佛祖統紀 53.154

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宋太祖。吳越王錢氏。請壽禪師居永明。日暮往別峯念佛。後焚香告眾加趺而化○仁宗。文彥博在京師。與嚴禪師結僧俗十萬人念佛○哲宗。楊傑繪丈六阿彌陀佛隨身觀念。感佛來迎○蘇軾嘗携阿彌陀佛一軸曰。此軾往生西方公據也○高宗。金虜破四明逼湖心肇律師北行。至京口謂人曰。否西歸矣。即聞笙歌之聲。一時軍民咸見師西望念佛而化○侍郎吳秉信被召至蕭山驛舍。聞天樂聲即曰。金臺已至。言訖而化○孝宗。龍舒王日休念佛。日千拜。一夕云。佛來接我也。屹然立化。為淨土文行於世（若欲知古今往生事迹。常尋淨土立教志四卷觀之）。

Under Emperor Taizu of the Song: King Qian of Wuyue invited Dhyāna Master Shou to dwell at Yongming; at dusk he would go to another peak to recite the Buddha's name. Later he burned incense, announced it to the assembly, sat cross-legged, and transformed. ○ Under Emperor Renzong: Wen Yanbo was in the capital, and together with Dhyāna Master Yan formed a society of one hundred thousand monks and laypeople to recite the Buddha's name. ○ Under Emperor Zhezong: Yang Jie painted a sixteen-foot Amitābha Buddha to carry with him for contemplation, and was moved by the Buddha coming to welcome him. ○ Su Shi once carried a scroll of Amitābha Buddha, saying, "This is Shi's official warrant for rebirth in the West." ○ Under Emperor Gaozong: When the Jin barbarians breached Siming, they forced Vinaya Master Zhao of Huxin to travel north. Reaching Jingkou, he said to the people, "I am returning to the West." Immediately the sounds of reed pipes and singing were heard, and all the soldiers and civilians at once saw the master gaze westward, recite the Buddha's name, and transform. ○ Assistant Minister Wu Bingxin was summoned and reached the courier station at Xiaoshan; hearing the sound of heavenly music, he said, "The golden dais has arrived." When his words ended, he transformed. ○ Under Emperor Xiaozong: Wang Rihui of Longshu recited the Buddha's name, bowing a thousand times a day. One evening he said, "The Buddha has come to receive me," stood resolutely, and transformed; he composed the Pure Land Writings, which circulate in the world. (If one wishes to know the records of rebirth in ancient and modern times, one should regularly seek and examine the four fascicles of the Treatise on Establishing the Teachings of the Pure Land.)