佛祖統紀 47.5

47.5

二年三月。唐州泌陽尉李珏遇北虜入寇。挾一僕單騎走。夜匿道旁空舍。聞車過聲遣僕問。唐州賊何在。見車中人長丈餘面藍色。驚而返。珏即乘馬追及之。前致敬曰。珏避寇至此。敢問車中何所載。其人曰。此京西遭劫死人名字。天曹定籍。汝是李珏亦其數也。珏大怖告曰。何法可免。願賜指教。人曰。能旦旦念摩利支天菩薩七百遍。向虛空回向天曹聖賢。則死籍可銷。可免兵戈之厄。珏方拜謝。駕車者疾馳而去。自是不輟誦持。轉以教人。皆得免難（賈德仁板行）。

In the third month of the second year, Li Jue, the sheriff of Biyang in Tangzhou, encountered an invasion by the northern barbarians. Escorting a single servant, he fled on a solitary horse. At night they hid in an empty house by the roadside. Hearing the sound of a carriage passing by, he sent his servant to ask: 'Where are the Tangzhou bandits?' He saw that the person in the carriage was over ten cubits tall with a blue face; terrified, the servant returned. Jue immediately mounted his horse and caught up with him. Stepping forward, he paid homage and said: 'Jue has fled from the bandits to this place. Dare I ask what is carried in your carriage?' The man replied: 'These are the names of the dead who suffered calamity in Jingxi; the Heavenly Bureau has fixed the registers. You are Li Jue, and you are also among their number.' In great dread, Jue cried out: 'By what method can I avoid it? Please grant me your guidance.' The man said: 'If every morning you can recite [the name of] Mārīcī Bodhisattva seven hundred times and dedicate the merit toward the open sky to the sages and worthies of the Heavenly Bureau, the death register can be erased, and the peril of weapons can be avoided.' Just as Jue bowed in thanks, the driver galloped swiftly away. From then on, he recited and upheld it without ceasing, and taught it to others in turn; all were able to avoid calamities (printed by Jia Deren).