法苑珠林 62.82

62.82

宋劉齡者。不知何許人也。居晉陵東路城村。頗奉法。於宅中立精舍一間。時設齋集。元嘉九年三月二十七日父暴病亡巫祝並云。家當更有三人喪亡。隣家有事道祭酒。姓魏名叵。常為章符誑化村里。語齡曰。君家衰禍未已。由奉明神故也。若事大道必蒙福祐。不改意者將來滅門。齡遂亟延祭酒罷不奉法。叵云。宜焚去經像。災乃當除耳。遂閉精舍戶放火焚燒。炎熾移日。而所燒者唯屋而已。經像幡坐儼然如故。像於中夜又放光赫然。時諸祭酒有二十許人。亦有懼畏靈驗密委去者。叵等師徒猶盛意不止。被髮禹步執持刀索。云斥佛還胡國。不得留中夏為民害也。齡於其夕如有人歐打之者。頓仆于地。家人扶起示餘氣息。遂委𮜭躄不能行動。道士魏叵。其時體內發疽日出二升。不過一月受苦便死。自外同伴並皆著癩。其隣人東安太守水丘和。傳於東陽無疑。時亦多有見者（右一人出冥祥記）。

Liu Ling of the Song: it is not known from where he came. He lived in Donglu Cheng village in Jinling. He respected the Dharma quite considerably, erecting a one-room retreat in his residence and occasionally holding fast-gatherings. On the twenty-seventh day of the third month in the ninth year of the Yuanjia reign era, his father died suddenly of illness. Shamans and diviners all said that three more persons in the household would perish. In a neighboring house there was a Daoist libationer whose surname was Wei and given name Po. He frequently used talismans and registers to deceive and convert the villagers. He said to Ling, 'The misfortune and calamity of your household have not yet ended; it is because you serve an illustrious deity. If you serve the Great Dao, you will certainly receive blessings and protection. If you do not change your mind, your whole lineage will be annihilated in the future.' Ling then hurriedly invited the libationer and ceased serving the Dharma. Po said, 'You ought to burn away the scriptures and images; only then will the disaster be eliminated.' He then closed the door of the retreat and set fire to burn it. The flames raged for more than a day, but what burned was only the building; the scriptures, images, banners, and thrones remained dignified as before. In the middle of the night, the image also emitted brilliant light. At that time, there were some twenty libationers; some were terrified of the numinous proof and secretly slipped away. Po and his disciples were still resolute and would not stop; disheveling their hair, performing the Pace of Yu, and holding knives and ropes, they shouted, 'Banish the Buddha back to the barbarian lands! He must not stay in China to bring harm to the people!' That evening, it felt to Ling as though someone were beating him. He collapsed suddenly to the ground. His family members helped him up, but he showed only a faint breath remaining, and he was crippled and unable to move. At that time, an ulcer broke out in the body of the Daoist priest Wei Po, discharging two pints of pus daily; within less than a month, after enduring torment, he died. All the other companions contracted leprosy. His neighbor Shuiqiu He, the Grand Protector of Dong'an, transmitted this to Wuyi of Dongyang, and at the time there were also many who witnessed it. (The one person above is from the Mingxiang ji.)