佛祖歷代通載 13.57

13.57

秋七月。皇太子即位于靈武。是為肅宗。旬日諸鎮節度兵至者數十萬。乃以房琯為相。兼元帥討賊。未幾為祿山所敗。于時寇難方剡。或言宜憑福祐。帝納之引沙門百餘人。行宮結道場。朝夕諷唄。帝一夕夢沙門身金色誦寶勝如來名。以問左右。或對曰。賀蘭白草谷有新羅僧名無漏者。常誦此佛頗有神異。帝益訝之。有旨追見無漏。固辭不赴。尋勅節度郭子儀諭旨。無漏乃來見于行在。帝悅曰。真夢中所見僧也。既而三藏不空亦見于行宮。帝併留之託以祈禳。

In the autumn, the seventh month, the Crown Prince ascended the throne at Lingwu; this was Suzong. Within ten days, the military commission troops of the various garrisons that arrived numbered several hundred thousand. He then appointed Fang Guan as prime minister concurrently serving as commander-in-chief to chastise the rebels. Before long, he was defeated by Lushan. At that time, the peril of the bandit crisis was blazing. Someone suggested that they ought to rely on divine blessings and assistance. The emperor accepted this, brought in over a hundred monks, established a sanctuary at the temporary palace, and chanted hymns day and night. One night, the emperor dreamed of a monk whose body was golden chanting the name of Prabhūtaratna Tathāgata. He questioned his attendants about it. Someone answered, 'In Baicao Valley of the Helan Mountains, there is a Silla monk named Mulu who often chants [the name of] this Buddha and possesses considerable spiritual wonders.' The emperor was even more amazed. An imperial decree was issued summoning Mulu, but he firmly declined and would not come. Soon an imperial edict instructed Military Commissioner Guo Ziyi to convey the command, and only then did Mulu come to see him at the traveling palace. The emperor rejoiced and said, 'He is truly the monk I saw in my dream!' Soon afterward, Tripiṭaka Master Amoghavajra also had an audience at the traveling palace. The emperor detained them both and entrusted them with praying for divine protection and averting calamities.