佛祖統紀 27.141

27.141

了宣。四明寶林肄業。入南湖光嚴堂閱大藏。預法華期懺二十七年。與榮行人最相善。一日詣榮室默坐。榮問之。師曰。西歸有期難忘道義。冀公淨土重會耳。榮喜曰。正所幸願。忽示疾。請眾諷彌陀經。念佛之際端坐書偈曰。性相忘情一三無寄。息風不行摩訶息利。合掌而化。炎暑停龕七日。顏色紅潤口角有微涎。觀者以帊裛之。異香噴人。士庶聞之傾城來裛。香涎愈滋闍維之處。舍利無算。

Liaoxuan studied at Baolin in Siming. He entered the Guangyan Hall at Nanhu to read the Canon, and participated in the Lotus repentance retreats for twenty-seven years. He was on the closest terms with the practitioner Rong. One day he went to Rong's room and sat in silence. Rong questioned him, and the Master said: "My return to the West has its appointed time; it is difficult to forget our fellowship on the path. I hope to meet you again in the Pure Land, that is all." Rong said joyfully: "That is precisely my fortunate wish!" Suddenly he manifested illness, and invited the assembly to chant the Amitābha Sūtra. In the midst of chanting the Buddha's name, he sat upright and wrote a verse: "Nature and characteristics leave behind emotional attachments; the one and three have no ground. / Ceasing the breath, it does not move: mahā-śrī." Joining his palms, he passed away. In the summer heat, his casket was kept for seven days; his complexion remained rosy, and a fine saliva appeared at the corners of his mouth. Onlookers absorbed it with handkerchiefs, and a wondrous fragrance wafted to people. When the literati and commoners heard of it, the whole city emptied to absorb it; the fragrant saliva increased even more. At the place of his cremation (jhāpita), there were countless śarīra.