勅修百丈清規 8.13

8.13

感通傳云。拘留孫佛於乾竺修多羅院。造青石鍾。於日出時有諸化佛與日俱出。密說顯演十二部經。聞法證聖不可勝數。增一阿含經云。若打鍾時一切惡道諸苦並皆停止。又金陵志云。民有暴死入冥司。見有五木縲械者。告之曰。吾南唐先主也。以宋齊丘之誤殺和州降者致此。每聞鍾聲暫息吾苦。仗汝歸白嗣君。為吾造鐘。民還具聞後主。因造大鐘於清涼。寺鐫曰薦烈祖孝高皇帝脫幽出厄。

The Records of Spiritual Resonances says: 'Krakucchanda Buddha made a green stone bell at the Sūtra Cloister in India. At sunrise, various transformation Buddhas appeared together with the sun, secretly expounding and visibly preaching the twelve divisions of scripture; those who heard the Dharma and attained sainthood were countless.' The Ekottarika Āgama says: 'When the bell is struck, all the sufferings of the evil destinies completely cease.' Furthermore, the Records of Jinling says: 'A commoner died suddenly and entered the underworld administration, where he saw a man fettered in five wooden cangues and manacles, who told him, saying: "I am the former ruler of the Southern Tang. Because Song Qiqiu mistakenly executed those who surrendered at Hezhou, I was brought to this. Whenever I hear the sound of the bell, my suffering temporarily ceases. I rely on you to return and tell the succeeding sovereign to make a bell for me." When the commoner returned, he reported the matter fully to the Latter Ruler, who thereupon had a great bell cast at Qingliang Temple, inscribed: "Offered so that Emperor Liezu Xiaogao may be released from the underworld and delivered from hardship."'