廣弘明集 17.64

17.64

A memorial from Wei Prefecture stated: 'The dispatched relics emitted light several times. There were also various sick people, some suffering from blindness and some suffering from internal organ ailments, who made vows and bowed in worship, and their illnesses were all cured. On the eighth day of the fourth month, when about to lower the relics at noon, a patch of five-colored cloud suddenly appeared in the sky, extraordinarily fragrant. In a short while, golden flowers rained down; by dawn on the ninth day, silver flowers fell again, filling the entire prefectural seat. The larger flowers were like elm pods, and the smaller ones like sparks of fire. Everyone obtained caskets full to present. On that day, there was also a black dog with drooping ears and a white chest; before the relic stūpa, it stretched its left foreleg and bent its right leg. Seeing people walk in the practice of the Way, it immediately got up and walked with them; seeing people maintain the fast, it also immediately maintained the fast. If given food at improper times, it would not eat, wishing only to drink pure water. On the morning of the following day, when the fast was broken, it was offered congee and only then ate. In that temple there had previously been several fierce dogs; whenever they saw a stray dog, they would invariably compete to bark and bite at it. But when they saw this dog enter the temple, they all lowered their heads and wagged their tails. At that time, among the more than three hundred thousand men, women, and spectators, none recognized this dog, nor knew from where it came.'