弘贊法華傳 8.24

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釋慧津。俗姓錢氏。不知何許人。少小出家。精修定檢。匡山廬岫。每所遊盤。而恒誦法華無輟。昏曉除寢食之餘。未甞間息。其誦。必周圍數步。掃灑清淨。採拾時花。莊嚴營飾。中心五六尺許。懸幡燒香。別施一座。於是。著新淨衣。禮十方佛。合掌端坐。然後乃誦。誦滿萬遍。忽依俙如雲霧。裏見三變八方寶座寶樹。諸佛菩薩。朦然在目。至萬五千遍。了了具見。後不知所終。

Śramaṇa Huijin, whose secular surname was Qian, was of unknown origin. Having gone forth from home in his boyhood, he cultivated meditative discipline with diligence. Mount Kuang and Mount Lu were places he often roamed, yet he constantly recited the Lotus Sūtra without stopping. From dusk to dawn, except for sleeping and eating, he never rested. When reciting, he would clean and sweep several paces around, pick seasonal flowers to decorate the area, hang banners, burn incense, and set up a separate seat five or six feet in the center. Then, putting on newly cleaned robes, he bowed to the Buddhas of the ten directions, sat upright with palms joined, and only then recited. When he completed ten thousand rounds, he dimly saw, as if through clouds and mist, the thrice-transformed jeweled thrones and jeweled trees of the eight directions, and Buddhas and bodhisattvas hazily before his eyes. Upon reaching fifteen thousand rounds, he saw them clearly and completely. Later, his end was unknown.