廣弘明集 17.73

17.73

趙州表云。舍利以三月四日到州。臣等於治下文際寺安置起塔。二日打剎行道。舍利於塔所放赤光。從未至申更見不同。或似像形。或似樓閣。或見白光。乍大乍小。巡繞舍利。繞瓶行道。或隱或顯。或遲或速。官人道俗莫不覩見。驚憙號咽沸騰寺內。至四日又放赤光。曜如金色。縱橫一尺餘。紫綠相間前後三度。良久乃滅。又見一佛像長二尺餘。坐於蓮華趺坐。又以二菩薩俠侍。長一尺餘。從卯至巳見諸形相。道俗四部二萬餘人。咸悉瞻仰。

The memorial from Zhaozhou stated: The relics arrived in the prefecture on the fourth day of the third month. Your ministers and others enshrined them and erected a pagoda at the Wenji Temple in the seat of administration. On the second day, when raising the mast and circumambulating, the relics emitted red light at the pagoda site. From the hour of the Sheep to the Monkey [1:00–5:00 p.m.], even more different sights were seen: sometimes resembling an image, sometimes resembling a multistoried pavilion; sometimes white light was seen, now large, now small, circling the relics and circumambulating the bottle, now concealed, now manifest, now slow, now fast. Among the officials, clergy, and laity, none failed to witness it; with startled joy and choked sobs, excitement surged through the temple. On the fourth day, it again emitted red light, shining like a golden colour, more than a foot in extent, alternating with purple and green three times in total, extinguishing only after a long while. Furthermore, a Buddha image more than two feet tall was seen, sitting cross-legged upon a lotus, and also flanked by two bodhisattvas more than a foot tall. From the hour of the Rabbit to the Snake [5:00–11:00 a.m.], various forms were seen; more than twenty thousand of the fourfold assembly, clergy and laity, all looked up in reverence.