法苑珠林 14.35

14.35

唐永徽年。雍州藍田東悟真寺。寺居藍谷之西崖。製窮山美殿堂嚴整。有像持寺北隒更修別院。大石橫礎甚為妨礙。乃以火燒水沃之令散。終無以致。便以鐵椎打破。中獲金像一軀。四面無縫天然裹甲。不知何來。像趺全具非工合作。亦不識是何珍寶。高五寸許今在山寺。其年益州光明柱上有一佛二菩薩現。雖削還影出。初在九隴佛堂。長史張緒以聚眾移入光明。今現在。

During the Yonghui reign era of the Tang dynasty, east of Lantian in Yongzhou, stood Wuzhen Temple. The temple was situated on the western cliff of the Lan Valley; its construction exhausted the beauty of the mountain, and its halls were solemn and orderly. There was a statue kept in the northern ridge of the temple, where an additional cloister was being built. A large stone foundation lay across the way, causing great obstruction. They burned it with fire and poured water over it to shatter it, but to no avail; they then broke it open with an iron hammer. Inside they obtained a golden statue, seamless on all four sides, naturally encased as in armor, with no one knowing whence it came. The pedestal of the statue was completely intact, not joined together by artisans, nor could anyone recognize what precious jewel it was made of. It was about five inches tall and is now at the mountain temple. In that same year, on the pillar of Guangming Temple in Yizhou, one Buddha and two bodhisattvas appeared. Although shaved away, their shadows re-emerged. Originally they were in the Buddha hall of Jiulong; the Chief Administrator Zhang Xu moved them to Guangming Temple because crowds were gathering. They exist there today.