[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) › 16.74 # 法苑珠林 16.74 法苑珠林 16.74 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.74) 唐西京淨影寺釋善胄。俗姓淮氏。瀛州人也。通敏易悟極閑談激。機辯為心美譽聞徹。於仁壽末年。奉勅置塔。送舍利于梓州牛頭山華林寺。嚴輿將達感猪八頭。突到輿下從行至館。驅逐乃走還來如故。漸至城治。黑蜂四枚形甚壯偉隨輿旋繞數匝便去。既至州館。夜放大光明徹屋上。如火焰發。食頃方滅。又掘塔基入深丈餘。正當函處得古\[茲/瓦\]瓶。無蓋有水。清澄香美。乃用盛於函內。寺九層浮圖。從西南角。第二級放光上照相輪。如五石甕。黃赤如火。良久方隱。又堂內彌勒佛。亦放眉間紫光。并二菩薩亦放赤光。通照寺院。前後七度眾人同見。除不來者。武德三年八月內終於本寺。春秋七十有一（右此二驗出唐高僧傳）。 > Shi Shanzhou of Jingying Temple in the Western Capital under the Tang dynasty was lay-surnamed Huai, a native of Yingzhou. He was quick-witted and facile in understanding, and extremely skilled in sharp debate. Mindful of clever discourse, his fine reputation was widely known. In the final years of the Renshou era, he received an imperial order to erect a pagoda and escort a śarīra to Hualin Temple on Niutou Mountain in Zizhou. As the ceremonial carriage was about to arrive, it attracted eight pigs that suddenly dashed beneath the carriage and followed along as far as the official lodge; when driven away, they ran off but returned as before. Approaching the commandery seat, four black bees of great and impressive size circled the carriage several times and then flew away. Once he reached the provincial lodge, at night a great light shone, piercing through the roof like a flaring flame; it was extinguished only after the duration of a meal. Furthermore, when they dug the pagoda foundation more than a fathom deep, precisely at the place of the casket they found an ancient earthenware jar without a lid containing water that was clear, limpid, and fragrant; it was then used to place inside the casket. From the second level at the southwest corner of the temple's nine-story stupa, a light shone upward illuminating the dew-plate wheels; shaped like five-stone earthenware vats, it was yellow and red like fire, and only after a long time did it fade away. In addition, the Maitreya Buddha inside the hall also emitted a purple light from between his eyebrows, and two bodhisattvas likewise radiated red light, brightly illuminating the entire monastery. This was witnessed by the multitude on seven occasions, excluding only those who had not come. In the eighth month of the third year of the Wude era, he passed away in his temple at the age of seventy-one. (These two miracles are taken from the Tang Biographies of Eminent Monks.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.73) - [Next: 16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.75) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.16.74) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [續高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2060.12.26) — 道宣, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.16.74) · Pramāṇa