[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 28.35 # 佛祖統紀 28.35 佛祖統紀 28.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.28.35) 梅汝能。常熟人。仕至縣令。嘗有志淨業。忽夢僧授紙百幅鑿破為二八字。以問東靈照師。師曰。二八十六也。豈十六觀經之謂乎。適一僧以經與之。忽不見。自是誦經念佛。取名為往生。以見志。因邑中破山道生師造丈六彌陀像。汝能施財百萬。為之敉餙。設齋慶懺。殿前池中生雙頭白蓮一朵。其花百葉。當年冬汝能無疾而終。未幾道生亦亡。 > Mei Runeng was a native of Changshu. His official career reached the rank of County Magistrate. He had long set his aspiration on pure karma. Suddenly, he dreamt that a monk gave him one hundred sheets of paper, cut through to form the characters 'two' and 'eight' (二八). He asked Master Dongling Zhao about this. The master said: 'Two times eight is sixteen. Does this not refer to the Sūtra on the Sixteen Contemplations (Guanjing)?' Just then, a monk handed him the sūtra and suddenly disappeared. From then on, he recited the sūtra and the Buddha's name, adopting the name Wangsheng (Rebirth) to manifest his aspiration. Because Master Daosheng of Poshan in the county was crafting a sixteen-foot image of Amitābha, Runeng donated one million cash to ornament it, providing a vegetarian feast for its consecration and repentance. In the pond before the hall, a twin-headed white lotus sprouted with a hundred petals. In the winter of that year, Runeng died without illness. Soon after, Daosheng also died. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.28.34) - [Next: 28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.28.36) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.28) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.28.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.28.35) · Pramāṇa