法華傳記 5.34

5.34

慧和道人者。宋泰始義嘉時。未出家為南賊。劉胡下都參值諜來著新林。被捉便欲研頭。其前在鵲渚遇臺軍。已經怖懅。從此之後恒誦觀世音經。臨被殺時。心念益至。遂爾曰斬之三研三折。於是軍主謂為異事。立便放去。慧和得脫便出家。

The man of the Way Huihe: During the Yijia rebellion in the Taishi era of the Song, before he renounced household life, he was an insurgent of the South. Following Liu Hu down to the capital, he served as a spy and arrived at Xinlin. He was captured, and they immediately intended to execute him. Earlier, he had encountered imperial troops at Quezhu and had already experienced terrifying peril. From that time on, he constantly recited the Avalokiteśvara Sūtra. When he was about to be executed, his mindful devotion became all the more intense. When they thereupon struck to behead him, the blade struck three times and broke three times. Thereupon the military commander regarded this as an extraordinary event and immediately released him. Having obtained deliverance, Huihe thereupon renounced household life.