法華傳記 4.56

4.56

釋法緒。姓混高昌人。德行清謹。蔬食修禪。後入蜀。於劉師塚間頭陀山谷。虎哭不傷。誦法華維摩金光明等。常處石室中。且禪且誦。盛夏於室中捨命。七日不臭。屍左側有香。經旬乃歇。每夕放光。照徹數里。村人即於屍上。為起塚塔焉。

Śramaṇa Faxu was surnamed Hun, a native of Gaochang. His moral conduct was pure and scrupulous; he ate a vegetarian diet and cultivated dhyāna. Later he entered Shu, practicing dhūta among the mountain ravines at Master Liu's graveyard, where tigers howled without harming him. He recited the Lotus, Vimalakīrti, and Suvarṇaprabhāsa sūtras, always staying within a rock chamber, alternating between dhyāna and recitation. In the height of summer, he relinquished his life inside the chamber; for seven days there was no foul odor, and from the left side of the corpse a fragrance emanated, dissipating only after ten days. Every night a light was emitted, illuminating for several leagues around. The villagers then built a grave and stupa over the corpse.