法苑珠林 91.37

91.37

高齊初沙門寶公者。崇山高栖士也。旦從林慮向白鹿山。因迷失道。日將隅中。忽聞鍾聲尋響而進。巖岫重阻登陟而趣。乃見一寺獨據深林。三門正南赫奕輝煥。前至門所。看額云靈隱。之寺門外五六犬。其大。如牛。白毛黑喙。或踊或臥。以眼眄寶。寶怖將返。須臾胡僧外來寶喚不應。亦不迴顧。直入門內。犬亦隨入。良久寶見無人。漸入次門。屋宇四周。房門並閉。進至講堂。唯見床榻高座儼然。寶入西南隅床上坐。久之忽聞棟間有聲。仰視見開孔如井大。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右葪北嶺南五天竺等。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。詞旨鋒起殊為可觀。不覺遂晚而至。寶本事鑒為和尚。既聞此語。望得參話。希展上流。整衣將起。答諸僧曰。鑒是寶和尚。諸僧直視忽隱寺所。獨坐磐石查木之下。向之寺宇一無所見。唯覩巖谷。禽鳥翔集諠亂切心。出以問尚統法師。尚曰。此寺名趙時佛圖澄法師所造。年歲久遠賢聖居之。非凡所住。或沈或隱。遷徙無定。今山行者。猶聞鍾聲（見侯君素旌異記錄）。

At the beginning of the Northern Qi, there was the śramaṇa Master Bao, who was a hermit living high on lofty mountains. One morning, he set out from Linlü toward Mount Bailu. Because he lost his way and the sun was approaching midday, he suddenly heard the sound of a bell and advanced, following the sound. He climbed and hastened through precipitous crags and peaks, and then saw a temple standing alone in the deep forest, its triple gate facing directly south, radiant and resplendent. Stepping forward to the gate, he looked at the plaque, which read "Lingyin." Outside the temple gate were five or six dogs as large as oxen, with white hair and black muzzles, some leaping and some lying down, glancing at Bao with their eyes. Bao was frightened and about to turn back. In an instant, a Central Asian monk came from outside; Bao called to him, but he did not answer, nor did he look back, but walked straight through the gate, and the dogs followed him inside. After a long while, Bao saw no one, and gradually entered the next gate. The buildings were surrounded on four sides, and the doors of the rooms were all closed. Advancing to the lecture hall, he saw only couches and high seats arranged solemnly. Bao went to the couch in the southwest corner and sat down. After a long while, he suddenly heard a sound among the roof beams. Looking up, he saw an opening as large as a well, from which bhikṣus flew down one after another from the opening, amounting to fifty or sixty people. Having sat down according to their ranks, they inquired among themselves, "At the time of the fast today, where did you go to eat?" Some said Yuzhang, Chengdu, Chang'an, Longyou, Jibei, Lingnan, the Five Indias, and so forth; there was nowhere they did not reach, moving over ten thousand li at a time. The last monk came down from the sky. Everyone vied to ask, "Why have you come so late?" He answered, "Today at the lecture assembly of Chan Master Jian at Pi'an Temple east of Xiangzhou city, each was defending doctrines; there were many young, intelligent people raising difficult questions, with sharp arguments arising, which was truly a sight to see. Unawares, it became late, and so I arrived [only now]." Bao originally served Jian as his upādhyāya. Having heard these words, hoping to join the conversation and show his high standing, he straightened his robes, was about to rise, and answered the monks, "Jian is my, Bao's, upādhyāya." The monks stared directly at him, and suddenly the temple vanished. He was left sitting alone beneath a boulder and decayed wood. Of the previous temple buildings, nothing was to be seen; he saw only crags and valleys, with birds soaring and flocking, their noisy cries cutting to the heart. Coming out, he asked Dharma Master Shangtong about it. Shang said, "This temple was built in the Zhao era by Dharma Master Fotudeng. Through the long years, sages and worthies have dwelt there; it is not a place for ordinary people to stay. Sometimes it submerges, sometimes it conceals itself, shifting and moving without fixed abode. Even now, those who travel in the mountains still hear the sound of the bell." (Appears in Hou Junsu's *Records of Manifested Wonders*.)