神僧傳 4.13

4.13

嵩頭陀法師。居婺州雙林北四十里巖谷間。為創香山寺。及建靈剎道俗萬眾共引麻䋏舉剎。䋏忽中斷引者皆顛躓。師乃曰。有何魔事使之然乎。因以鉢盛淨水。內外攪之呪而作禮。捧鉢繞剎一周。剎乃不假人功屹然自立。後又至萊山立寺。師常曰。萊山王而不久。香山久而不王。後果如其所言。竟不知所終。

Dharma Master Dhūta Song lived among the rocky valleys forty li north of Shuanglin in Wuzhou. He founded Xiangshan Monastery there. When erecting the miraculous stūpa pole, tens of thousands of monastics and laypeople together pulled hemp ropes to hoist it. The ropes suddenly snapped in the middle, and all who were pulling fell stumbling. The Master then said, "What demonic hindrance has caused this?" He then took a bowl filled with pure water, stirred it inside and out, chanted an incantation, and paid reverence. Holding the bowl, he circumambulated the pole once; the pole then stood upright of itself without relying on human labor. Later, he went to Mount Lai and established a monastery. The Master often said, "Mount Lai shall flourish, but not for long; Mount Xiang shall endure for long, though it will not flourish." It later turned out just as he had spoken. In the end, his whereabouts remained unknown.