法苑珠林 14.4

14.4

In the second year of the Yuanjia reign of the Song, Liu Shizhi made a gold image of Mañjuśrī, paying reverence to it morning and evening. Shortly thereafter, it went missing. He prayed with sorrow and longing, untiring day and night. After five years had passed, at dusk one evening, he saw light emanating from the Buddha seat up to the ridgepole. Shizhi thereupon burned incense and dusted the bed and curtains, whereupon he saw the lost image resting there completely intact.