佛祖統紀 28.59

28.59

Mei Fu was a native of Songjiang. He chanted sūtras, kept the precepts, and focused his mindfulness on the Pure Land. Knowing beforehand the time of his end, he cut off food, drank only water, and recited the name of Bodhisattva Mahāsthāmaprāpta. On the seventh day, he bathed, changed his clothes, sat upright, and told the assembly, 'Bodhisattva Mahāsthāmaprāpta has now come to welcome me.' He was then transformed upon his seat.