Elder Lu: Leaving Slaughter and Sustaining a Practice
Person：Elder Lu
Period：Song (Huzhou)
Song; south of Huzhou; birth and death years unknown.
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以下依所列原典轉述；神異內容均為原書所載。
故事
《法華經持驗記》記宋代湖州城南有屠戶陸翁。二十三歲時，一位雲水僧到門前勸他改業。陸翁起初說，這是承襲的祖業，難以立刻捨棄。僧人勸他專心受持《法華經》與《金剛經》，說畢忽然不見。
原書接著說，陸翁醒悟，持齋並發誓不再宰殺。他供養一軸繪有阿彌陀佛、觀音與勢至的圖像，拜師學誦兩部經，不到五年便能背誦。此後每日佛前焚香，誦法華一部、金剛一卷，懺悔並發願，希望曾被他殺害的眾生早生淨土。這裡回向的對象是所殺眾生，不宜換成原文沒有寫出的自我授記。
到八十一歲將辭世時，他半月前邀約親友，在十一月初九備蔬食相別。原書記眾人赴約，齋後他沐浴更衣、端坐作頌而逝。末頌以離殺業、拋刀秤、暗修行及蓮花為意象。
文中沒有交代他改業後如何維生，也未由敘述者明言他已生西方。本稿保留這些空白，著重職業抉擇、重新學習與長期日課的連續性。
編者省思（非原典）
可先辨認自己願意減少哪一種傷害，再思考負責任且可持續的改變。如何兼顧生計與家庭，需要另依現況安排；原書沒有提供可直接套用的轉職方案。
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