廣弘明集 17.49

17.49

臣雄等言。臣聞大覺圓備理照空有。至聖虛凝義無生滅。故雖形分聚芥尚貯金甖。體散吹塵猶興寶剎。自釋提請灰之後。育王建塔已來。未有分布舍利紹隆勝業。伏惟皇帝積因曠劫宿證菩提。降迹人王護持世界。往者道消在運仁祠廢毀。慈燈滅影智海絕流。皇祚既興法鼓方振。區宇之內咸為淨土生靈之類皆覆梵雲。去夏六月爰發詔旨。迎請沙門奉送舍利。於三十州以十月十五日同時起塔。而蒲州栖巖寺規模置塔之所。於此山上乃有鍾鼓之聲。舍利在講堂內。其夜前浮圖之上發大光明。爰及堂裏流照滿室。將置舍利於銅函。又有光若香鑪。乘空而上至浮圖寶瓶。復起紫焰。或散或聚。皆成蓮華。又有光明。於浮圖上狀如佛像花趺宛具。停住久之稍乃消隱。又有光明。繞浮圖寶瓶。蒲州城內仁壽寺僧等遙望山頂。光如樓闕。山峯㵎谷昭然顯見。照州城東南一隅。良久不滅。其栖巖寺者即是太祖武元皇帝之所建造。又華州置塔之處。于時雲霧大雪。忽即開朗。正當塔上有五色相輪。舍利下訖還起雲霧。皇帝皇后又得舍利。流輝散彩或出或沈。自非至德精誠道合靈聖。豈能神功妙相致此奇特。臣等命偶昌年。既覩太平之世。生逢善業。方出塵勞之境。不勝抃躍。謹拜表陳賀。以聞。

Your subject Xiong and others state: Your subjects have heard that the Great Awakened One is completely endowed, his principle illuminating both emptiness and existence; the Utmost Sage is quiescent and unified, his principle devoid of arising and cessation. Therefore, though his physical form was divided like gathered mustard seeds, it was still preserved in golden jars; though his body was scattered like blown dust, jeweled stūpas were nevertheless erected. Since Śakra requested the ashes and King Aśoka erected stūpas, there has never been one who distributed relics to carry on and magnify this supreme undertaking. We prostratingly consider that Your Majesty accumulated causes through vast kalpas and long ago realized bodhi, descending in the traces of a sovereign of men to protect and uphold the world. In the past, the Way declined in the turning of fate, and benevolent shrines were abolished and destroyed. The lamp of compassion extinguished its shadow, and the sea of wisdom cut off its flow. Now that the imperial line has arisen, the Dharma drum is newly struck. Within the realm, all has become a pure land; among living creatures, all are covered by Brahma clouds. In the sixth month of last summer, an edict was issued to welcome monks and dispatch the relics, so that on the fifteenth day of the tenth month, stūpas were simultaneously erected in thirty prefectures. At the place mapped out for establishing the stūpa at Qiyan Temple in Pu Prefecture, the sound of bells and drums arose upon this mountain. While the relics were inside the lecture hall, that night a great radiant light emanated above the stūpa in front, flowing into the interior of the hall and filling the chamber with light. Just as they were about to place the relics into the bronze casket, there was again a light resembling an incense burner, rising through the air to the jeweled finial of the stūpa, where purple flames arose again, now scattering, now gathering, all turning into lotus flowers. There was another bright light above the stūpa shaped like a Buddha image, fully complete with a lotus pedestal, which lingered for a long time before gradually fading away. There was yet another bright light encircling the jeweled finial of the stūpa. Monks of Renshou Temple inside the city of Pu Prefecture looked from afar toward the mountain peak: the light was like multistoried pavilions; mountain peaks and ravines were clearly visible, and it illuminated the southeastern corner of the prefectural city, not extinguishing for a long while. That Qiyan Temple was founded by the Grand Ancestor, the Martial and Primal Emperor. Furthermore, at the site where the stūpa was established in Hua Prefecture, at that time there was heavy fog and a great snowfall, which suddenly cleared and became bright; right above the stūpa were five-colored harmikā rings. After the relics had been placed beneath, the fog arose once again. The Emperor and the Empress also obtained relics, whose flowing splendor and scattered colors now emerged, now sank. Were it not for utmost virtue and pure sincerity, whose Way aligns with the numinous sage, how could divine power and wondrous marks bring about such extraordinary things? Your subjects have chanced upon a flourishing era: we have already witnessed an age of great peace, and having encountered wholesome karma in our lives, we are just now escaping the realm of worldly toil. Unable to contain our leaping joy, we respectfully present this memorial to offer congratulations, submitting it for imperial hearing.