙法師講。最為領袖。後忽感惡疾。及開。自勗誦法華經。至心懺悔。精誠既徹。豁然消食。因以法華為業。梁武。勅觀入壽光殿。既不得外講。因知製義。言味宮商。辭理包富。吳平世子蕭勸。臨嶺南番州。啟觀往彼。弘講法華。道俗歸心。每多祥瑞。後不知所終。

Śramaṇa Huiguan was a man of unknown origin. He drifted as a sojourner to Xuanjin, and listened to Dharma Master Xian's lectures at Nanjian Temple, becoming the foremost among his peers. Later he suddenly contracted a malignant disease, and upon regaining consciousness, he urged himself to recite the Lotus Sūtra and sincerely repent. Once his concentrated sincerity penetrated fully, his digestive obstruction was completely cleared. Thereupon he took the Lotus Sūtra as his vocation. Emperor Wu of the Liang decreed that Guan enter the Shouguang Hall. Because he was no longer permitted to lecture outside, he turned to composing doctrinal commentaries; his words had the flavor of musical harmonies, and his phrasing and arguments were richly comprehensive. Xiao Quan, Heir Apparent of Wuping, who was overseeing Fanzhou in Lingnan, invited Guan to travel thither to propagate and lecture on the Lotus Sūtra. Monastics and laypeople submitted their hearts to him, and auspicious omens frequently occurred. Later it was not known where he ended his life.