The Stone Maitreya of Saenguisa生義寺石彌勒
1Digging where a dream directed, a stone Maitreya came out
善徳王時釋生義常住道中寺.夢有僧引上南山而行令結草爲標,至山之南洞謂曰,“我埋此處,請師出安嶺上.”旣覺與友人尋所標至其洞掘地,有石弥勒出,置於三花嶺上.善徳王十二年甲辰歳創寺而居,後名生義寺.〔今訛言性義寺.忠淡師每歳重三重九烹茶献供者,是此尊也.〕
In the time of Queen Seondeok the monk Saengui (生義) always stayed at Dojungsa (道中寺).
In a dream a monk led him up Namsan, having him tie grass as markers along the way. When they reached a valley on the south side of the mountain, the monk said, "I am buried in this place. Master, please take me out and place me on top of the ridge."
After he woke, he went with a friend to find the marked places, came to that valley, and dug the ground. A stone Maitreya came out. He placed it on top of Samhwaryeong (三花嶺).
In the twelfth year of Queen Seondeok, the gapjin year, he built a temple and lived there. Later it was named Saenguisa (生義寺).〔Now it is wrongly passed down as Seonguisa. The buddha to which the Master Chungdam brewed tea and made offerings every year on the third day of the third month and the ninth day of the ninth month is this very one.〕
Interlinear notes 1
今訛言性義寺. 忠淡師每歳重三重九烹茶献供者, 是此尊也.
Now it is wrongly passed down as Seonguisa (性義寺). The buddha to which the Master Chungdam (忠談師) brewed tea and made offerings every year on the third day of the third month and the ninth day of the ninth month is this very one.