法華傳記 10.12

10.12

釋會通雍州萬年御宿川人。少欣道撿。遊泊林泉。苦節戒行。是其顧習。投終南豹林谷。潛隱綜業。讀法華經。至藥王品。便欣厭捨。私集柴木。誓必行之。以貞觀末年。靜夜林中。積薪為窟。誦至藥王。便令下火。風驚焰發。煙火俱盛。卓爾跏坐。聲誦如故。尋爾西南。有大白光流入火聚。身方偃仆。至曉身火俱滅。乃收其遺骨。為起白塔。勒銘存焉。

Śramaṇa Huitong was a native of Yusu River in Wannian, Yongzhou. In his youth he delighted in the discipline of the Way and roamed among forests and springs; rigorous discipline and moral conduct were his constant practice. He retreated to Baolin Valley in Mount Zhongnan to live in seclusion and pursue his vocation. He read the Lotus Sūtra, and upon reaching the 'Bhaiṣajyarāja Chapter', he rejoiced in renunciation. He secretly gathered firewood and vowed to carry it out. In the late Zhenguan era, on a quiet night in the forest, he piled wood into a cave-like pyre. Reciting up to the 'Bhaiṣajyarāja Chapter', he ordered the fire to be lit. The wind arose and flames burst forth, smoke and fire both raging. Aloft, he sat cross-legged, chanting aloud as before. Soon after, from the southwest, a great white light flowed into the pyre, and only then did his body fall forward. By dawn, both body and fire were extinguished. His remaining bones were gathered and a white stūpa was erected for him, with an inscription carved to preserve his memory.