法苑珠林 63.54

63.54

晉時佛圖澄。博術終古。道藝超群。晉建武年正月至六月時天大旱。石虎遣太子詣臨漳西釜口祈雨。久而不降。虎令澄自乞。即有白龍二頭降於祠所。其日大雨。方數千里。其年大收。戎貊之徒先不識法。聞澄神驗皆遙向禮拜。並不言而化焉。

In the Jin period, Fotudeng had arts broader than all antiquity, and his spiritual attainments surpassed the multitude. In the Jin Jianwu reign-period, from the first month to the sixth month, there was a great drought. Shi Hu sent the crown prince to Fukou, west of Linzhang, to pray for rain, but after a long time none fell. Shi Hu ordered Fotudeng to pray himself; immediately two white dragons descended to the shrine. On that day, heavy rain fell over an area of several thousand li. That year brought a bumper harvest. The barbarian tribes had previously not known the Dharma; hearing of Fotudeng's divine efficacy, they all bowed in reverence from afar, and were transformed without a word spoken.