往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.81

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汾州人不得姓。殺牛為業。臨重病。見數頭牛逼其身。告妻子曰。請僧救我。請僧至。病人曰。師誦佛經。如弟子重罪還救得否。師曰。觀經中說臨終十念尚得往生。佛豈妄言。忽爾異香滿室便終。眾人皆見異香瑞色祥雲遶其宅上矣。

A person of Fenzhou whose surname is unrecorded was an ox butcher by trade. Approaching grave illness, he saw several oxen pressing close upon his body. He told his wife and children, 'Please invite a monk to save me.' When the invited monk arrived, the sick man said: 'Master, you recite the Buddhist sūtras; with severe offenses like this disciple's, can I still be saved?' The master said: 'In the Guan jing it says that even ten recitations on the brink of death still obtain rebirth. How could the Buddha speak falsely?' Suddenly a miraculous fragrance filled the room, and he passed away. Everyone saw the miraculous fragrance, auspicious colours, and auspicious clouds circling above his house.