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INTRODUCTION
Volume I
PREFACE
On Catching the Thunder (1:1)
On Taking a Fox as a Wife and Producing a Child (1:2)
On a Boy of Great Strength Who Was Born of the Thunder’s Rejoicing (1:3)
On Imperial Prince Sh ō toku’s Showing Unusual Signs (1:4)
On Having Faith in the Three Treasures and Gaining an Immediate Reward (1:5)
On Gaining an Immediate Reward for Faith in Bodhisattva Kannon (1:6)
On Paying For and Freeing Turtles and Being Rewarded Immediately and Saved by Them (1:7)
On a Deaf Man Whose Hearing Was Restored Immediately, Owing to His Faith in a Mahayana Sutra (1:8)
On a Baby Carried Away by an Eagle and Reunited with Her Father in Another Province (1:9)
On a Man’s Stealing from His Son, Being Reborn as an Ox, and Showing an Unusual Sign (1:10)
On a Lifetime of Catching Fish in a Net and the Immediate Penalty Gained (1:11)
On a Skull That Was Saved from Being Stepped On by Men and Beasts, Showing an Extraordinary Sign and Repaying the Benefactor Immediately (1:12)
On a Woman Who Loved Pure Ways, Ate Sacred Herbs, and Flew to Heaven Alive (1:13)
On a Monk Who Recited the Shin-gy ō and, Receiving an Immediate Reward, Showed an Extraordinary Sign (1:14)
On a Wicked Man Who Persecuted a Begging Monk and Gained an Immediate Penalty (1:15)
On Mercilessly Skinning a Live Rabbit and Receiving an Immediate Penalty (1:16)
On Suffering Damage in War, Showing Faith in an Image of Bodhisattva Kannon, and Gaining an Immediate Reward (1:17)
On Remembering and Reciting the Lotus Sutra and Gaining an Immediate and Wonderful Reward (1:18)
On Ridiculing a Reciter of the Lotus Sutra and Getting a Twisted Mouth as an Immediate Penalty (1:19)
On a Monk Who Gave Away the Wood Used to Heat the Bath, Was Reborn as an Ox, and Labored Until an Extraordinary Sign Appeared (1:20)
On Mercilessly Driving Horses with a Heavy Load and Getting an Immediate Penalty (1:21)
On Working Diligently to Study the Buddhist Law, Spreading the Teachings for the Benefit of All, and, at the Time of Death, Receiving an Extraordinary Sign (1:22)
On a Bad Man Who Neglected to Pay Filial Duty to His Mother and Got the Immediate Penalty of an Evil Death (1:23)
On an Evil Daughter Who Lacked Filial Respect for Her Mother and Got the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (1:24)
On a Loyal Minister, Satisfied and with Few Wants, Who Won Heaven’s Sympathy and Was Rewarded by a Miraculous Event (1:25)
On a Monk Who Observed the Precepts, Was Pure in His Activities, and Won an Immediate Miraculous Reward (1:26)
On an Evil Novice, Name Unknown, Who Tore Down the Pillar of a Pagoda and Gained a Penalty (1:27)
On Learning the Chant of the Peacock King and Thereby Gaining Extraordinary Power to Become a Saint and Fly to Heaven in This Life (1:28)
On Being an Unbeliever, Breaking the Bowl of a Begging Monk, and Incurring the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (1:29)
On Taking Goods from Others Unjustly and Causing Evil, Gaining a Penalty, and Showing a Miraculous Event (1:30)
On Earnestly Believing in Kannon, Praying for His Share of Good Fortune, and Immediately Receiving Great Good Fortune (1:31)
On Having Faith in the Three Treasures, Revering Monks, Having Sutras Recited, and Gaining an Immediate Reward (1:32)
On a Wife Who Had a Buddhist Picture Painted for Her Deceased Husband That, as an Immediate Reward, Miraculously Survived the Flames (1:33)
On Getting Back Silk Robes That Had Been Stolen Through a Petition to Bodhisattva My ō ken (1:34)
On a Nun Who, in Gratitude for the Four Kinds of Blessings, Gained the Power to Show an Extraordinary Sign (1:35)
Volume II
PREFACE
On Depending on One’s Exalted Virtue, Committing the Offense of Hitting a Humble Novice, and Receiving the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (2:1)
On Observing Licentious Birds, Renouncing the World, and Practicing Good (2:2)
On the Evil Death Visited Immediately on an Evil and Perverse Son Who, Out of Love for His Wife, Plotted to Kill His Mother (2:3)
On a Contest Between Two Women of Extraordinary Strength (2:4)
On Worshipping Chinese Gods, Killing Oxen as a Sacrifice, but Also Doing Good by Setting Free Living Creatures, He Received Both Good and Evil Rewards (2:5)
