集神州三寶感通錄 3.46

3.46

絳州南孤山陷泉寺僧徹禪師。曾行遇癩者在穴中。徹引至山中。為鑿穴給食。令誦法花。素不識字。加又頑鄙。句句授之。終不辭倦。誦經向半。夢有教者。自後稍聰。得五六卷。瘡漸覺愈。一部既了。鬚眉平復膚色如常。故經云。病之良藥。斯誠驗矣。

At Xianquan Temple on Mount Nangu in Jiang Prefecture, Dhyāna Master Sengche once, while traveling, encountered a leper living in a cave. Che brought him into the mountains, carved out a cave for him, and supplied him with food, instructing him to recite the Lotus Sūtra. He was illiterate by nature and moreover dull-witted and coarse; [Che] taught him phrase by phrase, never growing weary. When he was nearly halfway through reciting the sūtra, he dreamed of someone instructing him, and thereafter he grew somewhat cleverer. When he mastered five or six scrolls, he felt his sores gradually healing; once the entire work was completed, his beard and eyebrows grew back completely, and his skin color returned to normal. Thus the sūtra says: 'A fine medicine for illness'—this was truly verified.