集神州三寶感通錄 3.32

3.32

梁天監末。富陽縣泉林寺釋道琳者。少出家有戒節。誦淨名經。寺有鬼怪。自琳居之便歇。弟子為屋壓。頭陷入匃。琳為祈請。夜見兩胡僧拔出其頭。旦遂平復。琳又設聖僧齋。鋪新帛於床上。齋畢見帛上有人迹。皆長三尺。眾咸服其徵感。

At the end of the Tianjian reign era of the Liang dynasty, there was the monk Daolin of Quanlin Temple in Fuyang County. He renounced the household life in his youth and observed strict discipline, reciting the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra. The temple had ghosts and apparitions, but after Lin came to reside there, they ceased. A disciple was crushed by a building, his head sinking down into his chest. Lin prayed on his behalf, and at night he saw two Indian monks pull out the disciple's head; by morning he was completely recovered. Lin also hosted a vegetarian feast for the holy monks, spreading fresh silk upon the beds. When the feast concluded, human footprints were seen upon the silk, all three feet in length. The whole assembly was awed by this miraculous sign of sympathetic resonance.