佛祖統紀 28.18

28.18

白居易號香山居士。官太子太傅。初勸一百四十八人結上生會。行念慈氏名。坐想慈氏容。願當來世必生兜率。晚歲風痺。遂專志西方祈生安養。畫西方變相一軸。為之願曰。極樂世界清淨土。無諸惡道及眾苦。願如我身病苦者。同生無量壽佛所。一夕念佛坐榻上。倏然而逝（唐）。

Bai Juyi went by the sobriquet Layman Xiangshan. His official post was Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince. At first, he encouraged one hundred and forty-eight people to form an Upper Rebirth Society, walking while reciting the name of the Compassionate One and sitting while contemplating the form of the Compassionate One, vowing to certainly be born in Tuṣita in a future life. In his later years, afflicted by paralysis, he devoted his mind exclusively to the Western Land and prayed for birth in Sukhāvatī. He had a scroll of the Western Transformation Tableau painted and made a vow for it: “The Land of Ultimate Bliss is a pure realm, / Free of the evil destinies and all sufferings. / I vow that those who, like my own body, suffer from illness, / May be born together in the dwelling of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life.” One evening, reciting the Buddha’s name while sitting on his couch, he swiftly passed away (Tang).