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道严

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道严

有严师者,居于成都实历寺。唐开元十四年五月二十一日,于佛殿前轩燃长明灯,忽见一巨手在殿西轩,道严悸且甚,俯而不动。久之,忽闻空中语云:“无惧,无惧。吾善神也。且不敢害师之一毫,何俯而不动耶!”道严既闻,惧少解。因问曰:“檀越为何人匿其躯而见其手乎?”已而闻空中对曰:“天命我护佛寺之地,以世人好唾佛祠地,我即以背接之,受其唾。由是背有疮,渍吾肌且甚。愿以膏油傅其上,可乎?”道严遂以清油置巨手中,其手即引去。道严乃请曰:“吾今愿见檀越之形,使画工写于屋壁,且书其事以表之,冀世人无敢唾佛词之地者。”神曰:“吾貌甚陋,师见之,无得?然耶!”道严曰:“檀越但见其身,勿我阻也。”见西轩下有一神,质甚异,丰首巨准,严目呀口,体状魁硕,长数丈。道严一见,背汗如沃。其神即隐去。于是具以神状告画工,命图于西轩之壁。

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