[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 13.21 # 法苑珠林 13.21 法苑珠林 13.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.21) 吳時於建鄴後園平地。獲金像一軀。討其本緣。即是周初育王所造。鎮於江府也。何以知然。自秦漢魏未有佛法南達。何得有像埋瘞于地。孫皓得之。素未有信。不甚尊重。置於廁處令執屏籌。至四月八日。皓如戲曰。今是八日浴佛時。遂尿頭上。尋即通腫陰處尤劇。痛楚號噭忍不可禁。太史占曰。犯大神聖所致。便遍祀神祇並無効應。宮內伎女素有信佛者。曰佛為大神。陛下前穢之。今急可請耶。皓信之。伏枕歸依。懺謝尤懇。有頃便愈。遂以馬車迎沙門僧會。入宮以香湯洗像。慚悔殷重。廣修功德於建鄴寺。隱痛漸愈也。 > During the Wu period, a golden image was obtained from the flat ground of the rear park in Jianye. Investigating its original source, it was indeed made by King Aśoka at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty to safeguard the river province. How is this known? From the Qin, Han, and Wei dynasties, the Buddha's Dharma had not yet reached the south; how could an image have been buried in the ground? When Sun Hao obtained it, he had never believed in the Dharma and did not treat it with great respect. He placed it in the privy and had it hold the toilet spatulas. When the eighth day of the fourth month arrived, Hao said as if in jest: 'Today is the eighth day, the time to bathe the Buddha.' Thereupon he urinated upon its head. Soon after, his body became entirely swollen, with the groin area being particularly severe. Screaming in excruciating pain, it became unbearable to endure. The grand astrologer divined and said: 'This is caused by offending a great divine sage.' He then offered sacrifices to spiritual deities everywhere, but none had any effect. A palace singing-girl, who had always believed in the Buddha, said: 'The Buddha is a great deity. Your Majesty previously defiled him; should you not urgently pray to him now?' Hao believed her; bowing over his pillow, he took refuge and repented with utmost sincerity. After a short while, he was healed. He then dispatched a horse-drawn carriage to welcome the śramaṇa Seng Hui into the palace, where he washed the image with fragrant water, showing deep shame and heavy remorse. He broadly cultivated merit at Jianye Temple, and his hidden pain gradually healed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.20) - [Next: 13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.22) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.13.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.2.5) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.13.21) · Pramāṇa