龍舒增廣淨土文 5.26

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自覺，發願：願因大悲觀音引接，見阿彌陀佛。於是化錢鑄大悲像四十九尺，造寺居之。既成，祝願。其夜三更，忽有金色祥光二道，阿彌陀佛自光中乘雲而下，觀音、勢至左右隨之。佛垂金臂按覺首曰：「守願勿悛，利物為先。寶池生處，孰不如願？」後十一年七月望夕，見一人雲間現半身，若毘沙門天王，俯謂覺曰：「安養之期於斯至矣。」乃於大悲前跏趺化去。

Zijue made a vow: "May I, through the guidance and reception of Great Compassion Avalokiteśvara, see Amitābha Buddha." Thereupon he collected funds to cast an image of Great Compassion forty-nine feet tall and built a monastery to reside in. When it was completed, he offered prayers. At the third watch of that night, suddenly two rays of golden auspicious light appeared; Amitābha Buddha descended from within the light riding on a cloud, with Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta following him on the left and right. The Buddha lowered his golden arm, patted Zijue's head, and said, "Keep your vow and do not change; let benefiting beings come first. In the place of birth in the jeweled pond, what will not be according to your vow?" Eleven years later, on the evening of the full moon in the seventh month, he saw a person appearing half-bodied amid the clouds, resembling the Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa, who looked down and said to Zijue, "The appointed time for Peaceful Nourishment has arrived at this moment." Thereupon he sat cross-legged before Great Compassion and passed away.