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English version: Follow me westward. The youngest boy said, 'I am willing to follow you.' Then he entered the monastery, sat in meditation, and passed away. He was eighty years old. He passed away on the seventh day of the first month of the Chuigong era. The Fifteenth: Dahang Chan Master Dahang Chan Master was a native of Qizhou. He entered Mount Tai, wearing grass clothing and eating wood fruits, seeking the Samadhi of the Lotus Sutra. He was moved by the appearance of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (普贤菩萨), who taught the Chan Master to recite Amitābha (阿弥陀佛). After twenty-one days, around midnight, he suddenly saw a land of lapis lazuli, and his mind's eye clearly saw the Buddhas of the ten directions. Later, he passed away lying on his right side due to illness. After his burial, a strange fragrance emanated from the coffin for several days. His appearance was lifelike, no different from when he was alive. The Sixteenth: Zang Chan Master Zang Chan Master was a native of Fenzhou. He went out to pay respects at pagodas and temples everywhere, not accepting secular greetings, always rising before others, restraining his mind, and focusing on subduing the six thieves (眼、耳、鼻、舌、身、意 - eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind). Once awakened, he would not make mistakes again. He often did things for the Sangha, taking the place of servants. Seeing soiled clothing, he would secretly collect, wash, and mend it. In the height of summer, he would take off his clothes and place them in the grass to feed the mosquitoes. On the day of his death, the devas came one after another to invite him, but he did not go. Only when a manifested Buddha from the Pure Land came to greet him did he then depart. The Seventeenth: Dharma Master Gan Dharma Master Gan resided at Qianfu Temple in Chang'an. He was well-versed in the scriptures but did not believe in reciting the Buddha's name. He asked Venerable Shandao, 'How should one enter the practice of reciting the Buddha's name?' Venerable Shandao replied, 'If you can single-mindedly recite the Buddha's name, you will naturally have realization.' He further asked, 'Can one see the Buddha?' Venerable Shandao said, 'How can the Buddha's words be doubted?' Thereupon, Dharma Master Gan entered the monastery for twenty-one days, but there was no response. He regretted his deep sins and attempted to end his life by fasting. Venerable Shandao stopped him and did not allow it. Dharma Master Gan then focused his mind for three years, and finally saw the Buddha's golden body and jade-white hair, and attained Samadhi. He then personally wrote seven volumes of 'Resolving Doubts about Rebirth.' At the time of his death, the Buddha came to greet him, and Dharma Master Gan, with palms together, passed away facing west, or it is said he passed away in the west. The Eighteenth: Chan Master Huaiyu Chan Master Huaiyu's surname was Gao, and he resided at Yongquan Temple in Taizhou. He did not eat food grown by his own family, nor did he wear silk clothing. He constantly repented of his karmic obstacles, more than ten million times. He recited the Amitayurdhyana Sutra (弥陀观经) three hundred thousand times. He recited the Buddha's name fifty thousand times daily. He released fleas and lice. He sat in meditation for long periods and did not lie down. On the ninth day of the sixth month of the Tianbao era, he saw the holy assembly of the West. