佛祖統紀 43.43

43.43

七年正月。威虜軍奏言。築城穿土得石函鐵函銅函銀函金函。凡五重中有流離瓶盛佛舍利。有刻石記云。貞觀二十一年藏佛舍利。謹遣牙吏以聞○嘉州通判王袞奏。近往峨眉提點白水寺修造。見瓦屋山皆變金色。中有丈六金身普賢。次日午中見羅漢二身乘紫雲行空中。

In the first month of the seventh year, the Weilu Army memorialized, stating that while building the city wall and excavating the earth, they obtained a stone casket, an iron casket, a copper casket, a silver casket, and a gold casket—a total of five layers, within which was a lapis lazuli bottle containing Buddha relics. There was an inscribed stone record stating: 'In the twenty-first year of the Zhenguan era, the Buddha relics were interred.' They respectfully sent a military clerk to report this. \n The Controller-general of Jiazhou, Wang Gun, memorialized: 'Recently, I went to Mount Emei to inspect the construction at Baishui Temple, and saw Mount Wawu entirely turn golden. Within it was a sixteen-foot golden-bodied Samantabhadra. At noon the next day, I saw two arhats riding purple clouds, traveling through the sky.'