往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.67

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晉朝劉遺民柴桑二縣令。依遠大師修道。修念佛三昧。時始涉半年。於三昧中見佛毫光伸手引接。請佛求僧願。速捨壽而生淨土。居山一十五年。自知亡日。與眾辭端坐而化。當義熙十五年。年五十七矣。

Liu Yimin of the Jin dynasty was magistrate of the two counties of Chaisang. He relied on Great Master [Hui]yuan to cultivate the Way, practicing buddhānusmṛti-samādhi. When barely half a year had elapsed, in samādhi he saw the Buddha's ūrṇā radiance and [the Buddha] stretching out his hand to guide and receive him. He entreated the Buddha, seeking [ordination] among the sangha, wishing to swiftly abandon his lifespan and be reborn in the Pure Land. He dwelt in the mountains for fifteen years. Knowing the day of his death in advance, he bade farewell to the community, sat upright, and transformed. This was in the fifteenth year of Yixi, at the age of fifty-seven.