佛祖統紀 28.20

28.20

Zhang Kang served the Later Jin as an Academician of the Hanlin Academy. His daily practice was to recite the Great Compassion Dhāraṇī one hundred thousand times, vowing to be born in the west. One day, bedridden with illness, he recited only the Buddha’s name. Suddenly, he said to his family, “The Western Pure Land is right on the west side of the main hall. Amitābha Buddha is sitting on a lotus flower. I see Weng’er bowing and playing on the golden sands of the lotus pond.” After a while, reciting the Buddha’s name, he passed away. Weng’er was Kang’s grandson.