釋門自鏡錄 1.42

1.42

The monk Shenfang of Cibei Monastery had listened to and studied the *Daśacakra-sūtra* from his youth onward, and his diligent austerities were especially uncommon. He wore robes of rags, paid homage and repented during the six periods of the day, and took begging for food as his vocation. Whenever he lectured on the *Daśacakra-sūtra*, he would regularly say: 'Sentient beings ought not to read and chant Mahāyāna sūtras; those who read and chant them will fall into hell.' In the end, when his life came to a close, his living body was burned by the fires of hell, and black smoky vapor surrounded his body. At that time, the monk Sijian of Jifa Monastery personally witnessed this matter and came to know with certainty that cutting off the study of prajñā will inevitably have evil omens, bringing verification directly in this present body.