法苑珠林 64.76

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隋慧日道場釋慧越。嶺南人。住羅浮山。性多汎愛慈救蒼生。栖頓幽阻虎豹無擾。曾有群獸來前。因為說法。虎遂以頭枕膝。越便捋其鬚。面情無所畏。眾咸覩之。化行五嶺。聲流三楚。開皇末年召入慧日。來歸楊州路中感疾而卒。停屍柩上有若生焉。夜見焰光從足而出。入于頂上。還從頂出。而從足入。竟夕不斷。道俗殊歎未曾有也。

Shi Huiyue of the Huiri Bodhimanda under the Sui was a man of Lingnan. He lived on Mount Luofu. By nature, he had universal love and compassionately rescued all living beings. Lodging in secluded and perilous places, tigers and leopards never troubled him. Once a pack of beasts came before him, and he preached the Dharma for them. A tiger then rested its head upon his knee, and Yue stroked its whiskers, his expression showing no fear at all. The assembly all witnessed this. His transformative influence spread across the Five Ridges, and his reputation flowed through the Three Chu. In the late Kaihuang era, he was summoned to the Huiri Monastery. On his way back to Yangzhou, he took ill and died. When his corpse was placed upon the bier, he looked as if he were still alive. At night, flames of light were seen issuing from his feet and entering the crown of his head, then emerging from his head and entering his feet, continuing without cease through the night. Monastics and laity were extraordinarily amazed, calling it unprecedented.