佛祖統紀 28.73

28.73

吳氏縣君。都官呂宏妻。宏因異僧勸發妙悟佛理。吳氏閱金剛經頌亦契空寂。夫婦齋戒四十年。吳氏忽見巨迹三雙。皆金蓮花。數日又見其膝。又數日見其身。數日見其面目。即佛菩薩三聖人也。及見殿閣境界清淨。男子人問彼。佛如何說法。曰我得眼通未得天耳。如是三年。一夕微恙。自言。吾將西歸。言訖而逝。嘗事觀音列瓶缶數十以水滿中。手持楊枝誦呪必見觀音放光。灌諸器中。病者飲之必愈。世因號觀音縣君。

The District Mistress née Wu was the wife of Director of Bureaus Lü Hong. Because an extraordinary monk urged him, Hong had an exquisite awakening to Buddhist principles. Lady Wu read the Diamond Sūtra verses and also accorded with emptiness and quiescence. Husband and wife observed fasts and precepts for forty years. Lady Wu suddenly saw three pairs of giant footprints, all of golden lotus flowers. After several days she also saw their knees, after several more days their bodies, and after several days their faces—namely, the three holy beings of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. She also saw palace towers and pure realms. When men asked her, 'How does the Buddha preach the Dharma there?' she replied, 'I have attained the eye-penetration, but have not yet attained the divine ear.' Thus it went for three years. One evening, slightly indisposed, she said of herself, 'I am about to return to the West.' Having spoken, she passed away. She once served Guanyin, arranging several tens of jars and pots filled with water; holding a willow branch and chanting dhāraṇī, she always saw Guanyin emit light that poured into the vessels. When sick people drank it, they were always cured. The world consequently called her the 'Guanyin District Mistress.'