[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) › 40.31 # 法苑珠林 40.31 法苑珠林 40.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.31) 宋元嘉八年。會稽安千載者。家門奉佛。夜有扣門者。出見十餘人著赤衣運材積門內云。官使作佛圖。忽無所見。明至他家。齋食上得一舍利紫金色。椎打不碎。以水行之光明照發。便自舉敬。常有異香。後出欲禮忽而失之。尋覓備至半日還。時臨川王鎮江陵。迎而行之。雜光間出。佐史沙門咸見不同。王捧水器祝曰云云。輒應聲光出。夜見百餘人繞舍利屋燒香持華如佛出狀。及明人及舍利俱失。 > In the eighth year of the Yuanjia era of the Song, in Kuaiji, there was a man named An Qianzai whose family venerated the Buddha. At night someone knocked on the door; he went out and saw more than ten men dressed in red garments carrying lumber and piling it inside the gate, saying, "The authorities have ordered the construction of a stūpa." Suddenly they were nowhere to be seen. The next day, when he went to another house, atop the vegetarian meal he obtained a śarīra of purple-gold colour. It could not be shattered by hammering, and when carried across water, radiant light shone and burst forth. He then raised and revered it himself, and there was always an extraordinary fragrance. Later, when he went out intending to worship it, it was suddenly lost. He searched for it thoroughly, and after half a day it returned. At that time, the Prince of Linchuan was garrisoning Jiangling; he welcomed it and processed it. Variegated lights appeared alternately, seen differently by the clerks and śramaṇas. The prince held a water vessel and uttered a prayer to that effect, and immediately, in response to his voice, light came forth. At night, more than a hundred people were seen circumambulating the śarīra chamber, burning incense and holding flowers, like the appearance of the Buddha's emergence. When dawn came, both the people and the śarīra were lost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 40.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.30) - [Next: 40.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.32) - [Up: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.40.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.40.31) · Pramāṇa