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title: "三寶感應要略錄 · 16 宋沙門釋僧高造丈六無量壽像感應"
description: "三宝感应要略录由北宋高僧非浊集录，成书于辽道宗时期。全书收录一百三十余则故事，记述佛、法、僧三宝的灵验感应事迹，涵盖舍利显现、经像放光、持诵灵异等内容。该书系统整理了南北朝至宋辽时期的佛教感应传说，是研究中国佛教民间信仰和灵验叙事的重要文献，反映了当时佛教与社会的互动关系，在汉传佛教史中具有特殊地位。"
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### 第十六宋沙門釋僧高造丈六無量壽像感應出梁高僧傳珠林中取意

> Chapter 16: Venerable Shi Senggao of the Song Dynasty Creates a Sixteen-Foot Image of Infinite Life Buddha with Spiritual Response<

宋江陵長沙寺沙門釋僧高。志操剛烈期西方。願造丈六無量壽像。功用既巨。積年不辦。聞湘州銅溪山廟甚鐃銅器。欲化導鬼神。取充成辦。遂州判史張邵。告事人源。請船數艘壯士百人。張曰。此廟靈驗。獄者輒斃。且蠻人守護。恐此難果。高曰。禑與君其共死則身留。張即給人船。未至一宿。神已預知。風震雲冥。鳥獸鳴呼。俄而高到。霧歇日明。未至廟屋。二十餘步。有兩銅鑊。各數百斛。見一大蛇。長十餘丈。從鑊騰出。亘身斷道。從者百人。悉皆退散。高乃勅服。而進振錫。告蛇曰。汝前世罪業故受蟒。不聞三寶。何由自拔。吾造丈六無量壽像。聞此鐃銅。遠來相詣。幸可開路使我得前。蛇乃舉𥸦頭。看高引身而去。高躬率人徒。捷取銅器。唯床頭唾壺。可容四舛。蝘𮕖長尺有餘。踊躍出入。遂置不取。廟器重大少不收一。唯勝小者。船滿而歸。守廟之人。即蠻莫敢推拒。高還都鑄像。以元壽九年畢功。神表端嚴。威光偉曜。造像靈異聲傳矣。

> Monk Senggao of Changsha Temple in Jiangling, Song Dynasty, possessed a steely will and yearned for rebirth in the Western Pure Land. He vowed to build a sixteen-foot-tall statue of Amitayus (the Buddha of Infinite Life). The task was immense, and after years of effort, he still hadn't completed it. Hearing that the temple at Tongxi Mountain in Xiangzhou possessed abundant bronze vessels, he wished to guide the spirits there and use the bronze to finish his work. He went to Magistrate Zhang Shao of the province and explained his plan, requesting several boats and a hundred strong men. Zhang said, "This temple is very numinous. Those who plunder it are instantly struck dead. Furthermore, the natives guard it. I fear this plan is difficult to accomplish." Senggao replied, "I am willing to die alongside you. If death comes, I alone shall bear it." Zhang then provided the men and boats. The night before their arrival, the deity of the temple already knew of their plan. The winds howled, clouds darkened the sky, and birds and animals cried out in alarm. But when Senggao arrived, the mist cleared and the sun shone brightly. About twenty paces from the temple building, he saw two large bronze cauldrons, each holding several hundred bushels. A huge snake, over a hundred feet long, emerged from one cauldron and stretched its body across the path. All one hundred of the accompanying men fled in terror. Senggao, however, adjusted his robes and proceeded forward, shaking his staff. He addressed the snake: "Your past evil karma has caused you to be reborn as this python. You have never heard of the Three Jewels; how can you ever free yourself? I am building a sixteen-foot statue of Amitayus. Hearing of this bronze, I have come from afar. Please, open the path and let me pass." The snake lifted its head, looked at Senggao, and then turned and slithered away. Senggao and his men quickly gathered the bronze vessels. Only a spittoon by the bed, which could hold about four bushels, and a lizard over a foot long that leaped in and out of it, were left untouched. The larger temple vessels were so heavy that not one could be moved; only the smaller ones were taken. The boats were filled, and they returned. The temple caretakers were natives who dared not oppose them. Senggao returned to the capital and cast the statue. It was completed in the ninth year of the Yuanshou era. The statue's spiritual countenance was solemn and dignified, its majestic light brilliant and radiant. The miraculous events surrounding the creation of this statue became widely known.