法苑珠林 40.55

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相州大慈寺立塔之日。天陰降雪。將下舍利入函日出。下後復合。天雨奇華。連注極多。

On the day the pagoda was erected at Daci Temple in Xiang Prefecture, the sky was overcast and snow fell. When the śarīra was about to be lowered into the reliquary, the sun emerged; after it was lowered, the clouds closed again, and the sky rained down miraculous flowers in great abundance without pause.