佛祖統紀 28.61

28.61

Tang Shiliang was a native of Kuaiji. He maintained the precepts, ate vegetarian food, recited the Buddha's name, and made prostrations. When old and ill, he still would not take to his pillow. He chanted the Amitābha Sūtra 100,000 times. He told his family, 'The Buddha has come to receive me.' Having spoken, he made prostrations and immediately passed away while sitting. He wished to bid farewell to the practitioner Li, who at that time was at Mount Daowei. At night [Li] dreamed of marvelous light, banners, flowers, and heavenly music from the west, and a voice in the sky said, 'Tang Shiliang has already returned to the Pure Land.'