On Copying the Lotus Sutra with Utmost Devotion and Witnessing an Extraordinary Event (2:6)
On a Wise Man Who, Out of Envy, Abused an Incarnated Sage and, as an Immediate Penalty, Visited the Palace of King Yama and Underwent Suffering in Hell (2:7)
On Saving the Lives of a Crab and a Frog, Setting Them Free, and Receiving an Immediate Reward (2:8)
On Building a Temple and Then Using Its Goods for Private Purposes, He Was Reborn as a Laboring Ox (2:9)
On Constantly Stealing Birds’ Eggs, and Boiling and Eating Them, He Suffered an Immediate and Evil Penalty (2:10)
On Cursing a Monk and Committing a Lustful Act, He Suffered an Evil Result and Died (2:11)
On Saving the Lives of Some Crabs and a Frog and Freeing Them, She Gained an Immediate Reward from the Crabs (2:12)
On Manifesting Love for the Image of Goddess Kichij ō , Which Responded with an Extraordinary Sign (2:13)
On a Destitute Woman Who Prayed to the Image of Goddess Kichij ō and the Immediate Reward It Gained Her (2:14)
On Copying the Lotus Sutra and Making an Offering of It, He Made Clear Why His Mother Had Been Reborn as a Cow (2:15)
On Freeing Creatures, but Giving No Alms, and the Good and Bad Results That Immediately Appeared (2:16)
On Bronze Images of Kannon That Showed, by Their Transformation into the Form of a Heron, an Extraordinary Sign (2:17)
On Speaking Ill of a Monk Reciting the Lotus Sutra and Gaining the Immediate Penalty of an Evil Death (2:18)
On a Woman Devotee of the Shin-gy ō Visiting the Palace of King Yama and the Following Extraordinary Event (2:19)
On a Mother Who, Having Had a Bad Dream, Had Scriptures Recited with True Faith and Saved Her Daughter by an Extraordinary Sign (2:20)
On the Clay Image of a God-King from Whose Legs Emanated a Light, and Whose Supplicant Received an Immediate Reward (2:21)
On a Bronze Image of the Buddha That Was Stolen by a Thief and Revealed His Identity by a Marvelous Sign (2:22)
On a Bronze Image of Bodhisattva Miroku That Was Stolen and Revealed the Thief Through a Miraculous Sign (2:23)
On the Devils, Messengers of King Yama, Who Accepted the Hospitality of the One for Whom They Had Been Sent and Repaid It (2:24)
On the Devil, Messenger of King Yama, Who Accepted the Hospitality Offered Him and Repaid the Kindness (2:25)
On a Log, Intended for Buddha Images, That Was Abandoned but Showed an Extraordinary Sign (2:26)
On a Woman of Great Strength (2:27)
On a Very Poor Woman Who Trusted to the Beneficence of the Sixteen-Foot Buddha and Won an Extraordinary Sign and Great Good Fortune (2:28)
On How the Most Venerable Gy ō gi Used His Divine Insight to Examine a Woman’s Hair and Scold Her for Applying Animal Oil (2:29)
On the Most Venerable Gy ō gi Examining the Child of a Woman, Perceiving That It Was an Enemy from Past Ages, and Recommending That She Throw It Away, Resulting in an Extraordinary Sign (2:30)
On the Birth of a Girl with Shari in Her Hand, Owing to Her Parents’ Vow to Build a Pagoda (2:31)
On Borrowing Money from the Temple Rice-Wine Fund, Failing to Repay It, and Being Reborn as an Ox as a Result (2:32)
On a Woman Devoured by an Evil Demon (2:33)
On an Orphan Girl Who Paid Respects to a Bronze Statue of Kannon and Received Recompense in a Miraculous Manner (2:34)
On Hitting a Monk and Incurring the Immediate Penalty of Death (2:35)
On the Wooden Image of Kannon That Revealed Godlike Power (2:36)
On a Wooden Image of Kannon That Survived Fire and Revealed Godlike Power (2:37)
On Rebirth as a Huge Snake Because of Avarice (2:38)
On the Wooden Image of Yakushi Buddha, Washed Away in Water and Buried in Sand, That Showed an Extraordinary Sign (2:39)
On an Evil-Loving Man Who Got an Immediate Penalty, Being Killed by Sharp Swords and Suffering an Evil Death (2:40)
On a Woman Who Was Violated by a Large Snake but Survived, Due to the Power of Drugs (2:41)
On an Extremely Poor Woman Who Implored the Thousand-Armed Kannon, Asking for Aid, and Received Great Good Fortune (2:42)
Volume III
PREFACE
On the Tongues of the Reciters of the Lotus Sutra That Did Not Decay, Although Exposed to the Elements (3:1)
