法華傳記 2.38

2.38

釋僧滿。是梁代人也。稚而聰明。蔬食苦節。博通經論。而以法華為志。講經一百遍。聞者渧淚伏膺。每至藥王品歎息。生死輪轉無窮已。誰為法惜身。更於長沙郡。發願燒身以供養經。天降微雨。灰中生蓮華。三日無萎落。見聞者悲喜矣。

Shi Sengman was a person of the Liang dynasty. Intelligent from childhood, he ate vegetarian food, practiced austere discipline, and was thoroughly versed in the sūtras and treatises, yet he set his aspiration upon the Lotus Sūtra. He lectured on the scripture one hundred times. Those who heard him wept tears of devotion. Whenever he reached the chapter on the "Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja," he would sigh and say: "The cycle of birth and death turns without end; who would begrudge their body for the sake of the Dharma?" He then made a vow in Changsha Commandery to burn his body as an offering to the scripture. Heaven sent down a fine rain, and lotus flowers grew forth from the ashes, not withering or falling for three days. Those who saw and heard of it felt both grief and joy.