集神州三寶感通錄 1.42

1.42

孫皓虐政。將欲除屏佛法燔經夷塔。有諫。皓曰。且少寬假。信無神驗誅除不晚。皓從之。召會曰。若能驗現於目前。助君興之。如其不能。將道癈而人戮。會曰。道以緣應感而必通。如蒙寬假庶降神効皓與期三日。僧眾百餘同集會寺。皓陳兵圍寺。刀鋸齊至。剋期就戮。或懼無靈。先自縊者。會謂眾曰。佛留舍利止在今時。前已有驗。今豈欺哉。恰期便獲。乃進於皓曰。此如來金剛之骨賁獲。擊以百鈞之杵。終莫毀也。皓曰。金石可磨枯骨豈在。沙門面欺祗速死耳。乃置之鐵砧。以金鎚擊之。金鐵並陷而舍利如故。又以清水行之。舍利揚光散彩洞燭一殿。皓乃欣服革心應化。云晉初竺長舒。先有舍利重之。其子為沙門名法顏。每欲還俗。笑曰。是沙石耳。何足可貴。父投之水中。五色三匝光高數尺。遂不還俗。長舒死後還發俗念。輒病委頓。卒為沙門。以舍利安江夏塔中。晉大興中。於潛董汪信尚木像。夜有光明。後像側有聲投地。視乃舍利水中浮沈。五色晃昱左右行三匝。後沙門法恒看之。遙起四五投恒懷中。恒曰。若使恒興立寺宇。更見威神。又耀于前。於即恒建寺塔於潛。入法者日以十數焉。晉大興中。北人流播廣陵日有千數。有將舍利者。建立小寺立剎。舍利放光至于剎杪。遂感動遠近信心云。晉咸和中。北僧安法開。至餘杭欲建立寺。無地欠財。手索錢貫貨之積年。得錢三萬。市地作屋。常以索貫為資。欲立剎無舍利。有羅幼者。先自有之。開求不許。及開至寺禮佛。見幼舍利囊己在座前。即告幼。幼隨來見之喜悅。與開共立寺宇於餘杭云。晉咸康中。建安太守孟景。欲建剎孟寺。於夕聞床頭鏘然。視得舍利三枚。景立剎。時元嘉十六年六月。舍利放光通照上下。七夕乃止。一切咸見。

Under the tyrannical rule of Sun Hao, he intended to eradicate the Buddha-Dharma, burn the scriptures, and raze the stūpas. Someone remonstrated with him, saying, 'Grant a brief respite for now. If it is verified that there is no numinous manifestation, it will not be too late to execute and destroy them.' Sun Hao consented. He summoned [Kang Seng]hui and said, 'If you can manifest proof before my very eyes, I will assist you in promoting it; if you cannot, the religion shall be abolished and you people shall be executed.' Sengui said, 'The Way responds according to conditions; where there is sympathetic resonance, there is unfailing connection. If we are granted a respite, we hope the numinous effect will descend.' Sun Hao set a deadline of three days. Over a hundred monks gathered together at the monastery. Sun Hao lined up troops and surrounded the monastery; blades and saws were brought out together, and they were to be executed on the set date. Some, fearing there would be no numinous manifestation, hanged themselves beforehand. Senghui said to the congregation, 'The Buddha left his śarīra precisely for this moment. There has been proof before; how could it deceive us today?' Precisely on the appointed day, they obtained it. He then presented it to Sun Hao, saying, 'This is the vajra-bone of the Tathāgata. Even if an athlete of tremendous strength strikes it with a pestle of a hundred jun, it can never be destroyed.' Sun Hao said, 'Metal and stone can be ground down; how could a dry bone endure? You monk deceive me to my face, merely hastening your own death.' He then placed it on an iron anvil and struck it with an iron hammer; the hammer and anvil were both dented, but the śarīra was as before. They also placed it in clear water to float it; the śarīra emitted light, dispersing radiance that illumined the entire palace hall. Sun Hao then joyfully submitted, changed his heart, and responded to transformation.
It is said that in the early Jin dynasty, Zhu Changshu previously had a śarīra and revered it greatly. His son was a monk named Fayan, who often wished to return to lay life and said with a laugh, 'This is merely sand and stone; why is it worth valuing?' His father threw it into water, whereupon five-colored light circled three times and rose several feet high; [the son] thereupon did not return to lay life. After Changshu died, [Fayan] again gave rise to worldly thoughts; he immediately became sick and debilitated, and in the end remained a monk, enshrining the śarīra in a stūpa in Jiangxia.
During the Daxing era of the Jin dynasty, Dong Wang of Yuqian had faith in and revered a wooden image. At night, it emitted light. Later, beside the image, there was a sound of something falling to the ground; upon inspection, it was a śarīra floating and sinking in water, its five colors dazzling, circling three times to the left and right. Later, the monk Faheng looked at it; it rose from afar four or five times and flew into Faheng's bosom. Heng said, 'If I am to establish a monastery, let your majestic spiritual power be seen once more.' It shone again before him. Thereupon Heng built a monastery and stūpa in Yuqian, and those entering the Dharma numbered in the tens each day.
During the Daxing era of the Jin, people from the north fled and dispersed to Guangling by the thousands each day. There was someone who brought a śarīra, established a small monastery, and erected a spire; the śarīra emitted light reaching the top of the spire, thereby moving the faith of those near and far.
During the Xianhe era of the Jin, the northern monk An Fakai came to Yuhang wishing to establish a monastery, but lacked land and money. He personally sought strings of coins and traded them over the years, obtaining thirty thousand coins. He bought land and built rooms, always relying on strings of coins for support. Wishing to erect a spire, he had no śarīra. There was a man named Luo You who already possessed one. Kai asked for it, but he would not grant it. When Kai went to the monastery to pay homage to the Buddha, he saw that You's pouch of śarīra was already in front of the seat. He immediately informed You. You came with him, saw it with delight, and together with Kai built a monastery in Yuhang.
During the Xiankang era of the Jin, Meng Jing, Grand Administrator of Jian'an, wished to build a spire at Meng Temple. At night, he heard a clinking sound at the head of his bed; upon inspection, he obtained three śarīra. Jing erected the spire. In the sixteenth year of the Yuanjia era [of the Liu Song], in the sixth month, the śarīra emitted light shining all through above and below, ceasing only on the seventh night; all beheld it.