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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数若恒沙。见一人擎白银台当窗而入。禅师曰。我之功课得金台。便加功念佛。空中告言。顶上圆光。光明遍空。语门徒曰。退后莫交触光。至临终时。光色转盛。乃说偈曰。 清净皎洁无尘垢 莲华化生为父母 我修行来经十劫 出示阎浮受众罪 一生苦行超十劫 永离娑婆归净土 说偈已见紫金台含笑而终。肉身现在台州涌泉寺。 僧法智第十九 僧法智住在天台。念佛为业。性多粗率。不拘律仪。人每谓曰。犯吉罗罪。九百岁入地狱。即信闻经一称阿弥陀佛灭八十亿劫生死重罪。便于国清寺兜率台昼夜念佛。时人不信。忽遍辞道俗。我欲往生。令亲识设一日斋。至日中夜。无疾而终。金色光明照数百里。野雉惊鸣。江上船人谓言天晓。 僧道昂第二十 僧道昂于相州讲法华经。忽见众音乐从空中来。告此兜率天故下相迎。昂曰。天道生死根本。由来不愿。所念西方耳。言讫见西方伎乐旋转来迎。信至不得久驻。言毕香炉随手。于高座上端然奄化。 僧雄俊第二十一 僧雄俊姓周。城都人。善讲说无戒行。所得施利非法而用。又还俗入军营杀戮。逃难却入僧中。大历年中。见阎罗王判入地狱。俊高声曰。雄俊若入地狱。三世诸佛即妄语。王曰。佛不曾 数若恒沙（像恒河沙粒一样多）。见一人擎白银台当窗而入。禅师曰：‘我之功课得金台，便加功念佛。’空中告言：‘顶上圆光，光明遍空。’语门徒曰：‘退后莫交触光。’至临终时，光色转盛。乃说偈曰： ‘清净皎洁无尘垢，莲华化生为父母，我修行来经十劫，出示阎浮（指人间）受众罪，一生苦行超十劫，永离娑婆（指充满缺陷的世界）归净土（指阿弥陀佛的极乐世界）。’ 说偈已见紫金台含笑而终。肉身现在台州涌泉寺。 僧法智第十九 僧法智住在天台。念佛为业。性多粗率，不拘律仪。人每谓曰：‘犯吉罗罪（一种较轻的罪），九百岁入地狱。’即信闻经一称阿弥陀佛灭八十亿劫生死重罪。便于国清寺兜率台昼夜念佛。时人不信。忽遍辞道俗，‘我欲往生。’令亲识设一日斋。至日中夜，无疾而终。金色光明照数百里。野雉惊鸣。江上船人谓言天晓。 僧道昂第二十 僧道昂于相州讲法华经。忽见众音乐从空中来。告此兜率天（佛教欲界六天之一，弥勒菩萨所在）故下相迎。昂曰：‘天道生死根本，由来不愿，所念西方耳。’言讫见西方伎乐旋转来迎。信至不得久驻。言毕香炉随手，于高座上端然奄化。 僧雄俊第二十一 僧雄俊姓周，城都人。善讲说无戒行。所得施利非法而用。又还俗入军营杀戮。逃难却入僧中。大历年中，见阎罗王判入地狱。俊高声曰：‘雄俊若入地狱，三世诸佛即妄语。’王曰：‘佛不曾’
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Countless as the sands of the Ganges. He saw a person holding a white silver platform entering through the window. The Chan (Zen) master said, 'My practice deserves a golden platform, so I will intensify my recitation of Buddha's name.' A voice from the sky announced, 'A halo above his head, light illuminating the sky.' He told his disciples, 'Step back and do not touch the light.' As he approached his death, the light grew even brighter. Then he spoke this verse: 'Pure and bright, without dust or defilement, born from a lotus flower as parents, I have cultivated for ten kalpas (aeons), appearing in Jambudvipa (the human world) to bear the sins of all beings, a lifetime of ascetic practices surpassing ten kalpas, forever leaving Samsara (the world of suffering) and returning to the Pure Land (Amitabha's blissful realm).' After reciting the verse, he saw a purple-gold platform and passed away with a smile. His physical body is now at Yongquan Temple in Taizhou. Monk Fazhi, the nineteenth Monk Fazhi lived in Tiantai. He practiced reciting the Buddha's name as his main practice. He was often rough and unrestrained, not adhering to the rules of discipline. People often said, 'He commits a Giluo offense (a minor offense), and will enter hell for nine hundred years.' He then believed that reciting Amitabha Buddha's name once, as mentioned in the scriptures, could extinguish the heavy sins of eighty billion kalpas