集神州三寶感通錄 1.45

1.45

宋元嘉八年。會稽安千載者。家世奉佛。夜有扣門者。出見十餘人著赤衣運材積門內。云官使作佛圖。忽無所見。明至他家齋食。上得一舍利紫金色。椎打不碎。以水行之。光明照發。便自舉敬。常有異香。後出欲禮。忽而失之。尋覓備至半日。還得臨川王鎮江陵迎而行之。雜光間出。佐史沙門咸見不同。王捧水器呪曰（詞多如別辯之）呪訖輒應聲光出。夜見百餘人遶舍利屋燒香特如佛狀。及明人及舍利俱失矣。

In the eighth year of the Yuanjia era of the Song dynasty, An Qianzai of Kuaiji, whose family had served the Buddha for generations, had someone knock on his door at night. Going out, he saw over ten people dressed in red robes transporting timber and piling it inside the gate, saying, 'The officials have ordered the construction of a stūpa.' Suddenly, they vanished. The next day, when he went to another house for a fasting meal, a śarīra of purple-gold color was obtained on the table. It could not be shattered by hammering. When floated in water, it shone and radiated light; he then raised it in reverence, and there was always an extraordinary fragrance. Later, when he went out intending to pay homage, he suddenly lost it. After searching thoroughly for half a day, he retrieved it. The Prince of Linchuan, who was garrisoning Jiangling, welcomed it and processed with it; variegated lights appeared at intervals, seen differently by the aides, scribes, and monks. The Prince held a water vessel and chanted an incantation (the words are many, as explained separately); whenever the incantation finished, light immediately came forth in response to his voice. At night, over a hundred people were seen circumambulating the śarīra room, burning incense, in a manner just like that around the Buddha. By daybreak, both the people and the śarīra were lost.