法華傳記 6.38

6.38

釋僧智。戒行清潔。然誦法華。以為常業。智自本無齒。發願諷誦。夢有胡僧。以楊枝指齒肉。覺口中齒生。或登古塔上誦經。身疲眠臥。從塔而墮。未到地上。空中有人。接取無損。智問誰人。答我是毘沙門也。若人受持法華經者。我必守護。智後往西域。不知終處矣。

Śramaṇa Sengzhi's vinaya practice was pure, and he took reciting the Lotus Sūtra as his constant practice. Zhi originally had no teeth, but made a vow to chant and recite. He dreamed that a Central Asian monk touched his gums with a willow twig, and upon waking, teeth had grown in his mouth. Once, when he climbed an ancient stūpa to recite the sūtra, he grew weary in body, fell asleep, and tumbled from the stūpa. Before reaching the ground, someone in the air caught him, so that he was unharmed. Zhi asked, “Who are you?” The reply came, “I am Vaiśravaṇa. If a person upholds the Lotus Sūtra, I will certainly protect him.” Zhi later went to the Western Regions, and his final end is unknown.