法苑珠林 14.21

14.21

周襄州峴山華嚴寺行像者。古來木像莫知其始。而面首殊麗瞻仰無已。可高五丈許。徵應在昔不復具陳。及周滅法人藏其首。隋開皇乃出如前。莊嚴以為坐像。號曰盧舍那佛。每年祈福以為歸依之所也。隋文將崩。兩鼻洟出沾污懷中。金薄剝起洟流有光。拭之無塵。望還如洟。貞觀二十三年四月內。洟還連出塗漫懷內。方圓一尺。初未委也。及後太宗升遐。方知兆見。至六月內洟又重出。合州同懼不知何禍。至七月內漢水汎漲溢入城郭。深丈餘。滔溺不少。今在本寺。祈求殷矣（襄陽土俗有少子息者皆往祈之隨其本心男女咸應）。

As for the processional image of the Huayan Temple on Mount Xian in Xiangzhou during the Zhou: it had been a wooden image since ancient times, and its origins were unknown. Its face and head were exceptionally beautiful, and people gazed upon it without end. It was about fifty feet tall. Its past miraculous verifications will not be recounted in full here. When the Zhou eradicated the Dharma, people hid its head. In the Kaihuang era of the Sui, it was brought out and adorned as before as a seated image, called the Buddha Rocana, serving as a sanctuary where people prayed for blessings each year. When Emperor Wen of the Sui was about to die, mucus flowed from both of its nostrils, soiling its breast; the gold foil peeled away, and the flowing mucus shone. When wiped, no dust was left, but upon looking at it, it seemed like mucus again. In the fourth month of the twenty-third year of the Zhenguan era, mucus again flowed continuously, spreading over an area of a square foot across the breast. At first, no one understood it; only later, when Emperor Taizong passed away, did they realize it had been an omen. In the sixth month, the mucus flowed again, and the entire prefecture was terrified, not knowing what calamity would strike. In the seventh month, the Han River flooded, overflowing into the city walls to a depth of over ten feet, drowning many people. The image is now in this temple, and prayers there are earnest. (According to local custom in Xiangyang, those with few children all go to pray to it, and their wishes are fulfilled for boys or girls according to their intent).