佛祖統紀 28.16

28.16

倪道者。仁和人。棄家作道者。建小菴專意念佛。欲焚身代一切受苦眾生供養諸佛。久之有朱藤三窠生臥榻前。謂眾曰。此藤若焦我當西去。臨終半月。集眾念佛。至於萬人。焚身前一夕。其地忽有光明金色。高半尺許。以手掬之隨浮掌上。又謂眾曰。我焚身時。必有紫雲青雲從東北過西南。是我往生之相。乃四面發炬。端坐其中。果有二色雲瑞。

The Daoist practitioner Ni was a native of Renhe. He abandoned his family to become a practitioner, built a small hermitage, and concentrated his mind on reciting the Buddha’s name. He wished to burn his body on behalf of all suffering sentient beings as an offering to the Buddhas. After a long time, three clusters of red wisteria grew in front of his sleeping couch. He said to the assembly, “If this wisteria withers, I shall depart for the west.” Half a month before his death, he gathered the assembly to recite the Buddha’s name, reaching ten thousand people. The evening before he burned his body, that ground suddenly radiated a golden light about half a foot high; when he cupped it with his hand, it floated upon his palm. He also said to the assembly, “When I burn my body, there will certainly be purple and blue clouds passing from the northeast to the southwest; this will be a sign of my rebirth.” Torches were then lit on all four sides, and he sat upright in their midst. Indeed, there was the auspicious sign of clouds of the two colors.