往生西方淨土瑞應傳 1.71

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Yuan Ziping of the Tang dynasty, in the ninth year of Dali, produced the mind [for bodhi] at Guanyin Monastery in Runzhou and recited 'Amitābha Buddha' ten thousand times. After three months, one day he suddenly fell ill. At night he heard miraculous fragrance and music in the sky, and the sick man rejoiced, shaking the earth. Someone in the sky called out, saying, 'The coarse music has already passed; the subtle music continues to arrive.' Passing the day in buddhamanasikāra, he passed away. He was certainly reborn in the Pure Land. For several days there was a miraculous fragrance.