龍舒增廣淨土文 5.44

5.44

Shanhe slaughtered cattle for a living. At the end of life, he saw several oxen speaking in human voices, saying: "You killed us!" Shanhe was terrified and said to his wife: "Quickly invite a monk to save me!" The monk arrived and said: "The Sixteen Contemplations Sūtra says that if a person at the end of life has visions of hell appear, by calling upon Namo Amitābha Buddha ten times with utmost sincerity, they will immediately attain rebirth in the Pure Land." Shanhe said: "I am already entering hell; there is no time to fetch an incense burner!" He immediately held fire with his left hand and took incense with his right, and facing west, fervently and exclusively recited the Buddha's name. Before ten recitations were completed, he said: "I see Amitābha Buddha coming from the west, granting me a jeweled seat." Having spoken, he passed away.