法苑珠林 14.47

14.47

又問。沙河青山是何語。答曰。渭水終南山也。此僧便從渭水直南。而步遠到高四。便云。此是古佛說法處也。于時智猛法師隨往禮拜。不久失梵僧所在。智猛長大具為太常韋卿說之。請其臺處依本置寺。遂奏周主名三會寺。至隋大業廢入大寺。因被廢毀配入菩提。今京城東市西平康坊南門東菩提寺西堂佛首。即是三會寺佛。釋迦如來度大迦葉後。十二年中來至此臺。其下見有迦葉佛舍利。周穆身游大夏。佛告彼土見有古塔可返禮事。王問何方。佛答。在鄗京之東南也。西天竺國具有別傳。去歲長年是師子國僧。年九十九夏。是三果阿那含人。聞斯勝迹躬至禮拜。又請奏欲往北代清涼山文殊師利菩薩坐處。

He further asked, "What do 'Sand River' and 'Green Mountains' refer to?" He answered, "The Wei River and Mount Zhongnan. This monk then walked straight south from the Wei River, reaching High Four in the distance, and said, 'This is the place where the ancient Buddha preached the Dharma.' At that time, Dharma Master Zhimeng followed along to pay homage, and before long he lost track of where the Indian monk was. When Zhimeng grew up, he fully recounted it to Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Wei, requesting that a temple be established at the site of that platform according to the original [tradition]. Thereupon a memorial was presented to the Zhou emperor, and it was named Sanhui Temple (Temple of the Three Assemblies). In the Daye era of the Sui, it was abolished and merged into a large temple; having been dismantled and abolished, it was allocated to Bodhi Temple. Today, the Buddha head in the western hall of Bodhi Temple, east of the south gate of Pingkang Ward west of the Eastern Market in the capital, is precisely the Buddha of Sanhui Temple. Twelve years after Śākyamuni Tathāgata converted Mahākāśyapa, he came to this platform; beneath it, there are currently the relics of Kāśyapa Buddha. King Mu of Zhou personally traveled to Bactria (Daxia); the Buddha told him, 'In that land of yours there is an ancient pagoda that you may return to worship.' The king asked in which direction, and the Buddha replied, 'To the southeast of Haojing.' The Western Indian kingdoms all have separate records of this. Last year, the Venerable Changnian, a monk from Siṃhala aged ninety-nine rains-retreats who was an anāgāmin of the third fruit, heard of these sublime traces and personally came to pay homage. He also submitted a memorial requesting to go to Mount Qingliang in northern Dai, the seat of Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva."