Master Kejiu: Names on the Lotus Platforms, Verified Five Years On
Person：Kejiu
Period：Northern Song (d. after 1093)
Died and revived in the eighth Yuanyou year (1093); a close friend of Su Shi.
Reading preferences
事見《法華經持驗記》卷二宋朝「宋釋可久」條。《顯應錄》成書於宋，未及收此（原書止於南宋前人物）。以下白話譯註依《持驗記》。
故事
可久法師，住四明開元寺，常誦《法華經》，時人稱他「久法華師」。他與蘇文忠公（蘇軾）交情最深，常住西湖祥符寺，一室蕭然，清介守貧。
一年元宵，蘇軾在九曲觀觀燈，隨從走散，獨行至可久室中——室內了無燈燭，只聞瞻蔔花香猶存。蘇軾仰天歎息，留詩一首，其中有「不把琉璃閒照佛，始知無盡本非燈」之句。
元祐八年（1093），可久無疾坐化。三日之後，忽然復甦，自述：「我已神遊淨土，親見彼土之相，與《十六觀經》所說的莊嚴完全相同。七寶池中所有蓮臺，都寫著當往生者的姓名。有一座紫金臺，寫的是成都府廣教院勳公——他已經往生其中了。又有一座金臺，寫的是明州孫十二郎；一座寫的是可久。又有一座銀臺，寫的是明州徐道姑。」
說完，他再度化去。
其後五年，徐道姑命終，異香滿室；又過七年，孫十二郎去世，時人聞天樂迎空——都與可久所說一一相合。
編者省思
這則記載的結構在感應錄中相當罕見：主角自己復甦作證，而「預言」在五年、七年後由他人的死亡瑞相逐一印證。原書收錄他，等於同時收錄了三則往生記載。他一生唯以誦《法華經》見稱，並無淨土行法的細節記載；然其神遊所記，全依《觀無量壽經》的淨土圖像。編者將其歸入「往生極樂」主題，標為「經解讀推斷」，並註記其信願欄位為「不明」（原文未記其發願語）。
附帶一提：蘇軾與誦經僧的這段往來（「無盡燈」之歎），是宋代士大夫與法華信仰交涉的生動側影。
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