南嶽總勝集 2.119

2.119

在嶽之西後洞四十里。與高臺比近在蓮花峯下。前照石廩。旁倚天堂。傳記云。梁天監初。有僧希遁。因度夏天台遇惠海尊者。朝昏承事之。海云。汝當於南嶽方廣寺為會。洎遁至南嶽。訪方廣則無之。後忽值一精舍號方廣。有鬼神運糧。金牛服乘。俄見海師出門。問曰。汝何來之遲也。遁願留。海云。此五百尊者所居。汝居處在西北峯頂。留一宿而去。出門已失尊者及方廣眾。遁即如其言。結菴其處。後。

It is forty li west of the peak in the Back Grotto, close to Gaotai, below Lianhua Peak. In front it faces Shilin; to the side it leans on Tiantang. The records say: In the beginning of the Tianjian era of the Liang, the monk Xidun, while spending the summer at Tiantai, met the Venerable Huihai and served him morning and night. Hai said: 'You should meet me at Fangguang Monastery on Nanyue.' When Dun arrived at Nanyue, he sought Fangguang, but it did not exist. Later, he suddenly came upon a hermitage named Fangguang, where ghosts and spirits transported grain and golden oxen served as draft animals. Presently, he saw Master Hai emerge from the gate and ask, 'Why have you come so late?' Dun wished to remain. Hai said, 'This is where the five hundred venerables dwell; your dwelling place is atop the peak to the northwest. Stay one night, then leave.' When he walked out the gate, he had already lost sight of the venerable and the Fangguang assembly. Dun then followed his words and built a hermitage in that place. Later,