[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 13.27 # 佛祖統紀 13.27 佛祖統紀 13.27 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.27) 左伸。臨海人。從東掖神照授菩薩戒。及為說大乘法要。豁然開悟有如夙習。神照對眾摩頂與記。自是嚴奉戒律。遇事不易其節。刻西方三聖像。旦夜虔事。誦法華三千四百部。金剛般若二萬過。紹聖二年秋臥疾。命僧淨圓唱法華首題增受菩薩戒。尋夢三偉人立於江皐召伸登舟。瞥然西邁。伸知往生有期。乃請僧諷阿彌陀經。未徹即云。我已見佛光矣。遂沐浴更衣。戒左右勿哭。勿逼吾前。稱佛結印而化。 > Zuo Shen was a native of Linhai. He received the Bodhisattva Precepts from Shenzhao of Dongye, who expounded to him the essentials of the Great Vehicle teachings; \[Zuo Shen\] was suddenly awakened as if from past habitual practice. In front of the assembly, Shenzhao patted his crown and bestowed a prediction. From then on, he strictly observed the monastic precepts and never compromised his integrity when confronting worldly matters. He carved statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Realm, reverently serving them morning and night, and recited the Lotus Sūtra 3,400 times and the Diamond Prajñā Sūtra 20,000 times. In the autumn of the second year of the Shaosheng reign period, he fell ill and took to his bed. He instructed the monk Jingyuan to chant the title of the Lotus Sūtra and re-received the Bodhisattva Precepts. Soon he dreamed of three stately figures standing on a riverbank summoning him to board a boat, which swiftly glided westward. Shen knew his departure was imminent, so he requested monks to recite the Amitābha Sūtra. Before they had finished, he said, “I have already seen the Buddha's light.” He then bathed, changed his clothes, warned those around him not to weep or crowd before him, chanted the Buddha's name, formed a mudrā, and passed away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.26) - [Next: 13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.28) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.13.27) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.13.27) · Pramāṇa