法華傳記 7.18

7.18

釋僧融梁初人。住九江東林寺。篤志汎博遊化已住。轉讀法華。於廬山獨宿時。天雨雪。中夜始眠見有鬼兵。其類甚眾。中有鬼將。帶甲挾刃。形奇壯偉。有持胡床者。乃對融前踞之。便勵色揚聲曰。君何謂鬼神乃無靈耶。速拽下地諸鬼將欲加手。融默稱觀世音聲未絕。即見所住床後有一天將。可長丈餘。著黃皮袴褶。手捉金剛杵擬之。鬼便驚散。甲冑之屬。碎為塵粉。融甞於江陵專心轉讀。感普賢云。汝讀法華罪性漸滅。三生必定得見身。融後不知終處矣（出唐高僧傳）。

The monk Sengrong lived in the early Liang. He resided at Donglin Temple in Jiujiang. With a resolute mind and broad learning, having completed his travels to preach and convert, he settled down and revolved and recited the Lotus Sūtra. While staying alone on Mount Lu, snow fell from the sky. At midnight, when he had just fallen asleep, he saw ghostly soldiers in great numbers. Among them was a ghost general, wearing armor and holding a blade, remarkably robust and imposing in stature. There was one carrying a folding chair, who planted it before Rong and sat upon it; he then sternly raised his voice and said, "Why do you claim that ghosts and spirits have no efficacy? Quickly drag him down to the ground!" The ghosts were about to lay hands on him when Rong silently invoked the name of Avalokiteśvara without pause. Immediately, behind the bed where he lay, he saw a heavenly general over ten feet tall, wearing yellow leather tunic and trousers, holding a vajra pestle with which he aimed at them. The ghosts fled in fright, and their armor and equipment were crushed to dust. Rong once focused his mind on revolving and reciting [the sūtra] in Jiangling, which moved Samantabhadra to say, "As you recite the Lotus, the nature of your sins is gradually extinguished; within three lifetimes, you will surely behold my body." Where Rong met his end later is unknown (from the Tang Gaoseng zhuan).