弘贊法華傳 6.29

6.29

釋僧歡。未詳其姓氏。出家。住金陵治城寺。本羸病。乏氣力。乃至心於寺塔下懺悔。祈請懇到。誦法華經不輟。於少時間。欝然膂力。寺塔前。有兩石師子。形甚重大。歡忽以兩臂。各貫師子腹下。擎之而走。行十許里。都不覺倦。梁高祖。聞而駭之。乃勅罷道。隷裴邃北征。而殞。

Śramaṇa Shenghuan, whose family name is unknown, went forth from the household and lived in Zhicheng Temple in Jinling. Originally emaciated and sickly, lacking bodily strength, he sincerely repented beneath the temple's stūpa with the utmost earnestness and supplication, reciting the Lotus Sūtra without cessation. In a short time, his physical strength grew formidable. In front of the temple stūpa were two stone lions of immense weight. Huan suddenly placed both arms beneath the bellies of the lions, lifted them, and ran, traveling about ten li without feeling any fatigue at all. Emperor Gaozu of the Liang heard of this and was astonished; he thereupon ordered him laicized and attached him to Pei Sui's northern expedition, where he perished.