佛祖統紀 27.47

27.47

道綽。入壁谷玄中寺曇鸞之舊居也。專志念佛。日以七萬遍為度。勸并汾人念佛。或以豆記所度者及萬斛。四月八日集道俗為如來生朝慶會。俄見鸞空中乘七寶船。謂綽曰。汝淨土堂宇以成。眾復見化佛菩薩飄飄在空。皆忻仰歎異。同志道撫者每相見必指淨土為會。綽亡三日。撫聞之曰。吾常期先行。今乃在後。吾加一息之功。見佛可追矣。即於像前叩頭陳露。退就其座而化。

Daochuo entered Xuanzhong Temple in Bigu, the former residence of Tanluan. Focusing his mind on chanting the Buddha's name, he set a quota of seventy thousand recitations a day. He encouraged the people of Bingzhou and Fenzhou to chant the Buddha's name, sometimes counting their recitations with beans up to ten thousand bushels. On the eighth day of the fourth month, he gathered monastics and laypeople for an auspicious celebration of the Tathāgata's birthday. Suddenly, they saw Tanluan riding in a seven-jeweled boat in the sky, who said to Chuo, “Your halls in the Pure Land have already been completed.” The assembly also saw transformed Buddhas and bodhisattvas fluttering in the sky, and all rejoiced in admiration and marvel. His companion Daofu always agreed with him whenever they met that their reunion would be in the Pure Land. Three days after Chuo passed away, Fu heard of it and said, “I always intended to go first, yet now I am behind. If I apply one more breath of effort, my seeing the Buddha can catch up.” He immediately prostrated and confessed before the statue, withdrew to his seat, and passed away.