佛祖統紀 28.62

28.62

Lu Wei was a native of Qiantang and served as a prefectural secretary. In middle age, weary of the world, he recited the Buddha's name and led an assembly to establish two societies, the Lotus and Avataṃsaka, each with about a hundred people. Their rule was that each person at home would chant one fascicle of sūtra, and at the end of the day gather at a monastery to read and chant, dispersing after spending the whole day. Like this for twenty years, it became a great assembly. He once hand-copied sūtras such as the Lotus, Avataṃsaka, Śūraṅgama, Perfect Enlightenment, Diamond, and Suvarṇaprabhāsa. In his late years, his children and grandchildren having passed away, he had no further burdens. Suddenly one day he changed his clothes, sat upright, recited the Buddha's name, and was transformed.