集神州三寶感通錄 1.27

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十三益州郭下福感寺塔者。在州郭下城西。本名大石。相傳云。是鬼神奉育王教。西山取大石為塔基。舍利在其中。故名大石也。隋蜀王秀。作鎮井絡聞之。令人掘鑿。全是一石。尋縫至泉。不見其際。風雨暴至人有於石傍鑿取一片將出。乃是䃜玉。問於識寶商者。云此真䃜玉。世中希有。隋初有詵律師。見此古迹於上起九級木浮圖。今見在益州。旱澇年官人祈雨必於此塔。祈而有應特有感徵。故又名福感。余甞至焉。誠如所述。近有人盜鈴將下三級。有神擎櫨枓起。以賊髀內中。其人被押唱呼。寺僧為射枓起。方得脫出。

Thirteen: The stūpa of Fugan Temple in the suburbs of Yizhou is west of the city in the suburbs of the prefecture. It was originally named Big Rock. Tradition says that ghosts and spirits, obeying King Aśoka's command, took a large rock from the western mountains to serve as the stūpa's foundation, with the śarīra inside it; hence it was called Big Rock. When Prince Xiu of Shu under the Sui dynasty governed the Jingluo region, he heard about this and ordered people to dig and chisel down. It was entirely a single rock; tracing its fissures down to the water source, they could not find its bottom. A sudden storm of wind and rain arose, and someone chiseled off a fragment from the edge of the stone to bring it out; it turned out to be dark jade. When they asked merchants who recognized precious gems, they said it was genuine dark jade, rare in the world. In the early Sui dynasty, Vinaya Master Shen saw this ancient site and erected a nine-tiered wooden pagoda upon it; it still stands in Yizhou today. In years of drought or flood, officials praying for rain always do so at this stūpa; their prayers meet with responses and especially numinous signs, which is why it is also named Fugan (Blessing and Resonance). I once went there; it is truly as related. Recently, someone stole the bells and was about to climb down three tiers when a spirit raised the bracket set and shoved the thief's thigh inside. Trapped, the man screamed and shouted; the temple monks pried the bracket open before he could be freed.