集神州三寶感通錄 2.23

2.23

十九宋元嘉十四年。江陵靈牧寺尼慧玉。行業精勤人也。昔於長安𦵮尚書寺見紅白光。於寺中後有六重寺沙門。於先光處得彌勒金像高一尺。及住江陵見寺東樹有紫光起暉映一林。以告餘人。並云不見。後寺主法和將於樹下築禪堂基。仰首樹上得金坐像。亦高尺許。

Nineteenth, in the fourteenth year of the Yuanjia reign era of the Song, the nun Huiyu of Lingmu Temple in Jiangling was a person of diligent practice. Formerly, in Chang'an at the temple of the Minister of the Department of State, she saw red and white light in the temple; later, a monk of Liuzhong Temple obtained a golden image of Maitreya one foot high at the spot where the light had been. When she resided in Jiangling, she saw purple light rising from a tree to the east of the temple, its radiance illuminating the entire grove. She told others, but they all said they could not see it. Later, the temple abbot Fahe was about to lay the foundation for a meditation hall under the tree; looking up into the tree, he found a seated golden image, also about one foot high.