龍舒增廣淨土文 5.22

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懷玉，注想淨業近四十年。天寶元年，玉念佛間，忽見西方聖眾數若恒沙，中有一人手擎銀臺前以示玉。玉白：「如玉者，本望金臺，何有銀臺耶？」臺乃隱，人亦隱。於是彌加精苦，至三七日，向之擎臺者復來告云：「法師以精苦故得升上品。」又云：「上品往生必先見佛，可趺坐以俟佛來。」未旋踵間，異光照室。又三日，異光再發。玉曰：「若聞異香，我報身即盡。」次日書偈云「清淨皎潔無塵垢，蓮華化生為父母。我經十劫修道來，出示閻浮厭苦眾。一生苦行超十劫，永離娑婆歸淨土。」偈畢，香氣四來，弟子有見佛與二菩薩共乘金臺，臺傍千百化佛自西而下迎玉，玉恭敬合掌含笑長歸。

Huaiyu concentrated his thoughts on the pure karma for nearly forty years. In the first year of the Tianbao reign era, while Huaiyu was recollecting the Buddha, he suddenly saw the holy multitude of the West, numerous as the sands of the Ganges. Among them was one person holding a silver dais in his hand, coming forward to show it to Huaiyu. Huaiyu said, "For someone like me, I originally hoped for a golden dais; why is there a silver dais?" The dais then disappeared, and the person disappeared as well. Thereupon he redoubled his diligence and austerity. When twenty-one days were reached, the one who had previously held the dais came again and announced, "Because of your diligence and austerity, Dharma Master, you have attained ascent to the highest grade." He also said, "Rebirth in the highest grade requires first seeing the Buddha; you may sit cross-legged to await the Buddha's coming." Before one could turn on one's heel, an extraordinary light illuminated the room. After three more days, the extraordinary light shone again. Huaiyu said, "If an extraordinary fragrance is smelled, my saṃbhogakāya will come to an end." The next day, he wrote a verse: "Pure, bright, and free of dust and defilement, / The lotus flower transformation birth serves as parents. / Over ten kalpas I have cultivated the path, / Appearing here to show the suffering-weary multitude of Jambudvīpa. / One lifetime of austerities surpasses ten kalpas; / Forever leaving Sahā to return to the Pure Land." When the verse was finished, fragrance arrived from all four directions. Some disciples saw the Buddha and two bodhisattvas riding together on a golden dais, with hundreds and thousands of transformation Buddhas beside the dais descending from the west to welcome Huaiyu. With reverent joined palms and a smile, Huaiyu returned [to the West] forever.