At the End of His Filial Mourning,
a Dharma Protector Presented a Sage
守孝圓滿 護法顯聖
When his last three years of mourning were almost over, he had a false thought,
"Mount Qian (Thousand) and Mount Guangning (Expansive Tranquility) are two famous mountains in Manchuria. In those two mountains, many thousand-year-old Bhikshus are cultivating. After I complete this mourning period, I also will go there to cultivate the Way."
在他後來這叁年將要圓滿時,就打了一個妄想:“千山和廣甯山,這是東北兩座名山,在這兩座名山裏,都有幾千年的老比丘在修道。等我守孝圓滿了,也到廣甯山修道去。”
Two days after he had that false thought, while he was sitting in meditation he heard a Dharma Protector say to him, "Today a nobleman will come to visit you." When he heard that a nobleman was coming, he assumed it would be a high official of some kind. He just waited.
打了這麼個妄想,等第二天早起打坐時,就聽見有護法對他講:“今天有貴人到你這兒來。”他聽說有貴人來,以爲是個做大官的,或者是個做什麼的,就等著。