法苑珠林 40.22

40.22

吳孫權赤烏四年。有外國沙門康僧會。創達江表設像行道。吳人以為妖異。以狀聞之。權召會問。佛有何靈瑞。曰佛晦靈迹遺骨舍利應現無方。權曰。何在。曰神迹感通祈求可獲。權曰。若得舍利當為興寺。經三七日至誠求請。遂獲瓶中。旦呈於權。光照宮殿。權執瓶寫于銅盤。舍利下衝盤即破碎。權大驚異希有瑞也。會進曰。佛之靈骨。金剛不朽。劫火不焦。椎砧不碎。權使力者盡力擊之。椎砧俱陷舍利不損。光明四射耀晃人目。又以火燒騰光上踊作大蓮華。權大發信。乃為立寺名為建初。改所住地名佛陀里。

In the fourth year of the Chiwu reign era of Sun Quan of Wu, there was a foreign śramaṇa, Kang Senghui, who first arrived in the region east of the Yangtze River, set up images, and practised the Path. The people of Wu regarded it as uncanny and reported the circumstances [to the throne]. Sun Quan summoned Senghui and asked, "What miraculous omens does the Buddha have?" Senghui replied, "Although the Buddha has concealed his spiritual traces, his surviving bone śarīra manifest in response without fixed bound." Quan said, "Where are they?" Senghui said, "Spiritual traces resonate sympathetically; they may be obtained through prayer and seeking." Quan said, "If you obtain a śarīra, I shall build a temple for you." After three periods of seven days of utmost sincere prayer, it was finally obtained inside a vase. In the morning he presented it to Quan, and its light illuminated the palace halls. Quan held the vase and poured it onto a bronze platter; as the śarīra struck downward, the platter shattered at once. Quan was greatly astonished, [calling it] a rare auspicious omen. Senghui came forward and said, "The spiritual bone of the Buddha is adamantine and imperishable: the fires of the kalpa cannot scorch it, and mallet and anvil cannot shatter it." Quan ordered strong men to strike it with all their might; the mallet and anvil were both dented, yet the śarīra was undamaged, with radiant light shooting in all four directions, dazzling men's eyes. Furthermore, when burned with fire, it soared with light leaping upward and formed a great lotus flower. Quan gave rise to great faith and thereupon built a temple for him named Jianchu, and changed the name of the place where he lived to Fotuoli (Buddha Village).