佛祖統紀 27.23

27.23

道珍。梁天監中寓廬山。慕遠法師。標心淨土。異時夢中見十人舟艫浮海。問何往。曰適安養國。珍曰。願得隨往。答曰。一日之修功超永劫。子未誦彌陀經。未曾浴僧。何可求往。珍乃大設沐浴專誦彌陀經。後二年有捧銀臺至者。曰以法師之功當得金臺。柰何始心猶豫。故止此耳。珍曰。苟見佛之基有漸奚必金臺。後亡之夕。所居山崖烈火千炬。鄉民大驚。旦則知珍遷化。

Daozhen resided at Mount Lu during the Tianjian reign era of the Liang dynasty. Admiring Master Huiyuan, he set his mind on the Pure Land. At another time, he saw in a dream ten people on a boat floating upon the sea. He asked where they were going. They replied, “We are going to the Land of Peaceful Nurturance.” Zhen said, “I wish to follow and go along.” They answered, “A single day's cultivation surpasses eternal eons of effort; yet you have not recited the Amitābha Sūtra, nor have you ever bathed the Saṅgha. How could you seek to go?” Zhen thereupon extensively provided baths for the monks and devoted himself to reciting the Amitābha Sūtra. Two years later, someone arrived bearing a silver dais and said, “By your merit, Dharma Master, you ought to have obtained a golden dais, but why was your initial resolve hesitant? Therefore, it is limited to this.” Zhen said, “If the foundation for seeing the Buddha can only be attained gradually, why must it be a golden dais?” On the night he died, a thousand blazing torches of fire appeared on the cliff where he resided. The local villagers were greatly alarmed. At dawn, they learned that Zhen had passed away.