廣弘明集 17.10

17.10

皇帝皇后於京師法界尼寺。造連基浮圖以報舊願。其下安置舍利。開皇十五年季秋之夜有神光。自基而上右繞露槃。赫若冶鑪之焱。一旬內四如之。皇帝以仁壽元年六月十三日。御仁壽宮之仁壽殿。本降生之日也。歲歲於此日深心永念。修營福善追報父母之恩。故迎諸大德沙門與論至道將於海內諸州選高爽清靜三十處各起舍利塔。

The Emperor and Empress constructed a stupa with joined foundations at the Fajie Convent in the capital to repay their past vows, and beneath it they enshrined relics. On a late autumn night in the fifteenth year of Kaihuang, a divine light arose from the base and circled clockwise around the dew-basin, blazing like the flame of a smelting furnace; within a ten-day period, it occurred four times in this manner. On the thirteenth day of the sixth month of the first year of Renshou, the Emperor was staying at Renshou Hall in the Renshou Palace; this was originally the day of his birth. Year after year on this day, with profound devotion and perpetual mindfulness, he cultivated merit and wholesome deeds to posthumously repay the kindness of his parents. Therefore, he welcomed eminent, virtuous śramaṇas to discuss the supreme Way, intending to select thirty high, bright, pure, and quiet locations across the prefectures of the realm to erect relic stupas at each.