大唐內典錄 10.61

10.61

絳州南孤山陷泉僧徹禪師。曾行遇癩者在穴中。徹引至山中。為鑿穴給食。令誦法華。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。誦得五六卷。瘡漸覺愈。一部既了。鬚眉平復肌膚如常。故經云。病之良藥。斯誠驗矣。

Chan Master Sengche of Xianquan on Mount Nangu in Jiangzhou once met a leper in a cave while walking. Che led him into the mountains, dug a cave for him, supplied him with food, and had him recite the Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. The man was originally illiterate and, moreover, crude and stubborn. Che taught him phrase by phrase, never wearying to the end. When he had recited nearly half the sūtra, he dreamed of someone instructing him, and thereafter grew somewhat clever. After he could recite five or six fascicles, he felt the sores gradually heal. Once the complete text was finished, his beard, eyebrows, and skin were restored as normal. Therefore, the sūtra says, "Good medicine for illness"—this truly was verified!