集神州三寶感通錄 1.44

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宋元嘉六年。賈道子行荊上。明見芙蓉方發。聊取還家。聞華有聲。怪尋之得一舍利。白如真珠焰照梁棟。敬之擎以箱盛。懸于屋壁。家人每見佛僧外來。解所被衣躍坐案上。有人寄宿。不知污慢之。乃夢人告曰。此有釋迦真身。眾聖來敬。爾何行惡。死墮地獄。出為尼婢何得不怖。其人大懼。無幾癩死。舍利屋地生荷八枚。六旬乃枯。歲餘失之。不知所去。

In the sixth year of the Yuanjia era of the Song dynasty, Jia Daozi was walking along the Jing River. In the bright morning, seeing a lotus just blooming, he casually took it and returned home. Hearing a sound from the flower, he investigated in surprise and found a śarīra, white as a genuine pearl, its flames illuminating the rafters and beams. Reverencing it, he held it aloft, placed it in a box, and hung it on the wall of his house. The household members often saw Buddha-monks coming from outside, undoing their robes and leaping up to sit on the table. A person lodging there, unaware, defiled and showed disrespect to it. He then dreamed of a person who told him, 'Here is the true body of Śākyamuni, and all the sages come to pay homage. Why do you act evilly? Upon death you will fall into hell, and when you emerge you will be a nun's bondservant; how could you not be terrified?' The person was deeply frightened, and not long after died of leprosy. From the floor of the room where the śarīra was, eight lotuses grew, withering only after sixty days. Over a year later, the śarīra was lost, and no one knew where it went.