[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) › 14.8 # 法苑珠林 14.8 法苑珠林 14.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.8) 宋衛軍臨川康王在荊州城內。築堂三間供養經像。堂壁上多畫菩薩圖相。及衡陽文王代鎮。廢為眠齋悉加泥治。乾輒陀脫畫狀鮮淨。再塗猶爾。王不信向亦謂偶爾。又使濃塗而畫像徹現炳然可列。王復令毀故壁悉更繕改。不久抱疾閉眼輒見諸像森然滿目。於是廢而不居。頗事齋講。 > Prince Kang of Linchuan, who was the Song dynasty General of the Palace Guard, built a three-bay hall inside the city of Jingzhou to make offerings to scriptures and statues. On the walls of the hall, images of bodhisattvas were extensively painted. When King Wen of Hengyang succeeded him in the garrison post, he decommissioned it to serve as his sleeping quarters and plastered over it entirely with mud. Whenever the mud dried, it fell away in flakes, leaving the painted forms fresh and clean. When they plastered it again, it was still the same. The prince did not believe or revere \[the Dharma\] and also thought it merely an accident. He then had it plastered thickly, but the painted images showed through clearly and could be discerned distinctly. The prince again ordered the old walls destroyed and completely rebuilt. Soon afterward, he fell ill; whenever he closed his eyes, he saw those statues vividly filling his sight. Thereupon he abandoned it and did not dwell there, and extensively engaged in vegetarian retreats and lectures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.7) - [Next: 14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.9) - [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.14.8) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.2.26) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.14.8) · Pramāṇa