佛祖統紀 28.57

28.57

孫良。家錢唐。隱居閱大藏。尤得華嚴之旨。嘗依大智律師受菩薩戒。日課佛萬聲。二十年不輟。忽語家人令請僧念佛以助往生。方半日望空合掌云。世尊菩薩已荷降臨。即退坐而化。

Sun Liang lived in Qiantang. Living in seclusion, he read the Great Canon, having an especially deep grasp of the purports of the Avataṃsaka. He once relied on Vinaya Master Dazhi to receive the bodhisattva precepts, and daily made an assignment of ten thousand recitations of the Buddha's name, not stopping for twenty years. Suddenly he told his family to invite monks to recite the Buddha's name to assist his rebirth. After only half a day, he gazed toward the sky, joined his palms, and said, 'The Bhagavat and bodhisattvas have already deigned to descend.' He then withdrew to his seat and was transformed.