法苑珠林 40.46

40.46

皇帝當此十月之內。每因食次於齒下得舍利。皇后亦然。以銀盤盛水。浮其一出示百官。須臾忽見有兩粒。右旋相著二。貴人及晉王昭豫章王暕蒙賜硯。勅令審視之。各於硯內得舍利一。未過二旬宮內凡得十九。多放光明。自是遠近道俗所有舍利率奉獻焉。皇帝曰。何必皆是真身。諸沙門相與推試之。果有十三玉粟。其真舍利鐵䆘而無損。雍州城西盩厔縣南仙遊寺。立塔之日。天降陰雪。晦嶺重厚。舍利將下昏雲忽散。日光朗照。道俗散畢。雲合如舊。

During this tenth month, the Emperor repeatedly found śarīra under his teeth while eating; so did the Empress. Placing water in a silver plate, he floated one to show to the civil and military officials. In an instant, two grains were suddenly seen, clinging together in clockwise rotation. Two imperial consorts, as well as King Zhao of Jin and King Jian of Yuzhang, were bestowed inkstones and ordered by imperial decree to examine them carefully; each found one śarīra inside their inkstone. Before two decades of days had passed, a total of nineteen were obtained in the palace, most of which emitted bright light. From then on, clergy and laity from near and far brought forward all the śarīra they possessed to present them. The Emperor said: 'Why must these all be genuine relics?' The śramaṇas tested them together: sure enough, thirteen turned out to be jade grains. When genuine śarīra were struck with an iron hammer, they remained unharmed. At Xianyou Temple, south of Zhouzhi County, west of the city of Yong Prefecture, on the day the pagoda was erected, rain and snow fell from the sky, shrouding the mountain ridges thickly. When the śarīra were about to be lowered, the dark clouds suddenly dispersed, and the sunlight shone brilliantly. Once the clergy and laity had completely dispersed, the clouds gathered again as before.