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釋氏稽古略 2.143

釋氏稽古略 2.143

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Classical Chinese

2.143

宋明帝。甞造佛丈六金像。旦食常齋。日誦般若。爰感舍利。造弘普寺(六帖)。

Emperor Ming of the Song once cast a sixteen-foot gold statue of the Buddha. He regularly observed the vegetarian fast for his morning meals and daily recited the Prajñā scripture. This evoked the response of relics, and he built Hongpu Monastery (Liutie).

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