往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.17

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隋朝僧道喻於開覺寺念阿彌陀佛。造栴檀像長三寸。後道喻忽死。經七日却穌曰。初見一賢者往生至寶池邊。賢者遶花三迊。花便開敷。遂入而坐。喻遶花三迊。花不為開。以手撥花。花隨萎落。阿彌陀佛告言。汝且還彼國。懺悔眾罪。香湯沐浴。明星出時。我來迎汝。汝造我像。因何太小。喻白言。心大即大。心小即小。言訖像遍於虛空。即依香湯沐浴。一心懺悔。白眾人曰。為喻念佛。明星出時。化佛來迎。光明眾皆聞見。即便命終。時開皇八年矣。

During the Sui dynasty, the monk Daoyu practiced buddhamanasikāra toward Amitābha at Kaijue Temple, and made a sandalwood image three inches tall. Later, Daoyu suddenly died, but revived after seven days, saying, "At first, I saw a worthy person attain rebirth and reach the edge of the jeweled pond. The worthy person circumambulated a flower three times, and the flower immediately opened; he then entered and sat within it. When I circumambulated a flower three times, the flower did not open for me. I pushed the flower open with my hand, and the flower immediately withered and fell. Amitābha Buddha told me, 'Return to that land for now, repent all your offenses, bathe in fragrant water, and when the morning star appears, I will come to welcome you. Why did you make my image so small?' I addressed him, saying, 'If the mind is large, it is large; if the mind is small, it is small.' When I finished speaking, the image pervaded empty space." He then bathed in fragrant water according to the instruction, single-mindedly practiced repentance, and said to the assembly, "Recite buddhamanasikāra for me." When the morning star appeared, an emanation Buddha came to welcome him; the assembly all saw the light and heard [celestial sounds], and he thereupon ended his life. It was the eighth year of the Kaihuang reign era.