佛祖統紀 28.135

28.135

閻邦榮。池州人。因僧勸修西方。持決定往生呪。每旦向西一誦千遍。或率眾同持。如是二十年。紹熙元年春。偶聞異香連日不消。家人夜夢二青衣侍立邦榮之側。其子又夢。彌陀放光遍照堂宇悉作金色。數日面西趺坐課佛。忽起曰。我去矣。行數步。舒手結印。微笑立化。

Yan Bangrong was a native of Chizhou. Because a monk urged him to cultivate [the practice for] the Western [Pure Land], he recited the Dhāraṇī for Assured Rebirth [in the Pure Land], facing west every morning and chanting it a thousand times, or leading the congregation in reciting it together. He did this for twenty years. In the spring of the first year of the Shaoxi era, he happened to smell an extraordinary fragrance that did not disperse for consecutive days. At night, his family dreamt of two green-clad attendants standing by Bangrong's side. His son also dreamt that Amitābha emitted light that shone all through the hall, turning everything into a golden colour. For several days, he sat cross-legged facing west and recited the Buddha's name. Suddenly he rose and said, "I am going!" He walked several steps, extended his hands, formed a mudrā, and passed away standing with a smile.