佛祖統紀 27.59

27.59

懷玉。丹丘人。觀想淨土將四十年。日課佛名五萬。誦淨土諸經通三百萬。一日見西方聖眾有擎銀臺而至。師曰。如我本望必得金臺。言發而臺隱。師彌加精苦。三七日後。向人復來曰。法師已得上品生。忽異光照室。越三日書偈曰。清淨皎潔無塵垢。蓮華化生為父母。我經十劫修道來。出示閻浮厭眾苦。一生苦行超十劫。永離娑婆歸淨土。弟子見佛菩薩共御金臺西下迎玉而去。

Huaiyu was a native of Danqiu. He contemplated the Pure Land for nearly forty years, daily reciting the Buddha's name fifty thousand times, and chanted the various Pure Land sūtras a total of three million times. One day, he saw the holy assembly of the Western Land arriving, holding up a silver dais. The master said, 'According to my original aspiration, I must obtain a golden dais!' As soon as the words were spoken, the dais vanished. The master redoubled his austere practice. After three times seven days, the person from before returned and said, 'The Dharma master has attained birth of the highest grade.' Suddenly an extraordinary light illuminated his room. Three days later, he wrote a gāthā: / 'Pure, luminous, and free of defilement, / I take the lotus transformation as my parents. / I have practiced the Way through ten kalpas, / Manifesting in Jambudvīpa, weary of all suffering. / A single lifetime of austerities surpasses ten kalpas; / Forever leaving Sahā, I return to the Pure Land.' / His disciples saw the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas riding together on a golden dais, descending from the west to welcome Huaiyu and departing.