集神州三寶感通錄 1.40

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漢法本內傳云。明帝既弘佛法立寺度僧。五嶽觀諸道士等請求捔試。以燒經神變為驗。及經從火化隱沒莫陳。費才自憾於眾前。張衍啟悟於時俗。于時西域所將舍利。光明五色直上空中。旋環如蓋映蔽日光。摩騰羅漢踊身高飛神化自在。天雨寶花散佛僧上。又聞天樂繁會人感信心焉。魏明帝洛城中。本有三寺。其一在宮之西。每繫幡剎頭。輒斥見宮內。帝患之。將毀除壞。時外國沙門居寺。乃齎金盤盛水以貯舍利。五色光明騰焰不息。帝歎曰。非夫神効。安得爾乎。乃於道東造周閭百間。名為官。佛圖精舍云。

The Inner Tradition of the Han Dharma Foundation states: When Emperor Ming propagated the Buddha Dharma, establishing temples and ordaining monks, the Daoists of the Five Peaks' abbeys and elsewhere requested a trial of skills, taking the burning of scriptures and divine transformations as proof. When their scriptures were transformed by fire and vanished without showing anything, Fei Cai felt self-remorse before the assembly, and Zhang Yan awakened those of worldly ways. At that time, the śarīra brought from the Western Regions emitted five-coloured radiance ascending straight into the air, wheeling around like a parasol and obscuring the sun's light. The arhat Kāśyapa Mātaṅga leapt into the air and flew high, displaying divine transformations at will. The heavens rained down precious blossoms, scattering over the Buddha and monks, and heavenly music was heard playing densely, so that the people felt faith in their hearts. In the city of Luoyang during the reign of Emperor Ming of Wei, there were originally three temples, one of which lay to the west of the palace. Whenever banners were hung atop its spire, they looked straight into the inner palace. The emperor was troubled by this and was about to demolish it. At that time, a foreign śramaṇa living at the temple brought a golden plate filled with water to hold the śarīra. Five-coloured radiance flared forth incessantly. The emperor sighed: "Were it not for divine efficacy, how could it be so?" He then built a precinct of a hundred bays east of the road, named the Official Buddha-Stūpa Monastery.