On Killing Living Creatures and Suffering Revenge, Being Reborn as a Fox and a Dog, Hating Each Other, and Incurring a Penalty (3:2)
On a Monk Who, Devoting Himself to an Eleven-Headed Kannon Image, Received an Immediate Reward (3:3)
On a Monk Who Was Thrown into the Sea, but Was Saved from Drowning by Reciting a Mahayana Sutra (3:4)
On How Bodhisattva My ō ken Assumed a Strange Form in Order to Detect a Thief (3:5)
On the Fish That a Meditation Master Wanted to Eat, Which Turned into the Lotus Sutra to Defend Him from Popular Abuse (3:6)
On Receiving the Help of a Wooden Kannon and Narrowly Escaping the King’s Punishment (3:7)
On the Miraculous Appearance of Bodhisattva Miroku in Response to a Vow (3:8)
On King Yama Sending Out a Strange Order and Encouraging a Man to Do Good (3:9)
On the Lotus Sutra, Copied in Accordance with the Law, That Survived a Fire (3:10)
On a Woman, Blind in Both Eyes, Whose Sight Was Restored Through Her Devotion to the Wooden Image of Yakushi Buddha (3:11)
On a Man, Blind in Both Eyes, Who Paid Reverence to the Name of Nichimani-no-mite of the Thousand-Armed Kannon and Was Rewarded by Having His Eyesight Restored (3:12)
On a Man Who Vowed to Copy the Lotus Sutra and Was Saved from a Pit Devoid of Sunlight by the Power of His Vow (3:13)
On Striking the Reciter of the Dharani of the Thousand-Armed Kannon and Receiving the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (3:14)
On Hitting a Novice Who Was Begging for Food and Receiving the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (3:15)
On a Licentious Woman Whose Children Cried for Milk and Who Received an Immediate Penalty (3:16)
On Clay Images, Half Finished, Whose Groans Produced an Extraordinary Sign (3:17)
On a Sutra Master Who Copied the Lotus Sutra but, Because of Licentiousness, Incurred the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (3:18)
On a Girl Born of a Flesh Ball Who Practiced Good and Converted People (3:19)
On Speaking Ill of a Woman Copying the Lotus Sutra and Immediately Getting a Twisted Mouth (3:20)
On a Blind Monk Who Had the Diamond Sutra Recited and Was Cured (3:21)
On Using Heavy Scales to Cheat Others, but Copying the Lotus Sutra, and the Immediate Good and Bad Rewards He Got (3:22)
On Using Temple Property, but Vowing to Copy the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, and the Immediate Good and Bad Rewards He Got (3:23)
On Preventing People from Practicing the Way and Being Reborn as a Monkey in Penalty (3:24)
On Being Put Adrift on the Ocean, Reverently Reciting Ś ā kyamuni Buddha’s Name, and Preserving Their Lives (3:25)
On Collecting Debts by Force and with High Interest, and Receiving the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (3:26)
On a Man Who Removed a Bamboo Shoot from the Eye of a Skull and Prayed for It, Receiving an Extraordinary Sign (3:27)
On a Sixteen-Foot Image of Miroku Whose Neck Was Bitten by Ants and the Extraordinary Sign It Showed (3:28)
On a Village Boy Who in Play Made a Wooden Buddha and a Foolish Man Who Broke It, Incurring the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (3:29)
On a Monk Who Accumulated Merit by Making Buddhist Images and, When His Life Ended, Showed an Extraordinary Sign (3:30)
On a Woman Who Gave Birth to Stones and Honored Them as Gods (3:31)
On Taking a Net, Going to Sea to Fish, and Meeting Trouble, but Due to Devotion to Bodhisattva My ō ken, He Was Saved (3:32)
On Persecuting a Humble Begging Novice and Receiving the Immediate Penalty of a Violent Death (3:33)
On Contracting a Foul Disease but Embracing the Precepts, Practicing Goodness, and Gaining an Immediate Cure (3:34)
On Borrowing an Official’s Authority, Ruling Unrighteously, and Thus Gaining an Immediate Penalty (3:35)
On Decreasing the Number of Stories in a Pagoda and Taking Down the Temple Banners, and the Penalty Received (3:36)
On Doing Evil Because of Ignorance of the Law of Karmic Causation and Receiving a Penalty (3:37)
On the Appearance of Good and Evil Omens, Which Were Followed by Results Indicating Disaster or Good Luck (3:38)
On a Monk Who Excelled in Both Wisdom and Practice and Who Was Reborn as a Prince (3:39)
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