念佛鏡 1.51

1.51

"Furthermore, in recent times, in the Northern Capital there was the person Dhyāna Master Daochuo, and there were Vinaya masters; and in the Western Capital, Ācārya Shandao, Dharma Master Huaigan, Preceptor Daxing, together with Monk Fahui and others, several hundred monks in all, practiced buddhānusmṛti of Amitābha and attained rebirth in the pure land. Not only did monks attain rebirth, but in the Western Capital, the Eastern Capital, and other places, there were several nuns who attained rebirth in the pure land; not only did nuns attain rebirth, but in the Western Capital, the Eastern Capital, and other places, there were also several white-robed virtuous laymen and upāsikās who practiced buddhānusmṛti of Amitābha and, when approaching the end of life, had auspicious manifestations and were reborn in the pure land. Such categories cannot be fully described, as found in the Biographies of Rebirth (Wang sheng zhuan). These are those who have already attained rebirth; the Dharma gate of buddhānusmṛti is a teaching practiced in common by ordinary persons, followers of the two vehicles, and all bodhisattvas."