法華傳記 6.40

6.40

釋慧達。誦法華經為常業。以晉隆安二年。於北瀧上。掘甘草。于時羌餓。捕人食之。達為羌所得。閉在構中。彼中有多人眾。先羌擇肥者食之。達一心稱觀世音菩薩。并誦普門品。羌食餘人已盡。唯在達并一少兒。擬次食。明日達竟禮誦。羌來欲食。急見一虎從草聚出。吼哮馳逐。時諸羌散走。幸得大平。將其小兒。還於本處。誦經之力。感觀音應揭焉。

Śramaṇa Huida took reciting the Lotus Sūtra as his constant practice. In the second year of the Long'an era of the Jin, he was digging licorice root on Beilong. At that time the Qiang were starving and captured people to eat them. Da was captured by the Qiang and locked in an enclosure. There were many people inside. The Qiang first selected the fat ones to eat. Da single-mindedly invoked Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva and also recited the “Universal Gate Chapter.” When the Qiang had eaten all the other people, only Da and a young boy remained, marked to be eaten next. The following day, as Da finished his worship and recitation, the Qiang came intending to eat them. Suddenly they saw a tiger emerge from a clump of grass, roaring and giving chase. At that time the Qiang scattered and fled, and [Da] fortunately gained great peace. Taking the young boy with him, he returned to his original place. The power of reciting the sūtra stimulated Avalokiteśvara's response, which was made manifest in this way.