[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [淨土往生傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071) › 1.19 # 淨土往生傳 1.19 淨土往生傳 1.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.19) 釋慧光。俗姓楊定州義豐人也。年十三。隨父入洛。見佛陀禪師。慕其有道。從受三歸。陀以光有異相。必能宣荷勝法。勉之從佛。光既從事佛道。刻己力學。日記數千言。加又鉤索淵致。若由宿悟。一時有所咨問。光必指引。泠然可聽。定人號之聖沙彌焉。洎其受具。大翼聖教。時欽其德。往往解囊而施。歲無虛日。光迴所施。悉資惸獨。甞著四分律疏及華嚴涅槃十地等疏。皆盡權實。齊之名賢。有如僕射高隆之司馬令狐子儒。率宗奉之。然光所修精苦。未始剋定何佛國土以託受生。及其病至于大漸。俄見天眾來現。光乃投誠稽顙。乞歸安養。未移瞬息。且見淨土化佛。與化菩薩充滿虛空。光曰。惟佛攝受。遂我本願。又謂弟子曰。化佛菩薩。不知其數。吾得褰衣後隨願足矣。於是彈指謦欬。言氣俱盡。 > Shi Huiguang, whose secular surname was Yang, was a native of Yifeng in Dingzhou. At the age of thirteen, he accompanied his father to Luoyang and met Chan Master Fotuo. Admiring his possession of the Way, he received the three refuges from him. Fotuo, seeing that Guang possessed extraordinary marks and would surely be able to propagate and bear the superior Dharma, encouraged him to follow the Buddha. Once Guang devoted himself to the Buddha's path, he applied himself diligently to study, memorizing several thousand words daily. In addition, he investigated profound purports as though guided by past awakening. Whenever inquiries were addressed to him at any time, Guang would surely give guidance that was clear and pleasant to hear. The people of Dingzhou called him the 'Holy Śrāmaṇera.' When he received full ordination, he greatly assisted the holy teaching. People of the time revered his virtue and often opened their purses to give to him, without an empty day all year round. Guang redirected all that was given to him to support the solitary and impoverished. He once composed commentaries on the Four-Part Vinaya, as well as the Avataṃsaka, the Nirvāṇa, the Daśabhūmika, and other texts, all exhausting the provisional and the real. Eminent worthies of the Qi dynasty, such as Supervisor Gao Longzhi and Marshall Linghu Ziru, all revered him. Yet, though Guang's practice was meticulous and arduous, he had never definitively settled upon which Buddha-land to entrust his rebirth to. When his illness reached an extreme gravity, heavenly hosts suddenly appeared. Guang then devoted his utmost sincerity, prostrating his head to the ground to beg to return to Anyang. In less than an instant, he saw the transformation buddhas and transformation bodhisattvas of the Pure Land filling the empty sky. Guang said, 'May the Buddha alone gather me in and fulfill my original vow!' He also said to his disciples, 'The transformation buddhas and bodhisattvas are beyond number. If I can lift my robes and follow behind them, my wish will be satisfied.' Thereupon, snapping his fingers and clearing his throat, his words and breath ceased together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.18) - [Next: 1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.20) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071~en-mt.1.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.1.19) · Pramāṇa