[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106) › 3.12 # 集神州三寶感通錄 3.12 集神州三寶感通錄 3.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.12) 案別傳云。西域天竺黑峯山龍猛菩薩寺者。二十四依中此大士最為宏冠。威加異道德洽王臣。藝術智能無不通練。號佛滅度後一切智人也。王為立寺鑿石為龕。擬于終天不可改壞。龕各立像并一化主。經累年運功府藏。已竭而寺不成。王來拜曰。藏庫已空寺猶未立。徒有志願力不遂心如何。菩薩曰。王之德化無思不服。福報如影隨作有功。何慮財盡寺不成也。可案行寺側功用。若為菩薩先以要術為藥。筆即取點之無不成金。隨石大小。金塊亦爾。王依言尋果見金聚大悅。即以造寺。今猶見在。故西域出金名有多種。龍樹金者紫光外發。俗為第一。自餘諸金光色少減。昔菩薩長年七百餘歲。山寺來往無由固留。自隱已來將及千歲。俗知有之其道重阻。從地穴入方到其崖。近有一僧被召夏坐。遍歷龕像無不真金。所有經匣充牣崖窟。方知三寶住持幽明兩會也。夏滿欲持經出。寺人不許曰。本擬住法不得缺漏。空手入穴行經數里。乃得出焉。 > According to a separate biography, as for the Bodhisattva Nāgārjuna's Monastery on Black Peak Mountain in Tianzhu of the Western Regions, among the twenty-four refuges this great being was the most magnificent and preeminent. His awesome power overwhelmed those of different teachings, and his virtue reached kings and ministers. There were no arts or intellectual disciplines in which he was not thoroughly proficient; he was called the Omniscient One after the Buddha's extinction. The king founded a monastery for him, chiseling stone to make niches, intending them to last until the end of heaven and never be altered or destroyed. In each niche was erected an image together with a superintendent. After years of expending labor, the treasury was exhausted, yet the monastery was not completed. The king came, bowed, and said, "The storehouses are already empty, yet the monastery is not yet established. In vain do I have the aspiration, but my strength does not fulfill my heart's wish; what is to be done?" The Bodhisattva said, "Among those transformed by Your Majesty's virtue, there are none whose thoughts do not submit. Karmic reward follows like a shadow; whatever is done yields merit. Why worry that wealth is exhausted and the monastery will not be completed? You may inspect the labor beside the monastery." How did he do it? The Bodhisattva had beforehand prepared medicine with essential arts; taking a brush, he touched \[the rocks\], and none failed to turn into gold. Following the size of the stones, the chunks of gold were also accordingly large or small. The king followed his words to search, and indeed seeing the heaps of gold, he was greatly delighted and immediately used them to build the monastery. It is still extant today. Therefore, of the gold produced in the Western Regions, there are many varieties of names; "Nāgārjuna gold" radiates a purple light outward and is regarded by the world as the finest, whereas the light and color of all other golds are slightly inferior. Formerly, the Bodhisattva had a long life of over seven hundred years. He came and went from the mountain monastery, and there was no way to detain him permanently. Since his concealment, nearly a thousand years have passed. The world knows it exists, but the way there is blocked with layer upon layer of obstacles. One arrives at its cliff only after entering through an underground cavern. Recently a monk was invited for the summer retreat; touring all the niches and images, none were not of genuine gold, and sūtra cases filled the cliff caves to overflowing. Only then did he realize that the Three Jewels are maintained in both the unseen and visible realms conjointly. When the summer ended, he wished to take sūtras out, but the monastery people would not permit it, saying, "These were originally intended to preserve the Dharma, and may not suffer any deficiency." Empty-handed, he entered the cavern, walked for several li, and only then was able to emerge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.11) - [Next: 3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.13) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106~en-mt.3.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.12) · Pramāṇa