[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) › [廣弘明集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103) › 17.13 # 廣弘明集 17.13 廣弘明集 17.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.17.13) 皇帝以起塔之旦。在大興宮之大興殿庭。西面執珽而立。迎請佛像及沙門三百六十七人。旛蓋香華讚唄音樂。自大興善寺來居殿堂。皇帝燒香禮拜。降御東廊。親率文武百僚。素食齋戒。是時內宮東宮逮於京邑。茫茫萬㝢舟車所通。一切眷屬人民莫不奉行聖法。眾僧初入。勅使左右密夾數之。自顯陽門及昇階凡數三遍。常䞉一人。皇帝見一異僧曷槃覆髆。以語左右曰。莫驚動他置爾去已。重數之曷槃覆髆者果不復現。舍利之將行也。皇帝曰。今佛法重興必有感應。其後處處表奏皆如所言。 > On the morning the stupas were to be erected, the Emperor stood facing west in the courtyard of the Daxing Hall of the Daxing Palace, holding an ivory tablet. He welcomed statues of the Buddha and three hundred sixty-seven śramaṇas, who, accompanied by banners, canopies, incense, flowers, singing of praises, and music, came from Daxingshan Temple to dwell in the palace halls. The Emperor burned incense and bowed in reverence, then descended to the eastern corridor to lead the civil and military officials in person, observing a vegetarian fast. At that time, throughout the inner palace, the Eastern Palace, the capital city, and across the boundless myriad dwellings wherever boats and carts could reach, all kin and common folk alike faithfully practiced the holy Dharma. When the monks first entered, \[the Emperor\] ordered attendants to discreetly flank and count them. From the Xianyang Gate up to ascending the steps, they counted three times, and there was always one extra person. The Emperor saw an unusual monk with a patchwork robe covering his shoulder, and said to his attendants: 'Do not disturb him; leave him be.' After he had gone, they counted again, and the one with the patchwork robe covering his shoulder indeed did not appear again. When the relics were about to set forth, the Emperor had said: 'Now that the Buddha-Dharma is being revived, there must surely be miraculous responses.' Subsequently, memorial reports from every quarter were all just as he had said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.17.12) - [Next: 17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.17.14) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103~en-mt.17.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2103.17.13) · Pramāṇa