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佛祖統紀 36.59

佛祖統紀 36.59

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36.59

十九年。江陵城北有五色光。沙門曇翼得金像於土中。光相有梵書云。阿育王造。乃迎置長沙寺(智者發願於長沙佛像前。即此像。此寺按天人感通傳。長沙寺在荊州北岸。別傳注指為潭州者誤)。

In the nineteenth year, a five-colored light appeared north of the city of Jiangling. The śramaṇa Tanyi obtained a golden statue from the earth; its aureole bore Sanskrit script stating that it was made by King Aśoka. Thereupon it was welcomed and placed in Changsha Monastery (the image before which Zhizhe made his vow was this very statue. According to the Record of Heavenly and Human Responses, this Changsha Monastery was on the north bank of Jingzhou; notes in separate biographies identifying it as Tanzhou are mistaken).

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