律相感通傳 1.58

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答云：「此穆王寺也，名曰靈山。至育王時，勅山神於此造像。西晉末亂，五胡控堀。劉曜都長安，數夢此山，佛見在塼塔中坐，語曜曰：『汝少飲酒，莫耽色欲。黜去邪佞，進用忠良。』曜不能從，後於洛陽酒醉落馬，為石勒所擒。初，曜因夢所悟，令人尋山訪之，遂見此像坐小塼塔，與夢符同。便毀小塔，更作大者，高一十九級，並造寺宇，極存壯麗。寺名法燈，度三百僧住之。曜沒趙後，寺有三十二人修得三果。仙神於今塔後又造一寺，供養三果僧。神往太白採取芝草，供養聖僧，皆獲延齡。寺今見存，凡人不見，所聞鐘聲即寺鐘也。其塔本基雖因劉曜，仍是穆王立寺之處，又是迦葉如來之古寺也。貞觀年中，玉華山北，慈烏川山上常見鹿集，逐去還來。有人異之，於鹿集處堀深一丈，獲一石像，長丈許。」

He replied: “This is King Mu's monastery, named Lingshan. In the time of King Aśoka, he ordered the mountain spirit to make an image here. During the chaos at the end of the Western Jin, the Five Barbarians seized and held the lands. When Liu Yao made Chang'an his capital, he repeatedly dreamed of this mountain, seeing the Buddha sitting within a brick pagoda, who spoke to Yao, saying: ‘Drink less wine and do not indulge in sexual desires. Banish the corrupt and flattering, and promote the loyal and good.’ Yao could not follow this; later in Luoyang he fell from his horse while drunk on wine and was captured by Shi Le. Earlier, when Yao was awakened by the dream, he had people search the mountain, and they saw this image sitting in a small brick pagoda, matching his dream. He then demolished the small pagoda and built a larger one, nineteen tiers high, and also built monastery halls that were exceedingly magnificent. The monastery was named Fadeng, and three hundred monks were ordained to dwell there. After Yao perished and the Zhao fell, thirty-two people in the monastery cultivated and attained the third fruit. Behind the present pagoda, immortals and spirits further built a monastery to make offerings to the monks of the third fruit. The spirits went to Mount Taibai to gather lingzhi herbs to offer to the noble monks, who all attained lengthened lifespans. The monastery is still extant today, though ordinary mortals cannot see it; the bell sound heard is indeed the bell of that monastery. Although the original foundation of its pagoda came from Liu Yao, it is still the site where King Mu established a monastery, and is also an ancient monastery of Kāśyapa Tathāgata. During the Zhenguan era, on the mountain of Ciwuchuan north of Mount Yuhua, deer were constantly seen gathering, returning as soon as they were driven away. Someone found it extraordinary and dug ten feet deep at the spot where the deer gathered, obtaining a stone image about ten feet in height.”