龍舒增廣淨土文 5.6

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程之，字仲恩，號遺民，依遠公共修淨土，專坐禪作觀想法，方半歲即於定中見佛光照曜，又地皆金色。居山十五年，末年又於想念佛中見阿彌陀佛，身紫金色、毫光散照，垂手下接，以臨其室。程之慰幸悲泣自陳曰：「安得如來為我摩頂、以衣覆我？」佛乃為摩其頂，引袈裟以覆之。他日想念佛，又見身入七寶大池，蓮華青白相間，其水湛湛如無邊岸。中有一人，項有圓光、胸有萬字，指池水曰：「八功德水，汝可飲之。」程之飲水，甘美盈口。乃還，猶覺有異香發於毛孔。乃曰：「此吾淨土之緣至矣。」廬阜諸僧皆來會，程之對佛像焚香再拜，祝曰：「我以釋迦遺教故，知有阿彌陀佛。此香當先供養釋迦如來，又供養阿彌陀佛，後供養法華會中佛菩薩眾，以至十方佛菩薩眾，願令一切有情俱生淨土。」祝畢與眾話別，面西端坐，斂手氣絕，年五十九。

Chengzhi, styled Zhong'en and named Yimin, relied on Master Yuan to cultivate the Pure Land together, exclusively sitting in meditation to practice contemplation. In merely half a year, while in samādhi, he saw the Buddha's light shining brilliantly and the ground entirely golden. He lived on the mountain for fifteen years. In his final years, while contemplating the Buddha, he saw Amitābha Buddha, purple-gold in body, with light from the ūrṇā radiating everywhere, lowering his hand to receive him, approaching his room. Chengzhi, comforted and fortunate, wept and stated: 'How could the Tathāgata stroke my head and cover me with his robe?' The Buddha then stroked his head and drew forward his kaṣāya to cover him. On another day, while contemplating the Buddha, he again saw himself enter a great pond of seven jewels, with blue and white lotuses intermingled, the water clear and deep as if without shore. In its midst was a person with a round halo around his neck and a svastika on his chest, who pointed to the pond water and said: 'This is the water of eight virtues; you may drink it.' Chengzhi drank the water, and sweetness filled his mouth. When he returned, he still felt an extraordinary fragrance emanating from his pores. He then said: 'My affinity with the Pure Land has arrived!' The monks of Mount Lu all gathered. Facing the Buddha image, Chengzhi burned incense, bowed twice, and prayed: 'Because of the bequeathed teachings of Śākyamuni, I know of Amitābha Buddha. This incense should first be offered to Śākyamuni Tathāgata, then to Amitābha Buddha, and thereafter to the assembly of Buddhas and bodhisattvas in the Lotus Assembly, and even to the Buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout the ten directions; I vow that all sentient beings may together be born in the Pure Land.' Having finished the prayer, he spoke his farewells to the assembly, sat upright facing west, folded his hands, and passed away at the age of fifty-nine.