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釋迦文佛舍利寶塔　東天竺國阿育王碎七寶末造八萬四千寶塔。盡收西域及龍宮所藏世尊舍利。一一塔之。命耶舍尊者舒指放光八萬四千道令捷疾鬼各隨一光盡處安置一塔。遍娑婆界。震旦國者一十九所。至西晉武帝太康三年。有劉薩訶者。病死入冥見梵僧。指往會稽育王塔處。懺悔得甦。出家名慧達。至會稽遍求不見。偶一夜聞地下鐘聲。即誠懇經三日。忽從地涌寶塔。高一尺四寸廣七寸。佛像悉具。達既見塔精勤禮懺。廣瞻瑞像。今明州阿育王山廣利禪寺佛舍利塔是也。育王造塔之時。當此周厲王共和之世也（阿育王山塔傳）。

The Precious Relic Pagodas of Śākyamuni Buddha: King Aśoka of Eastern India crushed the seven treasures to powder and built eighty-four thousand precious pagodas. He collected all the relics of the World-Honoured One stored in the Western Regions and the dragon palaces, enshrining them in each and every pagoda. He commanded the Venerable Yaśas to extend his fingers and emit eighty-four thousand rays of light, ordering swift-footed spirits each to follow one ray to its end and place a pagoda there, pervading the Sahā World. In the land of Cīnasthāna, there were nineteen locations. Reaching the third year of the Taikang era of Emperor Wu of the Western Jin, there was a man named Liu Sahe who fell ill and died, entering the netherworld. He saw an Indian monk who pointed him to the site of King Aśoka's pagoda in Kuaiji, saying that if he repented, he would revive. He left home and took the name Huida. Arriving at Kuaiji, he searched everywhere but could not find it. By chance, one night he heard the sound of a bell from beneath the earth. Thereupon, he prayed earnestly for three days. Suddenly, a precious pagoda welled up from the earth, one foot four inches high and seven inches wide, complete with all Buddha images. Having seen the pagoda, Huida diligently bowed and repented, gazing broadly at the auspicious image. Today, it is the Buddha Relic Pagoda at the Guangli Chan Monastery on Mount Aśoka in Mingzhou. The time King Aśoka built the pagodas corresponded to the era of King Li and the Gonghe regency of the Zhou (from the Chronicle of the Pagoda on Mount Aśoka).