三寶感應要略錄 1.83

1.83

According to tradition, Huiying, an ācārya of the Dharma transmission and abhiṣeka at Daxingshan Monastery, had a novice monk. From the age of seven he had served the upādhyāya as his master. When he reached seven years [of discipleship], due to circumstances, he boarded a ship to cross over to Silla. Suddenly they met with a violent storm, and the ship they rode suddenly capsized. More than fifty people sank into the sea, drifting without knowing where they were. The novice monk single-mindedly concentrated on the holy assembly of the Garbhadhātu, saying: "O assembly of the vast ocean-gathering, arouse great compassion and universally save the people of this ship!" As if in a dream, he saw the empty sky; the holy assembly scattered light like stars, and his body was suddenly upon the shore. The more than fifty people were all together in one place without having drowned. Among them, more than twenty people claimed to have seen the holy assembly in the sky. One should know that the power to rescue from disaster is inconceivable!