佛祖統紀 28.119

28.119

吳瓊家仁和。先為僧。因家務還俗。兩娶生二子。屠酤庖膾無所不為。遇造食殺雞鴨以手提起。唱云。阿彌陀佛子好脫此身去。每切肉時。口常念佛。及教村人念經修懺。忽眼上生瘤如雞子大。常切憂怖。乃造草菴獨居。旦夜繫念。依普賢行法發露懺悔。一日無病往諸家言別。來日去也。次日請道友念佛相助。將布衫換酒。飲訖大叫云佛來也。即便命終。

Wu Qiong lived in Renhe. He had previously been a monk, but due to family affairs, he returned to lay life, married twice, and fathered two sons. Butcher, vintner, cook, and carver—there was nothing he did not do. When preparing food and slaughtering chickens and ducks, he would lift them up by hand and chant: 'Children of Amitābha Buddha, be free of this body!' Every time he cut meat, his mouth constantly recited the Buddha's name, and he also taught villagers to recite sūtras and practice repentance. Suddenly, a tumor as large as a chicken egg grew upon his eye. Always deeply terrified, he built a grass hermitage to live alone, tying his thoughts day and night [to the Buddha] and repenting with open confession according to the Practice of Samantabhadra. One day, without illness, he went to various families to bid farewell, saying: 'Tomorrow I shall depart.' The next day, he invited fellow practitioners of the Way to assist him in reciting the Buddha's name. He traded his cloth robe for wine, and after drinking, shouted loudly: 'The Buddha has come!' Then he passed away.