弘贊法華傳 5.9

5.9

Furthermore, in Pinglu County of Jiaozhou, there was a faithful layman whose name has been lost. Because he recited the Lotus Sūtra, he looked up to the example of Bhaiṣajyarāja. After he burned his body, the ground swelled up in the shape of a human figure. When his father went and excavated it, he found a golden statue, the same size as a human. As he held the radiance and was about to lift it, it suddenly disappeared.