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Consequently, he issued an edict recruiting people to go and welcome it. According to the Account of the Buddha's Travels in India and the two-fascicle King Udayana Sūtra, when the Buddha ascended to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven for one summer retreat to preach the Dharma for his mother, the king and his ministers longed to see him. King Udayana dispatched thirty-two craftsmen bearing sandalwood, requesting the divine power of Mahāmaudgalyāyana to transport them there to depict the Buddha's likeness. Having accomplished what they wished, the depiction was finished and they returned. Seated, it was five feet high, and offerings have been made to it in Jetavana Temple up to the present. The emperor wished to welcome and invite this statue. At that time, General Hao Qian of Juesheng, Xie Wenhua, and others—eighty people in all—responded to the recruitment and arrived there, presenting their request in detail. The King of Śrāvastī said, 'This true image of the Central Realm cannot go to peripheral lands.' He then ordered thirty-two craftsmen to carve another statue out of red sandalwood, each person depicting one mark. Beginning their work at the hour of the rabbit, it was completed by noon. Its marks and signs were fully equipped, and the top of the statue emitted light, fine rain fell, and there was an extraordinary fragrance. Therefore, the King Udayana Sūtra says: 'Once the true body has hidden away, next the second statue appears, broadly bringing profound benefit to sentient beings'—which refers to this. Qian and the others carried the second statue on their backs and traveled tens of thousands of li, experiencing every hardship and barrier, difficult to recount in full. Moreover, they crossed the great ocean, braving wind and waves; following the waves to a mountain, their provisions were exhausted again. Many of the people and messengers they led died. Encountering all kinds of fierce beasts, they mindfully recited the Buddha's name with single-minded devotion. Then they heard the sound of armor behind the statue, and also heard the sound of a bell. Beside a cliff, there was a monk sitting upright beneath a tree. Qian climbed up carrying the statue and placed it before him. The monk rose and bowed to the statue, and Qian and the others bowed to the monk. The monk handed them a washing pitcher, having them drink, and all were filled and satisfied. The monk said, 'This statue is named Samyaksambuddha; King Kumbhīra has accompanied it here to perform great Buddha-work.' Within moments of speaking, he vanished. That night, all dreamed of seeing the spirit, and at dawn they jointly drew its likeness. On the fifth day of the fourth month in the tenth year of the Tianjian reign, Qian and the others arrived in Yangdu. The emperor and the hundred officials walked forty li on foot to welcome it back to the Taiji Hall. He established vegetarian retreats, ordained people, declared a general amnesty, and prohibited killing. All bows, knives, spears, and the like were refashioned into lotus and stūpa finials. Because of this, the emperor abstained from meat and severed sexual desires. In the fifth month of the third year of the Taiqing reign, he passed away. The Prince of Xiangdong ascended the throne in Jiangling with the reign title Yuanchengsheng; he sent people to escort it up from Yangdu to the Chengguang Hall in the capital of Jing to receive offerings. In the eighth year of the Dading reign of the Later Liang, the Daming Temple was built at Jingling north of the city, and the statue was placed there. It exists at present, and many copies have been made and circulated throughout the capitals and realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.13) - [Next: 14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.15) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.14.14) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [三寶感應要略錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2084.1.17) — Classical Chinese - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.2.32) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.14) · Pramāṇa