[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) › 27.34 # 佛祖統紀 27.34 佛祖統紀 27.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.34) 智顗。居天台。初往大蘇山禮思禪師。思曰。昔日靈山同聽法華。宿緣所追今復來矣。乃授法華三昧三七日法。誦經至是真精進是名真法供養如來。豁然見靈山一席儼然未散。後於石城石像前將示寂。令唱無量壽佛及觀經首題合掌讚曰。四十八願莊嚴淨土。華池寶樹易往無人。火車相現一念改悔。尚得往生。況戒定熏修。行道力故。實不唐捐。又曰。吾諸師友。侍從觀音皆來迎我。言訖加趺。唱三寶名。如入三昧。 > Zhiyi resided at Tiantai. Earlier, he had gone to Mount Dasu to pay homage to Dhyāna Master Huisi. Huisi said, “In the past, we listened together to the Lotus Sūtra at Vulture Peak; driven by past karmic bonds, you have come again.” He then transmitted to him the method of the Lotus Samādhi for three weeks. When reciting the sūtra to the phrase, “This is true vigor; this is called the true Dharma offering to the Tathāgata,” Zhiyi had a breakthrough vision of the assembly on Vulture Peak, solemn and not yet dispersed. Later, when about to manifest nirvana before the stone image at Shicheng, he instructed others to chant the titles of the Amitāyus Sūtra and the Contemplation Sūtra. Pressing his palms together, he praised: “The forty-eight vows adorn the Pure Land; the flower ponds and jeweled trees are easy to reach, yet few people go. Even when the sign of the fire chariot appears, if one reforms one's mind with a single thought, one can still attain rebirth—how much more so for those who cultivate through moral discipline and samādhi, by the power of walking the path, which truly does not go in vain!” He also said, “My masters and spiritual friends, attending upon Avalokiteśvara, have all come to welcome me.” Having spoken, he crossed his legs, chanted the names of the Three Jewels, and entered what seemed like samādhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.33) - [Next: 27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.35) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.27.34) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [往生集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.64) — Classical Chinese - [廬山蓮宗寶鑑](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.4.39) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.34) · Pramāṇa