佛祖統紀 27.84

27.84

若愚。居霅川仙潭學於辯才。歸覺海建無量壽閣。勸道俗四季開會念佛。凡三十年。將順世。夢神人告曰。汝同學則章得普賢行願三昧已生淨土。彼正待汝。師乃沐浴更衣命眾諷十六觀經。端坐默聽畢。忽云淨土現前吾當行矣。遽書偈而化。本是無家可得歸。雲邊有路許誰知。溪光搖落西山月。正是仙潭夢斷時。又於半月前書一頌云。空裏千華羅網。夢中七寶蓮池。踏得西歸路穩。更無一點狐疑。

Ruoyu lived at Xiantan in Zhachuan and studied under Biancai. Returning to Juehai, he built the Amitāyus Pavilion, encouraging both monastics and laity to gather and recite the Buddha's name during all four seasons, which he continued for thirty years. When he was about to depart this world, he dreamt of a spirit-being who told him, "Your fellow student Zhezhang, having attained the Samantabhadra Conduct and Vows Samādhi, has already been born in the Pure Land; he is currently waiting for you." The Master then bathed, changed his clothes, and instructed the assembly to chant the *Sixteen Contemplations Sūtra*. Sitting upright and listening in silence until it was completed, he suddenly said, "The Pure Land appears before me; I must be off!" He hurriedly wrote a gāthā and passed away:
"Originally there was no home to which one could return; / Who could know that along the edge of the clouds there was a road? / The stream's brightness shakes down the moon of the western mountains; / This is precisely when the dream of Xiantan is broken."
He had also written a verse half a month earlier, which read:
"In the void, a net of a thousand flowers; / In the dream, the seven-jeweled lotus pond. / Once the road of returning west is trodden with firm steps, / Not a single speck of doubt remains."