法苑珠林 38.49

38.49

詔許之。古老傳云。此塔一閉經三十年。一出示人。令道俗生善。恐開聚眾不敢私開。奏。

...granted permission. The old elders handed down that this stupa, once closed, would pass thirty years before being revealed once to people, causing clergy and laity to produce goodness; fearing that opening it would draw crowds, they dared not open it privately. He memorialized, and...