[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [三寶感應要略錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084) › 1.21 # 三寶感應要略錄 1.21 三寶感應要略錄 1.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.21) 唐隴西李太安。工部尚書太高之兄也。武德中太高住越州總管。太安自京往看之。太高遣奴婢數人。從兄歸。至穀州度橋宿逆旅。其奴有謀殺太安者。候其眠熟。夜已過半。奴以小釰刺太安頸。刃著床。奴因不拔以逃。太安驚覺呼奴。其不叛者。奴婢欲拔刀。太安曰。拔刀便死。可先取紙筆作書。縣官亦至。因為拔刀。洗瘡加藥。太安遂絕。忽如夢者見。一切物長尺餘。闊厚四五寸。狀似猪肉。地二尺許。從戶入來至床前。其中有語曰。忽還我猪肉。太安曰。我不食猪肉。何緣負汝。即聞戶外有言錯非也。此物即還從戶出。太安仍見。庭前有池。池水清淺可愛。池西岸上有金像。可高五寸。須臾漸大。而化成為僧。被袈裟甚新淨。謂太安曰。被傷我今為汝將痛去。汝當平復。還家念佛修善也。因以手摩太安頭瘡而去。太安得此形狀見僧背。有紅繒補袈裟。可方寸計甚分明。既而太安覺。遂蘇而瘡亦復不痛。能起坐食十數日。京宅子弟迎至家。家人觀故來視太安。為說被傷由狀。及見像事。有一婢左傍聞說。因言太安之家初行也。安妻使婢詣像工為造佛像。成以綵畫衣。有一點朱污像背上。當令工去之不肯。今仍在形狀。如君所說。太安因與妻及家人。共起觀像。乃同所見。無異其背點宛然補處。於是歎異。信知聖教不虛。遂加崇信佛法。彌慇禮敬。益年不死。自佛法東流已來。靈像感應者。述不能盡。無如此像矣。 > Li Taian of Longxi in the Tang dynasty was the elder brother of Li Taigao, Minister of Works. During the Wude era, Taigao served as Commander-in-Chief of Yuezhou. Taian went from the capital to visit him. Taigao sent several male and female servants to accompany his brother back. When they reached Guzhou and crossed the bridge to lodge at an inn, one of the male servants plotted to murder Taian. Waiting until he was fast asleep past midnight, the servant stabbed Taian in the neck with a small dagger, the blade lodging in the bedframe. The servant then fled without pulling it out. Taian awoke in terror and called out to the servants. Those who had not rebelled came, and a servant wanted to pull out the blade. Taian said, 'If you pull out the blade, I will die immediately. First bring paper and brush so I may write a letter.' The county official also arrived, and thereupon pulled out the blade, washed the wound, and applied medicine. Taian then expired. Suddenly, as if in a dream, he saw a thing over a foot long and four to five inches wide and thick, shaped like pork, hovering about two feet off the ground, which entered through the door and came before his bed. Within it a voice spoke: 'Quickly return my pork!' Taian said, 'I do not eat pork; on what account do I owe you anything?' He immediately heard a voice outside the door saying, 'A mistake; it is not he!' This thing then went back out through the door. Taian then saw a pond in front of the courtyard; its water was clear, shallow, and lovely. On the western bank of the pond was a golden statue about five inches tall, which in a moment gradually grew larger and transformed into a monk wearing very fresh and clean kāṣāya robes. He said to Taian: 'You have been injured; I will now take away the pain for you. You shall recover. Return home, be mindful of the Buddha, and cultivate good deeds.' Thereupon, stroking the wound on Taian's head with his hand, he departed. From this form, Taian saw on the monk's back a square-inch patch of red silk mending the kāṣāya, which was very distinct. Soon Taian awoke; he revived, and the wound was no longer painful. He was able to sit up and eat. After ten or so days, younger relatives from his household in the capital arrived to welcome him home. His family members came to look at Taian because of what had happened, and he recounted to them the circumstances of his injury and the incident of seeing the statue. A maidservant standing to the side heard his account and said: 'When the master of the house first set out, his wife sent me to an artisan to have a Buddha statue made. When it was finished and painted in colours, there was a red cinnabar stain on the back of the statue. When I had the artisan remove it, he was unwilling. It is still there now, just like the appearance you described!' Taian then arose together with his wife and family members to view the statue, and it was identical to what he had seen; the spot on its back was unmistakably just like the mended patch. Thereupon they marvelled in admiration, and knew with faith that the sacred teaching is not in vain. They increased their revered faith in the Buddha-Dharma, paying even more earnest homage, and his lifespan was lengthened so that he did not die. Ever since the Buddha-Dharma flowed eastward, sympathetic responses of miraculous statues cannot all be recounted, yet none compares to this statue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.20) - [Next: 1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.22) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084~en-mt.1.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.30) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.21) · Pramāṇa