法苑珠林 46.46

46.46

Under the Jin, Hu Maohui of Huainan was able to see ghosts. Although he disliked seeing them, he could not stop it. Later, he traveled to Yangzhou and was returning to the city of Liyang. East of it was a spirit shrine, right at the time when the common people and spirit mediums were performing sacrifices in it. In a short moment, a flock of ghosts shouted to each other, 'The superiors are coming!' and each fled out of the shrine. Looking back, he saw two śramaṇas entering the shrine. The ghosts, in twos and threes, embraced each other and watched from the grass beside the shrine; as they watched the śramaṇas, all were terrified. After a short while, the śramaṇas left, and the ghosts all returned into the shrine. Thereupon Maohui believed in the Buddha and served the Buddha with sincere devotion. (This one proof above is from the Xu soushen ji.)