佛祖歷代通載 13.46

13.46

（三十四　丁亥）　是歲不空三藏自西域還。詔入內結壇為帝灌頂賜號智藏國師。時方士羅思遠者。以術得幸。有旨令與不空驗優劣。他日會于便殿。思遠持如意向之言論次。不空就取如意投諸地。令思遠舉之。思遠饒力不能舉帝擬自取。不空笑曰。三郎彼如意影耳。即舉手中如意示之。思遠欽服而罷。不空凡祈禱必張繡座。手持木神誦呪擲之。神自立于座。四眾環視必見其神目吻瞬動。所禱雖造化之功可奪。朝野奉之如佛焉。是年鳳凰現。

[34, dinghai] This year, Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra returned from the Western Regions. He was summoned into the palace to erect an altar and bestow abhiṣeka on the Emperor, and was granted the title of National Preceptor Zhizang. At that time, the thaumaturge Luo Siyuan enjoyed imperial favor through his arts. An edict ordered that he and Amoghavajra test their abilities. On another day, they met in an informal palace hall. Siyuan held a ruyi scepter and pointed it at him while conversing. Amoghavajra reached over, took the ruyi, and threw it to the ground, telling Siyuan to lift it. Siyuan exerted all his strength but could not lift it. The Emperor intended to pick it up himself. Amoghavajra smiled and said: 'Third Brother, that is merely the shadow of the ruyi.' He then held up the ruyi in his hand and showed it to them. Siyuan submitted in admiration and desisted. Whenever Amoghavajra prayed, he always spread an embroidered seat, held a wooden deity in his hand, recited dhāraṇī, and cast it. The deity stood up on the seat by itself. When the fourfold assembly gathered around to look, they inevitably saw the deity's eyes and lips blinking and moving. Even what belongs to the power of heaven and earth could be altered by his prayers. The court and the commonality revered him like a Buddha. In this year, a phoenix appeared.