法苑珠林 35.31

35.31

西域志云。娑羅雙樹林邊別有一床。是釋迦佛素像在上。右脇而臥。身長二丈二尺四寸。以金色袈裟覆上。今猶現在數放神光。又王舍城東北是耆闍崛山有佛袈裟石。佛在世時。將就池浴脫衣於此。有鷲鳥銜袈裟升飛。既而墜地化成此石。縱橫葉文今現分明。其南有佛觀田命弟子難陀製造袈裟處。並數有瑞光現。大唐使人王玄策等。前後三迴。往彼見者非一。

The Records of the Western Regions says: By the side of the grove of twin śāla trees, there is separately a couch, on which is an unadorned statue of Śākyamuni Buddha, lying on his right side, two zhang, two chi, and four cun in length, covered over with a golden kāṣāya. It still exists today and frequently emits divine light. Furthermore, to the northeast of Rājagṛha is Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa, where there is the Buddha's kāṣāya stone. When the Buddha was in the world, about to bathe in the pool, he took off his robe here. A vulture bird took the kāṣāya in its beak and flew upward, but then dropped it to the ground, which transformed into this stone. The criss-cross patterns of patches are clearly visible today. To its south is the place where the Buddha viewed the fields and commanded his disciple Nanda to make the kāṣāya; auspicious light also frequently appears there. Envoys of the Great Tang, Wang Xuance and others, went there three times in all, and those who saw it were not just one.