集神州三寶感通錄 2.5

2.5

二吳時。於建鄴後園平地。獲金像一軀。討其本緣。即周初育王所造。鎮於江府也。何以知然。自秦漢魏未有佛法。江南何得有像埋瘞于地。皓得之素未有信。不甚尊重。置於圊廁令執屏籌。至四月八日。皓如廁戲曰。今是八日浴佛時。遂尿像頭上。尋即通腫。陰處尤劇。痛楚號呼。太史占曰。犯大神所致。便遍祀神祇卒無應効。妓女中素有信佛者曰。佛為大神。陛下前穢之。今可請也。皓信之。伏枕歸依。有頃便愈。遂以馬車迎沙門僧會入宮。以香湯洗像慚謝。重修功德送於建初寺云。

Second: During the Wu, on the level ground of a rear garden in Jianye, a gold image was discovered. Investigating its origin, it had in fact been made by King Aśoka at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty to guard the river commandery. How is this known to be so? From the Qin, Han, and Wei dynasties there had not yet been the Buddhist Dharma; how could there have been an image buried in the ground south of the Yangtze? When Sun Hao obtained it, he had never believed in the Dharma and did not venerate it greatly. He placed it in a privy and had it hold the toilet spatulas. On the eighth day of the fourth month, Hao went to the privy and jokingly said, 'Today is the eighth day, the time to bathe the Buddha,' and then urinated on the head of the image. Soon thereafter, his entire body swelled, particularly severely in his private parts, and he cried out in agonizing pain. The Grand Astrologer divined: 'This is caused by offending a great deity.' He then offered sacrifices to the various gods and spirits everywhere, but in the end there was no effect. Among the singing women was one who had always believed in the Buddha, who said: 'The Buddha is a great deity. Your Majesty previously defiled him; you may now pray to him.' Hao believed her, prostrated on his pillow, and took refuge. After a short while he recovered. Thereupon, he dispatched a horse-drawn carriage to welcome the śramaṇa Seng Hui into the palace, washed the image with fragrant water, expressed remorse and apologies, renewed the cultivation of merit, and sent it to Jianchu Temple.