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大明寶珠。常遊杭郡嘉禾間。冬夏一衲。乞食自活。宿無恒居。平時惟念佛不絕口。人喚之纔應對。即連聲念佛。更無雜語。後於海門寺。忽若癲狂者。將半月餘。僧呵曰。爾平生實行。當與世人作眼目。何得乃爾。珠曰。既如是吾行矣。索浴畢安然立化。

Baozhu of the Great Ming frequently traveled between Hangzhou and Jiahe. He wore a single patched robe in winter and summer, begging for food to support himself, having no fixed lodging. Usually, he simply repeated the Buddha's name without break; when someone called him, as soon as he responded, he immediately repeated the Buddha's name in succession, uttering no other idle words. Later at Haimen Temple, he suddenly acted as if mad for more than half a month. A monk scolded him, “Throughout your life, your actual conduct served as an example for the world; how can you act like this?” Zhu said, “Since it is like this, I shall go.” He asked to bathe, and when finished, peacefully passed away standing up.