[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059) › 6.48 # 高僧傳 6.48 高僧傳 6.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.48) 後，停山少時，忽感篤疾，於是要誠西國，想像彌陀。遠遺濟一燭曰：「汝可以建心安養，競諸漏刻。」濟執燭憑机，停想無亂，又請眾僧夜集，為轉《無量壽經》。至五更中，濟以燭授同學，令於僧中行之。於是暫臥，因夢見自秉一燭，乘虛而行，覩無量壽佛，接置于掌，遍至十方，不覺欻然而覺，具為侍疾者說之。且悲且慰，自省四大了無疾苦。至于明夕，忽索履起立，目逆虛空，如有所見。須臾還臥，顏色更悅，因謂傍人云：「吾其去矣。」於是轉身右脇，言氣俱盡，春秋四十有五矣。 > Later, after staying on the mountain for a short time, he suddenly contracted a grave illness; thereupon he directed his sincere devotion to the Western Land, visualizing Amitābha. Huiyuan sent Sengji a candle, saying: 'You may establish your mind on the Land of Peace and Sustenance (Sukhāvatī), racing against the water clock.' Sengji held the candle, leaned on his armrest, and fixed his visualization without distraction. He also requested the assembly of monks to gather at night to turn the Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra for him. By the fifth watch of the night, Sengji gave the candle to his fellow student, instructing that it be passed along within the assembly of monks. Then he lay down briefly, and in a dream saw himself holding a candle, traveling through the void; he beheld the Buddha of Immeasurable Life (Amitāyus), who took him up and placed him on his palm, reaching everywhere in the ten directions. Unawares, he suddenly awoke and fully recounted this to those attending to his illness. Both sorrowful and consoled, he examined his own four great elements and found not the slightest illness or suffering. By the next evening, he suddenly asked for his sandals and stood up, gazing into the empty void as if he saw something. In a moment he lay back down, his expression even more joyful, and thereupon said to the people beside him: 'I am going!' Thereupon turning onto his right side, his breath and speech ceased simultaneously. His age was forty-five. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.47) - [Next: 6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.49) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059~en-mt.6.48) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2059.6.48) · Pramāṇa