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釋慧寶。氏族未詳。誦經二百餘卷。德優先達。時共知名。以齊武平三年。從并向鄴。行達艾陵川。失道尋徑入山。暮宿巖下。室似人居逈無所見寶端坐室前。上觀松樹。見有橫枝懸磬。去地丈餘。夜至二更。有人身服草衣。自外而至。口云。此中何為有俗氣。寶即具述設敬。與共言議問寶。即今何姓統國。答曰。姓高氏。號齊國。寶問曰。尊師山居早晚。曰後漢時來。長老得何經業。寶恃己誦博頗以自矜。山僧曰。修道者未應如此。欲聞何經為誦之。寶曰。樂聞花嚴。僧即少時誦之便度。聲韻諧暢非世所聞。更令誦餘。率皆如此。寶驚歎曰。何因大部經文倏然即度。報曰。汝是有作心。我是無作心。夫忘懷於萬物者。彼我自得矣。寶知為神異也求哀乞住。山僧曰。國中利養召汝。何能自安。且汝情累未遣。住亦無補。至曉便捨去。寶遂返尋行迹。達鄴敘之。

Shi Huibao. His family clan is unknown. He recited over two hundred fascicles of scriptures, his virtue surpassing predecessors, and he was universally known at the time. In the third year of the Wuping era of Northern Qi (572 CE), traveling from Bingzhou toward Ye, he arrived at Ailing River, lost his way, and followed a path into the mountains. At dusk, he lodged beneath a cliff, in a room that seemed inhabited by humans yet with nothing in sight. Bao sat upright before the room, looking up at a pine tree, and saw a horizontal branch hanging a chiming stone more than ten feet above the ground. When the second watch of the night arrived, a person clothed in grass garments came from outside, saying, 'Why is there worldly odor in this place?' Bao then fully explained, paid respect, and conversed with him. [The person] asked Bao, 'What surname now rules the state?' He replied, 'The Gao clan, titled the Qi state.' Bao asked, 'How long has the Venerable Master lived in the mountains?' He said, 'I came during the Later Han. What scriptural practices has the Elder acquired?' Bao relied on his own broad recitation and was somewhat conceited. The mountain monk said, 'A cultivator of the Way ought not to be like this. Which scripture do you wish to hear, that I may recite it for you?' Bao said, 'I would delight to hear the *Avataṃsaka*.' In a short time, the monk recited it and finished; the tone and melody were harmonious and fluent, not something heard in the worldly realm. When asked to recite others, all were like this. Bao marveled and sighed, saying, 'For what reason could extensive scriptural texts be finished in an instant?' He replied, 'Yours is an active mind; mine is an inactive mind. One who forgets clinging toward all phenomena naturally attains self and other.' Bao knew he was a divine wonder and pleaded to remain. The mountain monk said, 'Offerings within the state summon you; how could you rest in peace? Moreover, your emotional entanglements are not yet abandoned; staying would also be of no avail.' When dawn came, he departed. Bao then retraced his steps, and upon reaching Ye, related the story.