釋氏稽古略 3.447

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觀世音菩薩　杭州上天竺僧道翊。一夕見山間光明。往視之得奇香木。命良工刻成觀世音菩薩像。白光煥發繼以晝夜。漢高祖乾祐二年。有僧從勳者。以古佛舍利置菩薩毫相中。舍利時現冠頂　又慶元路（浙東道明州也）海中補怛洛伽山。乃菩薩示現之地。唐宣宗大中年間。西域天竺僧至洞中燔指祈禱。親覩觀世音菩薩妙相。與說法要。名跡始著。其後日本國僧慧鍔者。自燕北五臺山得菩薩畫像。舍於山側土人張氏。張奉之捐所居為觀音院。昌國誌云。梁貞明二年始建寺也。宋神宗元豐三年。遣使王舜封往三韓。舟抵洞。黑風驟起龜負舟。舜封禱之。菩薩現相舟穩還朝。以聞朝廷。頒金帛移寺。建於梅岑山之陽。賜額寶陀。今之寺也。

Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva: The monk Daoyi of Upper Tianzhu in Hangzhou one evening saw a radiance in the mountains. He went to inspect it and obtained rare fragrant wood, which he ordered skilled craftsmen to carve into an image of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva. A white light shone brilliantly, continuing day and night. In the second year of Qianyou of Emperor Gaozu of Later Han, there was a monk named Congxun who placed a relic (śarīra) of an ancient Buddha within the Bodhisattva's urna hair-mark; the relic frequently appeared atop the crown. Furthermore, Mount Potalaka in the sea of Qingyuan Route (the Zhedong Circuit, Mingzhou) is the place of the Bodhisattva's manifestation. During the Dazhong era of Emperor Xuānzong of Tang, a monk from Tianzhu in the Western Regions came to a cave and burned his fingers in prayer; he beheld in person the wonderful form of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, who expounded the essential Dharma to him. Its fame and traces thus first became renowned. Later, a monk from the state of Japan named E'un obtained a painted image of the Bodhisattva from Mount Wutai north of Yan and lodged it with a local named Zhang beside the mountain. Zhang venerated it and donated his dwelling to become Guanyin Cloister. The *Changguo Gazetteer* states that the temple was first established in the second year of Zhenming of Later Liang. In the third year of Yuanfeng of Emperor Shenzong of Song, the envoy Wang Shunfeng was dispatched to the Three Han (Korea). His boat arrived at the cave, when a sudden black gale arose and a turtle carried the boat. Shunfeng prayed to the Bodhisattva, who manifested her form, and the boat returned safely to the court. Having reported this to the imperial court, gold and silk were bestowed to relocate the temple and build it on the sunny side of Mount Meicen, granting the plaque "Baotuo," which is the present temple.