佛祖統紀 27.41
English (machine translation) 27.41
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27.41
Daoyu resided at Kaijue Temple, reciting Amitābha Buddha's name day and night without interruption. He made a statue of the Buddha only three inches tall. Later, in meditative absorption, he saw the Buddha, who said to him, “Why did you make my statue so small?” Yu said, “If the mind is large, it is large; if the mind is small, it is small.” As he finished speaking, he saw the statue's body fill all of space. The Buddha told him, “Return for now to your native realm and bathe in scented water; when the morning star appears, I will come to welcome you.” When the time came, transformed Buddhas arrived to welcome him, and radiant light filled the room.
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