集神州三寶感通錄 3.32

3.32

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.