廣弘明集 17.19

17.19

同州於大興國寺起塔。舍利宿於近驛。天夜雨明旦輿行。雲日迎之開朗。入自南門。而城北雨如故。既至寺。又陰雨。臨入函。日乃出。眾色光相繞日如輪。先是寺僧慧真。夢見聖人項有圓光明照天地來自西方入門而立。及舍利輿至。無故止於其所。因定塔基焉。十二月八日夜。有五色圓光。從基而上遍照城內。明如晝日。五十里咸見之。明年四月白光起於塔西。流照塔東。良久乃滅。

In Tongzhou, a stupa was erected at Daxingguo Temple. The relics had lodged overnight at a nearby postal station. During the night it rained, but at dawn when the carriage set out, the clouds parted to welcome the sun with brightness. They entered through the south gate, while in the north of the city the rain continued as before. Upon arriving at the temple, it was again overcast and rainy; just as [the relics] were about to enter the reliquary, the sun came out, and multicolored light surrounded the sun like a wheel. Prior to this, the temple monk Huizhen dreamt that he saw a sage with a round halo around his neck brightly illuminating heaven and earth, who came from the west, entered the gate, and stood there. When the carriage carrying the relics arrived, it stopped at that exact spot without any apparent reason, and they accordingly fixed the stupa foundation there. On the night of the eighth day of the twelfth month, a five-colored circular light rose from the base and illuminated the entire city, as bright as day, visible from fifty li away. In the fourth month of the following year, a white light arose west of the stupa and streamed across to illuminate its east, extinguishing only after a long time.