法華傳記 6.12

6.12

外國有寺。名菩提寺。從南十餘里。於空中有現銀宮殿。於中男女諸天而遊戲。又有現金宮殿。中有一聖僧。此事希奇。諸國王臣。雲集禮拜供養。是時聖者云。天下不安穩。穀果不熟。疾疫競起。良由不信三寶。三寶境界不可思議。恒沙劫稱歎難盡。佛經之力亦不可思議。所以者何。我本住沙呵羅國西耳寺。名曰福緣。住寺小室。恒誦法華經。得無生忍。我所誦經。入白匣而收置寺內。我本遺骨。寺西十餘里小山中古塚埋之。捨命之後方三十年。依願力故。舌變今煠。時時放光。以彼應知我語虛實。今來示昔緣。銀宮中天人。是助誦經給仕人也。作是語已。隱而不現。王臣悲喜交集。尋其本緣。蓋如所言。一一不謬而已（此出西域傳。雖非親聞。今依古記而錄出之而已）。

In a foreign land there was a monastery called Bodhi Monastery. Over ten li to the south of it, a silver palace appeared in the sky, wherein devas and devīs were sporting and amusing themselves. There was also an apparition of a golden palace, within which was a holy monk. This was an extraordinary occurrence. The kings and ministers of various countries gathered like clouds to pay homage and make offerings. At that time, the holy one said, "The world is not at peace: grains and fruits do not ripen, and pestilence spreads competitively. This is truly because people do not have faith in the Three Jewels. The realm of the Three Jewels is inconceivable, inexhaustible to praise throughout kalpas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. The power of the Buddhist scriptures is also inconceivable. Why is this so? I originally lived in Xier Temple in the country of Sahala, and my name was Fuyuan. Living in a small room at the temple, I constantly recited the Lotus Sūtra and attained anutpattika-dharma-kṣānti. The sūtra I recited was placed in a white box and kept inside the temple. My former skeletal remains were buried in an ancient tomb in the small hills over ten li west of the temple. Only thirty years after I cast off my life, by the power of my vows, my tongue has transformed into a glowing red, emitting light from time to time. By this you should know whether my words are false or true. Now I have come to display my past conditions. The heavenly beings in the silver palace were the attendants who assisted my sūtra-recitation." Having spoken these words, he vanished and was no longer seen. The kings and ministers were filled with both sorrow and joy. When they traced his original background, it was just as he had spoken, without error in a single detail. (This is taken from the Records of the Western Regions. Although not heard firsthand, it is now recorded here based on an ancient account.)