of birth and death. Therefore, he recited the Buddha's name day and night at the Tushita Platform (a heaven in Buddhist cosmology, the abode of Maitreya Bodhisattva) in Guoqing Temple. People did not believe him. Suddenly, he bid farewell to both monks and laypeople, saying, 'I wish to be reborn in the Pure Land.' He asked his relatives and friends to prepare a vegetarian meal for one day. At midday and night, he passed away without illness. Golden light illuminated hundreds of miles. Wild pheasants cried out in alarm. Boatmen on the river said that it was dawn. Monk Daoang, the twentieth Monk Daoang was lecturing on the Lotus Sutra in Xiangzhou. Suddenly, he saw music coming from the sky. It announced that the Tushita Heaven (one of the six heavens in the Desire Realm of Buddhism, where Maitreya Bodhisattva resides) had sent beings to welcome him. Ang said, 'The heavenly realm is the root of birth and death. I have never desired it. I only think of the Western Pure Land.' After speaking, he saw musicians from the Western Pure Land coming to welcome him in a rotating manner. His faith was so strong that he could not stay any longer. After speaking, the incense burner fell from his hand, and he passed away peacefully on the high seat. Monk Xiongjuan, the twenty-first Monk Xiongjuan's surname was Zhou, and he was from Chengdu. He was good at lecturing but had no moral discipline. He used the offerings he received unlawfully. He also returned to secular life, joined the army, and committed killings. Fleeing from trouble, he re-entered the monastic order. During the Dali era, he saw Yama (the King of Hell) judge him to enter hell. Juan shouted loudly, 'If Xiongjuan enters hell, then all the Buddhas of the three worlds are liars.' The King said, 'The Buddha never' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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妄语。俊曰。观经下品下生。造五逆罪临终十念尚得往生。俊虽造罪。不作五逆。若论念佛。不知其数。言讫往生西方。乘台而去。 尼法藏第二十二 宋朝尼法藏金陵建福寺住。禅业高远。谓同学昙敬。吾立身行道。志在西方。后忽染患。初见阿弥陀佛与诸圣众省问法藏疾。光明照耀一寺。众咸见。因尔而终也。 尼净真第二十三 尼净真住长安积善寺。纳衣乞食一生无瞋。读金刚经万八千遍。专精念佛。显庆五年七月染患。语弟子曰。五月内十度见阿弥陀佛。又两度见极乐世界宝莲华童子游戏。又有圣僧。五度授记曰。我当作佛。又曰。吾得上品往生。趺趺而终。经宿却醒语弟子曰。吾得菩萨位也。遍历十方供养诸佛。言讫而终。光照于寺。 尼法胜第二十四 尼法胜吴县人。进修禅寂。念佛为业。训诱道俗。皆劝往生。得病自知不差。卧见一僧。报曰。此病不差。须专念佛。又见。二僧偏袒。执花立在床前。光明照我身。言讫而终。 尼悟性第二十五 尼悟性洛阳人。于衡州遇照阇梨。发愿念佛万遍。大历六年。入台山。忽染患。闻空中音乐。尼曰。我闻。得中品上生。见同念佛人。西方尽有莲华也。身金色光明。时年二十四矣。 尼大明第二十六 现代汉语译本 妄语。 俊曰：‘观经’（《观无量寿经》的简称）下品下生，造五逆罪（杀父、杀母、杀阿罗汉、破和合僧、出佛身血）临终十念尚且能够往生。我俊虽然造罪，但不作五逆。若论念佛，不知其数。’说完就往生西方，乘台而去。 尼法藏第二十二 宋朝尼法藏，住在金陵建福寺，禅修造诣高深。她对同学昙敬说：‘我立身行道，志在西方。’后来忽然染病，最初见到阿弥陀佛（西方极乐世界的教主）与诸圣众来探望法藏的疾病，光明照耀整个寺庙，众人都看见了。因此而终。 尼净真第二十三 尼净真住在长安积善寺，身穿粗布衣，靠乞食为生，一生没有嗔恨心。读《金刚经》（佛教经典）一万八千遍，专心精进念佛。显庆五年七月染病，告诉弟子说：‘五个月内十次见到阿弥陀佛，又两次见到极乐世界宝莲华童子游戏。’又有圣僧五次授记说：‘我将来会成佛。’又说：‘我得上品往生。’然后跏趺坐而终。过了一夜却醒来，告诉弟子说：‘我得到菩萨位了，遍历十方供养诸佛。’说完就去世了，光芒照耀着寺庙。 尼法胜第二十四 尼法胜是吴县人，精进修习禅定，以念佛为功课。训导僧俗，都劝他们往生西方极乐世界。得病后自知不能痊愈，躺着看见一个僧人，告诉她说：‘这个病不会好，必须专心念佛。’又看见两个僧人偏袒右肩，手执鲜花站在床前，光明照耀她的身体。说完就去世了。 尼悟性第二十五 尼悟性是洛阳人，在衡州遇到照阇梨（梵语 आचार्य，意为轨范师），发愿念佛万遍。大历六年，前往台山。忽然染病，听到空中传来音乐。尼姑说：‘我听见，我得中品上生，看见一同念佛的人，西方极乐世界都有他们的莲花。’身体呈现金色光明，当时二十四岁。 尼大明第二十六