三寶感應要略錄 3.79

3.79

釋法安。住法聚寺。修方等懺。累日專修。更無微應。請像前啼哭自責。夢見。異冠神語安云。汝有重罪。懺悔所不及。安問。何等重罪。神曰。犯用常住僧物。此罪難滅。安曰。更有滅罪方便否。神曰。更畫滅惡趣菩薩像。專誦隨求明。罪漸微薄。行方等懺悔。障除可見化身。夢覺流淚。更畫滅惡趣菩薩像。專修懺悔。閉目即得見化佛。生年六十七方卒。臨終奇瑞蓋多矣。

The monk Faan lived at Faju Monastery, where he cultivated the Vaipulya confession. For many days he practiced it exclusively, yet there was not the slightest response. Weeping before the image in self-reproach, he saw in a dream a spirit with a strange cap who said to him: "You have grave transgressions that repentance cannot reach." An asked, "What kind of grave transgressions?" The spirit said, "You have wrongfully used the sangha's permanent property. This sin is difficult to eliminate." An asked, "Is there any other expedient means to eradicate the sin?" The spirit said, "Paint another image of the Bodhisattva Who Destroys the Evil Destinies and recite the Pratisarā-vidyā with single-minded focus; your sins will gradually diminish. If you then practice the Vaipulya repentance, your obstacles will be removed and you will be able to behold the transformation body [of the Buddha]." Weeping upon waking from the dream, he painted another image of the Bodhisattva Who Destroys the Evil Destinies and devoted himself to cultivating the repentance. Closing his eyes, he was immediately able to see a transformation Buddha. He died only at the age of sixty-seven; at the end of his life, extraordinary auspicious portents were exceedingly numerous.