法苑珠林 46.88

46.88

唐曹州離狐人杜智揩。少好釋典不仕。不妻娶。被僧衣服隱居泰山以讀誦為事。貞觀二十一年。於山中遇患垂死。以袈裟覆體昏然如夢。見老母及美女數十人屢來相擾。智揩端然不動群女漸相逼斥。並云。輿將擲置北㵎裏遂總近前同時執捉。有攬著袈裟者。遂齊聲念佛。却後懺悔請為造阿彌陀佛并誦觀音菩薩三十餘遍。少間遂覺體上大汗。便即瘳愈（出冥報拾遺錄）。

Du Zhikai, a man of Lihu in Caozhou during the Tang, was fond of Buddhist texts from his youth and did not take office. He did not marry, wore monastic robes, and lived in seclusion on Mount Tai, making recitation his regular practice. In the twenty-first year of the Zhenguan era, he fell ill in the mountains and was near death. Covering his body with a kāṣāya, he was dazed as if in a dream, and saw an old woman and dozens of beautiful women repeatedly coming to disturb him. Zhikai sat upright without moving. The crowd of women gradually pressed close to rebuke him, all saying: "Let us carry him and throw him into the northern ravine!" They then all came forward at once to seize him. Among them, one grabbed hold of the kāṣāya, whereupon they chanted the Buddha's name in unison. Stepping back, they repented and requested him to make an image of Amitābha Buddha and recite the name of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara more than thirty times for them. Shortly after, he felt his body break into a heavy sweat, and he was immediately healed. (Extracted from the Mingbao shiyi lu).