[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 12.9 # 佛祖統紀 12.9 佛祖統紀 12.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.12.9) 問宣子記曰。嘉定四年春。住山鑑堂謂。師塔當方丈後。狃於風水非宜之說。將遷之。破土數寸香氣襲人。棺上產蓮華一莖光明奕奕。暨發函慈顏儼然須髮長垂。衣被不壞舍利滿龕。一眾驚歎。於是亟掩藏之。鏡菴論之曰。法師血肉之身。衣被之飾。在土二百年而不壞。非夫戒定慧三昧之力所持。疇能若是。人或以輕發祖塔。咎鑑堂者。非夫假此日之啟視之。曷足以知法師正報親依堅固不壞之瑞。為此舉者。其祖冥使之乎（觀經疏。以華座觀為親依。今以衣被例之）。 > The Wen Xuanzi ji says: 'In the spring of the fourth year of Jiading, Jiandang, the abbot of the mountain, considering that the Master's stupa was located behind the abbot's quarters and misled by geomantic theories that it was inappropriate, intended to relocate it. Digging into the earth a few inches, a fragrant aroma struck the senses; a single stalk of lotus grew upon the coffin, radiating brilliant light. When the casket was opened, his compassionate countenance was intact, his beard and hair hung down long, his clothes and quilts were undecayed, and śarīras filled the niche. The whole assembly marveled in awe. Thereupon, they hastily reinterred it.' Jing'an commented on this: 'That the Dharma Master's body of flesh and blood and his garments remained undecayed in the ground for two hundred years—without the power of the samādhi of morality, concentration, and wisdom upholding them, who could achieve such a thing? Some blame Jiandang for rashly unearthing the patriarch's stupa; yet had it not been for opening and viewing it on that day, how could one know the auspicious omen of the Master's primary retribution and immediate dependencies being firm and undecayed? Was not the instigator of this act secretly directed by the patriarch?' (The Guanjing shu regards the contemplation of the lotus seat as the immediate dependency; here, the garments are treated as analogous). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.12.8) - [Next: 12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.12.10) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.12.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.12.9) · Pramāṇa