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佛祖統紀 27.41

佛祖統紀 27.41

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Classical Chinese

27.41

道喻。居開覺寺念阿彌陀佛。日夜不廢。造其像僅三寸。後於定中見佛。謂曰。汝造我像何小。喻曰。心大即大。心小即小。言訖見像身遍滿虛空。告曰。汝且回本國香湯沐浴。明星出時我來迎汝。至時感化佛來迎。光明滿室。

Daoyu resided at Kaijue Temple, reciting Amitābha Buddha's name day and night without interruption. He made a statue of the Buddha only three inches tall. Later, in meditative absorption, he saw the Buddha, who said to him, “Why did you make my statue so small?” Yu said, “If the mind is large, it is large; if the mind is small, it is small.” As he finished speaking, he saw the statue's body fill all of space. The Buddha told him, “Return for now to your native realm and bathe in scented water; when the morning star appears, I will come to welcome you.” When the time came, transformed Buddhas arrived to welcome him, and radiant light filled the room.

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