神僧傳 7.36

7.36

釋懷玉。姓高氏。丹丘人也。執持律法名節峭然。一食長坐蚤虱恣生。唯一布衣。行懺悔之法。課其一日念彌陀佛五萬口。通誦彌陀經三十萬卷。翌日俄見西方聖像數若恒沙。有一人擎白銀臺從窓而入。玉云。我合得金臺。銀臺却出。玉倍虔志。後空聲報云。頭上已有光暈矣。請加趺結彌陀佛印。時佛光充室。玉手約人退曰。莫觸此光明。數日又有白毫光現聖眾滿空。玉云。若聞異香我報將盡。須臾香氣盈空海眾遍滿。見阿彌陀佛觀音勢至身金色。共御金剛臺來迎玉含笑而終。

Śramaṇa Huaiyu, surnamed Gao, was a native of Danqiu. He held strictly to the Vinaya rules, his reputation and integrity being unbending. He took one meal a day and sat constantly without lying down, allowing fleas and lice to multiply freely, and wore only a single cloth robe. Practicing the rite of repentance, he made it his daily task to recite the name of the Buddha Amitābha fifty thousand times and recited the Amitābha Sūtra three hundred thousand times in all. One day, he suddenly saw holy images of the Western Realm as numerous as the sands of the Ganges. There was a person holding up a white silver platform who entered through the window. Huaiyu said, "I should attain a golden platform." The silver platform then retreated and went out. Huaiyu redoubled the devotion of his mind. Later, a voice from the sky announced, "Above your head there is already an aura of light. Please cross your legs and form the Amitābha Buddha mudrā." At that time, Buddha-light filled the room. Huaiyu signaled people with his hand to step back, saying, "Do not disturb this radiance." Several days later, a white curl of light (ūrṇā) appeared again, and holy beings filled the sky. Huaiyu said, "When an extraordinary fragrance is smelled, my karmic retribution in this life will be ended." In an instant, a fragrance filled the sky and the oceanic assembly pervaded everywhere; he saw Amitābha Buddha, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta, their bodies golden, riding together upon a vajra platform to welcome him. Huaiyu smiled and passed away.