集神州三寶感通錄 3.27

3.27

Furthermore, during the Xiaojian era of the Song dynasty, there was Shi Puming. Having renounced household life at a young age, his disposition was pure and simple; eating vegetarian food, wearing coarse cloth, and taking repentance and recitation as his practice, he recited the *Lotus Sūtra* and the *Vimalakīrti Sūtra*. Whenever he chanted and recited, he had separate robes and a separate seat, never allowing any impurity or contamination. Whenever he reached the ‘Encouragement [of Samantabhadra]’ chapter, he would invariably see Samantabhadra riding an elephant standing before him. When reciting the *Vimalakīrti Sūtra*, he would also hear the sound of music being performed in the sky.