往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.11

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後周朝慧命禪師太原人。與南岳思禪師為道友。行方等懺。松下相看哭曰。即此兩處便可終焉。不經旬日逼疾。跏趺面西。唱佛來也。合掌而終。俱年八十三。時人夢見。天人幢幡。唱言善哉。來迎二師去。

Dhyāna Master Huiming of the Northern Zhou dynasty was a native of Taiyuan. He was a Dharma friend of Dhyāna Master Si of Nanyue, and they practiced the vaipulya repentance together. Looking at each other beneath the pines, they wept and said, "At these two places, we may end our days." Within ten days, illness pressed upon him; sitting in the full lotus posture and facing west, he called out, "The Buddha has come!" He joined his palms and passed away. Both were eighty-three years old. People of the time dreamed of seeing devas with banners and pennants, calling out, "Sadhu!" as they came to welcome the two masters away.