[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [集神州三寶感通錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106) › 3.9 # 集神州三寶感通錄 3.9 集神州三寶感通錄 3.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.9) 高齊初。沙門嵩公者。嵩山高棲士也。且從林慮向白鹿山。因迷失道。日將禺中。忽聞鍾聲。尋響而進。巖岫重阻登陟而趣。乃見一寺。獨據深林。三門正南赫奕暉煥。前至門所看額云。靈隱之寺。門外五六犬。其犬如牛。白毛黑喙。或踊或臥。以眼眄嵩。嵩怖將返。須臾梵僧外來。嵩喚不應。亦不迴顧。直入門內。犬亦隨入。良久嵩見無人漸入次門。屋宇四周房門並閉。進至講堂唯見床榻高座儼然。嵩入西南隅床上坐。久之忽聞棟間有聲仰視見開孔如口。大有比丘前後從孔飛下遂至五六十人。依位坐訖自相借問。今日齋時何處食來。或言。豫章成都長安隴西葪北嶺南。無處不至。動即千萬餘里。末後一僧從空而下。諸人競問。來何太遲。答曰。今日相州城東彼岸寺鑒禪師講會。各各竪義。大有後生聰俊。難問鋒起殊為可觀。不覺遂晚而至。嵩本事鑒。既聞此語。望得參話。希展上流。整衣將起。奄然失地。獨坐磐石柞木之下。向之寺宇一無所見。唯多巖谷禽鳥翔集。嵩出以問上統法師。法師曰。此寺石趙時。浮圖澄所造。年歲久遠。賢聖居之。或現或隱遷徙無定。今山行者猶聞鍾聲云云。 > At the beginning of the Northern Qi, the śramaṇa Master Song was an eminent recluse of Mount Song. Once, travelling from Linlü toward Mount Bailu, he lost his way due to straying from the path. As the sun approached mid-morning, he suddenly heard the sound of a bell. Following the sound, he advanced, climbing and pressing through layer upon layer of blocking cliffs and peaks. Then he saw a monastery, occupying the deep forest all by itself. Its three gates faced due south, gleaming and resplendent. Advancing to the gate, he looked at the lintel plaque, which read: "Monastery of Lingyin." Outside the gate were five or six dogs, as large as oxen, with white fur and black muzzles, some leaping, some lying down, looking at Song with slanted eyes. Song was frightened and about to turn back. In a moment, an Indian monk came from outside. Song called out to him, but he did not answer, nor did he look back, but went straight inside the gate, and the dogs also followed him in. After a long while, Song saw no one, so he gradually entered the next gate. The buildings were surrounded on all four sides, and all the room doors were closed. Advancing to the lecture hall, he saw only couches and high seats neatly arranged. Song went into the southwest corner and sat on a couch. After a long while, he suddenly heard a sound among the roof beams. Looking up, he saw an opening like a mouth, and many bhikṣus flew down one after another from the opening, amounting to fifty or sixty people. Having sat according to their ranks, they inquired of one another, "Where did you go to eat at today's midday meal?" Some said, "Yuzhang, Chengdu, Chang'an, Longxi, Jibei, and Lingnan." There was no place they had not reached, easily covering ten thousand li or more. The last monk descended from the sky. The others vied to ask, "Why have you come so late?" He answered, "Today at the lecture assembly of Meditation Master Jian at Bi'an Temple east of Xiangzhou city, each presented their theses. There were many clever and handsome young students whose sharp objections rose like spear points, truly a sight to behold! Without realizing it, it became late, and so I have arrived." Song had originally served Jian. Having heard these words, he hoped to join the conversation and wished to present himself to these superior persons. As he straightened his robes and was about to rise, the place suddenly vanished; he was sitting alone under an oak tree on a boulder. Of the former monastery buildings, not a thing was to be seen; there were only abundant cliff valleys where birds soared and gathered. Song came out and asked the Controller of the Monks (shangtong), Master of the Law \[Fashang\]. The Master of the Law said, "This monastery was built by Fotudeng during the Shi Zhao era. Long ages having passed, worthy and holy beings reside in it; sometimes appearing and sometimes hidden, its movements are without fixed location. Those who walk the mountains today can still hear the sound of its bell, and so forth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.10) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106~en-mt.3.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2106.3.9) · Pramāṇa