佛祖統紀 28.89

28.89

The daughter of the Wang family in Anji daily chanted the Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, and Diamond Sūtras and recited the Buddha's name, seeking deliverance. When her mother fell ill and died, foul blood dripped from the corpse after encoffining. The daughter made a vow, saying, 'If my filial mind is sincere, may no foul odor arise.' As soon as she finished speaking, the dripping blood ceased; when she licked the leaking spot with her tongue, there was absolutely no foul odor. Her father remarried, and she cultivated Pure Land practice together with the second wife. When the daughter fell ill, she invited monks to explain the Pure Land contemplation methods. Suddenly she asked for her clothes and lay down in auspicious posture, her hand grasping the banner held in Avalokiteśvara's hand; quiet and still, she did not move. Her stepmother sifted ash in the room to test where she had been reborn, and saw several lotus flowers imprinted in the ash.