法苑珠林 18.46

18.46

In a village twenty li west of Jiyin County in Caozhou under the Tang, there was an aranya. In the tenth month, the winter of the second year of the Longshuo reign era, a wildfire suddenly broke out, burning extraordinarily fiercely. When it reached the aranya, it leaped over and passed by. While the monks' quarters and thatched huts were utterly consumed by the flames, a single fascicle of the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra remained intact just as before. This was recounted by Xi Wenli, Administrative Assistant of Caozhou. (The above four verifications are taken from the Supplementary Records of Unseen Retribution [Mingbao shiyi].)