[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) › 14.37 # 法苑珠林 14.37 法苑珠林 14.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.37) 唐龍朔三年春二月。沁州像現。州北六十餘里在綿上縣界長谷中半崖。上有古佛龕中有三鋪石像。中央像常放光明照燭林谷。村人異之以事聞州。遂以達上。上乃勅京師大慈恩寺僧玄秀。共使人乘驛往審。登到之時即見光明。如火流飛出沒然續不絕。時有雲至龕窟。其光暫隱雲去光現。便即馳報。勅令圖寫重復依審光還如初。頻頻三夕如初照曜。至今相傳光仍不斷。此處山林勝地欝茂。石龕佛像古迹甚多。莫委其初。睹瑞彌繁。 > In the second month, the spring of the third year of Longshuo of the Tang, an image manifested in Qinzhou. Over sixty li north of the prefecture, halfway up a cliff in a long ravine within the borders of Mianshang County, there was an ancient Buddhist niche with three sets of stone images. The central image constantly emitted radiant light, illuminating the forest and valley. The villagers marveled at it and reported the matter to the prefecture, which subsequently relayed it to the Emperor. The Emperor then issued an edict commanding the monk Xuanxiu of Great Cien Temple in the capital, together with envoys, to travel by post relay to inspect it. When they climbed up and arrived, they immediately saw the radiant light, like flying streams of fire, appearing and disappearing in unbroken succession. At times clouds reached the grotto niche; its light momentarily disappeared, but when the clouds departed, the light reappeared. They immediately rode swiftly to report this. An edict ordered that it be depicted in a painting and that another inspection be made; the light was again just as before. For three nights in succession, it shone as brightly as at first. To this day, tradition says the light has remained uninterrupted. The mountains and forests of this place are an excellent and lush site, with very many ancient traces of stone niches and Buddhist images. None knows their origins, yet the omens witnessed grow ever more numerous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.36) - [Next: 14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.38) - [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.14.37) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.2.52) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.37) · Pramāṇa