集神州三寶感通錄 2.23

2.23

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.