釋門自鏡錄 2.34

2.34

釋法豐姓竺氏。燉煌人。往適龜茲。修理一寺。觸事周辯。時因號為法豐寺。既久專寺任。稍恃其功力。出內取與頗乖斟酌。輒減省僧食令不周足。久之遂亡。墮餓鬼中。常在寺院。至初夜後。作餓駝鳴。巡房聲叫。弟子寶慧聞而歎曰。是我師聲。因問那爾。豐曰。由減僧食料受餓鬼苦。苦劇難堪。願見濟度。弟子廣為齋懺。得生清勝云云。

Shi Fafeng, whose secular surname was Zhu, was a native of Dunhuang. He traveled to Qiuci (Kucha) and renovated a monastery, managing all affairs thoroughly, so that at the time it was called Fafeng Monastery. Having long held exclusive charge of the monastery's duties, he gradually came to rely on his own merits and efforts; his disbursals and receipts severely lacked moderation. He willfully reduced and curtailed the monks' food so that it was insufficient. After a long time, he died and fell among the hungry ghosts. He was constantly in the monastery courtyard. After nightfall, he made the cries of a starving camel, calling out as he made the rounds of the rooms. His disciple Baohui heard it and sighed, saying: 'This is my master’s voice.' He then asked why he was like that. Fafeng said: 'Because I curtailed the monks' food provisions, I suffer the torment of a hungry ghost. The suffering is severe and unbearable; I hope you will rescue and deliver me.' The disciple widely performed vegetarian fasts and repentances on his behalf, and he was able to be reborn in a pure and superior place, and so on.