釋鑑稽古略續集 3.35

3.35

秋御製佛曲成。併刊佛經以傳。九月十二日欽頒佛曲。至大報恩寺。當日夜本寺塔見舍利光如寶珠。十三日現五色毫光。卿云。捧日。千佛觀音菩薩羅漢妙相畢集　續頒佛經佛曲。至淮安給散。又現五色圓光。彩雲滿天。雲中現菩薩羅漢。天花寶塔。龍鳳獅象。又有紅鳥白鶴。盤旋飛遶　續又命尚書呂震。都御史王彰。齎捧諸佛世尊如來菩薩尊者名稱歌曲。往陝西河南。頒給神明協應屢現卿云。圓光寶塔之祥。文武群臣上表稱賀。上甚嘉悅。中官因是益重佛僧。建立梵剎以祈福者。遍兩京城內外云。

In autumn, the imperially composed Buddhist melodies were completed, and Buddhist scriptures were also carved for distribution. On the twelfth day of the ninth month, the Buddhist melodies were imperial bestowed upon Da Bao'en Monastery. On that very night, relics in the pagoda of that monastery manifested light like precious pearls. On the thirteenth day, rays of five-coloured light and auspicious clouds appeared, upholding the sun; wondrous appearances of a thousand buddhas, Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, and arhats fully gathered together. Subsequently, Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist melodies were distributed in Huai'an, and round lights of five colours appeared again, with variegated clouds filling the sky, within which appeared bodhisattvas, arhats, heavenly flowers, precious pagodas, dragons, phoenixes, lions, and elephants; moreover, red birds and white cranes wheeled and soared about. Subsequently, Minister Lü Zhen and Censor-in-chief Wang Zhang were ordered to carry the songs of the names of all the Buddhas, World-Honoured Ones, Tathāgatas, bodhisattvas, and venerable ones to Shaanxi and Henan for distribution; the divine spirits responded in harmony, repeatedly manifesting auspicious signs of clouds, halo lights, and precious pagodas. The civil and military officials presented memorials of congratulations, and the Emperor was greatly pleased. Because of this, the palace eunuchs valued the Buddhist monks all the more, establishing Buddhist monasteries to pray for blessings all throughout the inner and outer areas of the two capitals.