佛祖統紀 28.22

28.22

鍾離景融。少師第七子。官朝請大夫。常誦觀經念佛不輟。挂冠棄仕結茅儀真東園側。嘗曰。識得彌陀。彌陀彌陀。不識彌陀。奈何奈何。不識彌陀。彌陀更在西方外。識得彌陀彌陀秖在自己家。一夕命僧妙應誦普賢行願品。炷香敬聽畢。兩手作印而化。自任氏少師大夫。三世得生淨土。曾孫松居於婺。乾道中奉祠吳郡。與寶積實師東平呂洎等。結社念佛。無所疾忽端坐西向合掌而化。

Zhongli Jingrong was the seventh son of the Junior Tutor. His post was Grand Master for Court Audiences. He constantly recited the Contemplation Sūtra and recited the Buddha’s name without cease. He hung up his cap, abandoned his official career, and built a thatched hut next to the Eastern Garden in Yizhen. He once said: “If you recognize Amitābha, / It is Amitābha, Amitābha! / If you do not recognize Amitābha, / What can you do, what can you do? / If you do not recognize Amitābha, / Amitābha is outside in the west. / If you recognize Amitābha, / Amitābha is right in your own home.” One evening, he instructed the monk Miaoying to recite the Samantabhadra's Vows Chapter. Lighting incense and listening reverently, when it was finished, he formed a mudrā with both hands and passed away. From Lady Ren down to the Junior Tutor and the Grand Master, three generations attained rebirth in the Pure Land. His great-grandson Song lived in Wu. During the Qiandao era, while managing an ancestral shrine in Wu Commandery, he formed an association to recite the Buddha’s name together with Master Shi of Baoji, Lü Ji of Dongping, and others. Free of any illness, he suddenly sat upright facing west, joined his palms, and passed away.