大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.36

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佛光無礙禪師，自蘇州永安赴詔，住大相國寺慧林禪院。　慧恭皇后，嘗於簾下見登對罷乘空而去，自爾以太官所進　御膳供養，復令取禪師所食之餘還宮，又以地錦製法衣，自綴禪牌賜之，以表奉法之誠，冬月賜紅錦帳子，乃至服飾器皿之類。光遂以宮中所賜法衣，回施法雲佛照禪師，法雲復寄與洪州寶峯湛堂和尚，書云：「地錦法衣與師弟，行先師之道。」湛堂示寂，留鎮山門，至今猶存。

Chan Master Foguang Wu'ai, in response to an imperial decree from Yong'an in Suzhou, came to reside at the Huilin Chan Cloister of the Da Xiangguo Monastery. Empress Huigong once saw from behind the curtain that when his imperial audience was finished, he departed riding through the air. From then on, she made offerings to him of the imperial meals presented by the chief caterer, and further ordered that the remnants of what the Chan master ate be brought back to the palace. She also had dharma robes made of brocade and personally attached a Chan plaque to present to him, so as to express her sincerity in revering the Dharma. In the winter months, she bestowed a red brocade curtain, down to clothing, vessels, and utensils. Foguang then turned and gave the dharma robe bestowed by the palace to Chan Master Foyin Fozhao of Fayun. Fayun again sent it to Master Zhantang of Baofeng in Hongzhou, writing in a letter: "I give this brocade dharma robe to my junior fellow monk to practice our late master's Way." When Zhantang entered stillness, it was kept to guard the mountain gate, and still exists today.