弘贊法華傳 6.30

6.30

釋僧定。不知何許人。住江陽禪眾寺。誦法華經一部。甚好聲韻。不能謹節。流宕塵俗。然每感諸天童子。為之給使。有時醉臥。法衣離身。自然卷襞。引被整覆。衣脫泥垢。未暇浣治。迺復取之。久以香潔。或瓶水自滿。或地恒掃淨。定醉眼憙唾。一時酒醒。見天童子在前。遍身沾唾。自爾折節。遵修戒業。後不知所終。

Śramaṇa Sengding was a man of unknown origin. He lived in Chanzhong Temple in Jiangyang and recited the Lotus Sūtra in its entirety. He was very fond of musical melodies, could not maintain strict discipline, and drifted into worldly vulgarities. Nevertheless, he constantly moved heavenly youths to serve him. Sometimes when he lay intoxicated, his Dharma robes would slip off his body and naturally fold themselves, while the blanket would be drawn up to neatly cover him. When his robes were soiled with mud and he had had no time to wash them, upon taking them up later, they were already fragrant and clean. At times the water jar would fill by itself, or the floor was always swept clean. With drunken eyes Ding took pleasure in spitting; once, upon sobering up from wine, he saw a heavenly youth before him, covered all over in spit. From then on he broke with his past ways and adhered to the cultivation of the precepts. Later it was not known where he ended his life.