神僧傳 9.61

9.61

靈芝律師。重造明州五臺戒壇成。有一老人神氣超邁眉鬚皓白。進而啟曰。弟子有三珠奉獻以為壇成之賀。言訖忽然不見。因置其珠于壇心。屢現光相。其後有壇主會十師大開戒法。越二日夜分有一僧登壇。忽覩珠光外徹內現善財童子。僧乃驚呼。眾起視之悉皆環禮。自是每夜僧眾益伸虔懇。而珠之所現。或金色佛或六臂觀音。或紫竹碧柳。或奇木怪石。或迦陵頻伽飛舞左右。或月蓋（長者名）或龍神獻珠。神變非一。見者聞者皆謂希有。

Vinaya Master Lingzhi rebuilt the Wutai Ordination Platform in Mingzhou. When it was completed, there was an old man of transcendent spirit and bearing, with snow-white eyebrows and beard. He stepped forward and addressed [the master], saying, 'This disciple has three jewels to present as congratulations for the completion of the platform.' Having spoken, he suddenly vanished. The jewels were thereupon placed in the centre of the platform, and luminous manifestations repeatedly appeared. Later, the platform master assembled ten preceptors to broadly open the ordination rites. Past midnight after two days, a monk mounted the platform. Suddenly he saw the light of the jewels shining completely through to the outside, while within appeared the youth Sudhana. The monk then cried out in surprise. The assembly arose to look at it, and all surrounded it in homage. From then on, every night the monastic assembly extended even greater devotion and sincerity. And what the jewels manifested were sometimes a golden Buddha, sometimes a six-armed Avalokiteśvara, sometimes purple bamboo and azure willows, sometimes rare trees and bizarre rocks, or kalaviṅkas flying and dancing to the left and right, or Candana (the name of an elder), or dragon spirits presenting jewels. The divine transformations were not merely one; all who saw or heard of them called them rare.