佛祖統紀 27.58

27.58

自覺。居平山重林院。為鬼神講說者三年。屢有祥感。嘗發四十八願。因觀音大悲接見阿彌陀佛。乃率眾建剎鑄大悲像四十九尺。俯伏像前陳其願曰。聖相已就梵宇已成。願承聖力早登安養。夜中忽見金色祥光二道。佛及菩薩左右隨之。佛垂手按覺首曰。守願勿易利物為先。寶池生處終當如願。後十一年見大神雲中出半身。謂之曰。安養之期已至。即於像前加趺而化。

Zijue lived at the Chonglin Cloister on Mount Ping, where he preached to ghosts and spirits for three years, frequently experiencing auspicious responses. He once made forty-eight vows, wishing that through Avalokiteśvara's great compassion he might meet Amitābha Buddha. Thereupon he led the assembly in building a temple and casting a forty-nine-foot statue of the Great Compassionate One. Prostrating before the statue, he declared his vow: 'The holy image is completed and the pure monastery is finished. I vow to rely on the holy power to ascend early to the Land of Peaceful Nurture.' In the middle of the night, he suddenly saw two rays of auspicious golden light, with the Buddha and Bodhisattvas flanking them to the left and right. The Buddha lowered his hand, touched Jue's head, and said, 'Keep your vow and do not change it; make benefiting living beings your priority. In the end, you will attain your wish to be born in the jeweled pond.' Eleven years later, he saw a great deity reveal half his body from the clouds and say to him, 'The time for the Land of Peaceful Nurture has arrived.' He immediately sat cross-legged before the image and passed away.