[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) › 14.29 # 法苑珠林 14.29 法苑珠林 14.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.29) 唐循州東北興寧縣靈龕寺北石上佛跡三十痕。大者長五尺以下。循州在一川中。東西二百。南北百里。寺極豐渥。近得銅藏。面三尺鑪可獲百餘諸盤合等。又其銘云。僧得福興俗得禍至。古傳云。晉時北僧在此山隱。游大洪嶺至佛跡處。有大石窟華菓美茂。遂住經宿。山神為怪怖之心卓不動曰。此不可居。山鬼數來。望前石山陵雲蓋日。遂往登之。下望懸絕不可至彼。還興寧說之。宋代二僧承前不達。勇意覆尋。其僧誦法華。戒行貞潔能伏神鬼。乃至見形受戒爰及家屬。望前崖上有異光釆。隔一丈許。上下俱絕。僧以木為梁度視。乃見奇跡十枚。色如人肉現于石上。貞觀三年。又現一跡並放光明輪相具足。今有看者多少不同。因置靈龕厥取其異。又訪其本。宋時王家。捨果園為寺。即今古堂尚存焉。 > To the northeast of Xunzhou in the Tang dynasty, at Xingning County, upon the stone north of Lingkan Temple, there are thirty traces of the Buddha's footprints, the largest being five feet or less in length. Xunzhou lies within a river basin, two hundred li from east to west and one hundred li from north to south. The temple is exceedingly well-endowed. Recently a bronze cache was discovered: three feet across, it yielded over a hundred braziers, plates, boxes, and the like. Its inscription reads: 'If monks obtain it, blessing shall flourish; if the laity obtain it, disaster shall arrive.' Ancient tradition relates that in the Jin dynasty, a northern monk lived in seclusion in this mountain. Wandering to Dahong Ridge at the site of the Buddha's footprints, he found a great stone grotto where flowers and fruit grew luxuriantly, and he stayed overnight. The mountain deity manifested an uncanny apparition to frighten him, but his mind remained steadfast and unmoved, saying: 'This place cannot be dwelled in; mountain ghosts frequently come.' Looking toward the rocky mountain ahead, it reached into the clouds and covered the sun. He then went and ascended it, but looking down into the sheer abyss, it was impossible to cross to the other side. He returned to Xingning and spoke of it. During the Song dynasty, two monks, knowing of the previous failure to reach it, bravely resolved to search again. These monks recited the Lotus Sūtra; their moral discipline was pure and firm, able to subdue gods and ghosts, even to the point where the spirits manifested their forms to receive the precepts along with their dependents. Looking toward the cliff ahead, there was an extraordinary radiance. Separated by about ten feet, both above and below were sheer cliffs. The monks laid timber as a bridge and crossed to look; there they saw ten wondrous footprints, their color like human flesh, appearing upon the rock. In the third year of the Zhenguan reign era, yet another footprint appeared, emitting light and fully endowed with the wheel mark. Today, those who view them see different numbers. Thus Lingkan \[Spiritual Shrine\] was established to capture this wonder. Inquiring into its origin, during the Song dynasty a Wang family donated an orchard to make a temple, which is where the ancient hall still stands today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.28) - [Next: 14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.30) - [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.14.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.2.48) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.29) · Pramāṇa