集神州三寶感通錄 1.80

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王公百官以舍利應感非一。拜表奉賀。時有詔曰。門下仰惟正覺覆護群生。朕所以至心迴向思崇勝業。普及幽顯共為善因。故分布舍利營建神塔。而大聖垂慈頻示光相。宮殿之內舍利降靈。莫測來由。得未曾有。斯寔群生多幸延此嘉福。豈朕微誠所能致感。覽表悚敬彌深。今真形舍利猶有。可依前式分送海內五十三州。庶三塗六道俱免蓋纏。稟識含靈同登妙果。

Because the sympathetic responses of the śarīra were not of a single kind, the princes, dukes, and civil officials submitted memorials of congratulations. At that time an edict was issued saying: 'The Chancellery: We respectfully consider that the Perfectly Enlightened One protects and covers all living beings. This is why We direct Our intention with utmost sincerity, aspiring to venerate superior deeds, extending universally to the unseen and manifest realms to create together good causes. Therefore We have distributed śarīra and constructed divine stūpas, and the Great Sage has bestowed compassion, repeatedly manifesting luminous signs. Śarīra have descended their numinous presence into the palace halls, their origins unfathomable, an unprecedented occurrence! This is truly the great good fortune of all living beings, prolonging this fine blessing; how could it have been brought about by Our own meager sincerity? Reading the memorial, Our awe and reverence deepen. At present there are still authentic bodily śarīra remaining; let them be distributed in accordance with the previous regulation to fifty-three prefectures throughout the seas, in the hope that those in the three woeful destinies and six paths may all be freed from the hindrances and defilements, and that all who possess consciousness and contain spirit may together ascend to the wondrous fruit.'