法苑珠林 18.45

18.45

Li Qianguan of Longxi in the Tang now resides in Zhengzhou. In the fifth year of the Xianqing reign era, mourning the death of his father, he pricked his blood to copy one scroll each of the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra and the Heart of Prajñā Sūtra, and one scroll of the Scripture on Rebirth According to Vow. Whenever he went out and was about to enter, he would bathe himself. Later, he suddenly smelled an extraordinary fragrance in the courtyard, remarkably intense. All the neighbors came to observe it, and none failed to praise and marvel at it. Lang Yuling of Zhongshan once passed through Zhengzhou, met with his relatives and friends, and recounted this in full.