佛祖統紀 27.95

27.95

靈照。住華亭超果。每歲開淨土會七日。道俗常二萬人。夢中見三聖。跪問之曰。靈照一生期生安養可果願不。觀音指之曰。淨土不遠有願即生。一日臥疾。謂侍者曰。吾往生有期矣。即面西趺坐而化。

Lingzhao resided at Chaoguo in Huating. Every year he held a seven-day Pure Land assembly, regularly attended by twenty thousand monastics and laypeople. In a dream he saw the Three Holy Ones; kneeling, he asked them: "Lingzhao has aimed throughout his life for rebirth in the Land of Peace and Nurture; can this wish be fulfilled?" Avalokiteśvara pointed to him and said: "The Pure Land is not far; where there is a vow, there is rebirth." One day, lying ill, he said to his attendant: "My rebirth has an appointed time." Thereupon he sat cross-legged facing west and passed away.