[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) › 2.19 # 淨土往生傳 2.19 淨土往生傳 2.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2.19) 釋惟岸。并州交城人。每歎三界無安。猶如火宅。未生安養。皆苦聚。爾於是十六觀門。服勤無斁。唐垂拱元年正月七日。岸因出觀。見觀音勢至二菩薩。現於空中。遲久不滅。岸頂禮雨淚而歎曰。幸由肉眼得覩聖容。所恨異世無傳焉。倏有二人。自稱畫工來與畫之。未展臂間。聖相克就。就已人亦失之。弟子怪而問焉。岸曰。此豈畫工哉。又曰。吾之西行乃其時也。弟子有從我者。當明言之。小童子曰。惟師之命。孰敢辭也。岸曰。必能從我。可宜白諸父母。父母聞而笑罵之。其意不能通。童子乃歸其寺。香湯沐浴。於彌陀像前。趺坐以終。人或告岸。岸臨童子撫其背曰。汝之事吾何乃先也。遂索筆焚香。前向所畫菩薩。以述贊曰。觀音助遠接。勢至輔遙迎。寶缾冠上顯化佛。頂前明俱遊十方剎。持華候九生。願以慈悲手。提㢡共西行。贊已令諸弟子助聲念佛。其間有未至者。岸曰。無復待之。乃仰目西顧。遽以亡焉。 > Shi Weian was a man of Jiaocheng in Bingzhou. He would frequently lament that there is no peace in the three realms, just like a burning house; and until one is reborn in Anyang, all is an accumulation of suffering. Thereupon, he diligently cultivated the sixteen contemplations without weariness. On the seventh day of the first month in the first year of the Chuigong era of the Tang, as An emerged from contemplation, he saw the two bodhisattvas Avalokiteśvara and Mahāsthāmaprāpta appear in the sky, lingering for a long time without vanishing. An made prostrations, weeping tears like rain, and sighed, “It is by great fortune that through fleshly eyes I have beheld the sacred visages, yet I regret they will not be transmitted to future ages.” Suddenly, two men who called themselves painters came to paint them. In less than an arm’s stretch of time, the sacred forms were successfully completed, and once finished, the men vanished. When his disciples asked about this in wonder, An said, “How could they have been \[ordinary\] painters?” He further said, “The time has come for my journey to the west. If any of you disciples wish to follow me, speak clearly.” A young novice said, “I follow only the Master’s command; who would dare refuse?” An said, “If you are truly able to follow me, you should inform your parents.” When his parents heard of it, they laughed and scolded him, his intent failing to reach them. The novice then returned to the monastery, bathed in fragrant water, and, seated cross-legged before an image of Amitābha, passed away. Someone told An, and An went to the boy, patted his back, and said, “In serving me, why have you gone before me?” He then asked for a brush, burned incense, and facing the newly painted bodhisattvas, composed a verse of praise: / ‘Avalokiteśvara aids the distant reception; / Mahāsthāmaprāpta assists the welcoming from afar. / A jeweled vase is displayed upon the crown; / A transformation buddha shines in front of the head. / Together they roam the realms of the ten directions, / Holding blossoms to await those of the nine births. / May their compassionate hands / Lift and lead us to travel together to the west.’ / Having made the praise, he instructed his disciples to assist him in chanting the Buddha’s name. Since some had not yet arrived, An said, “There is no need to wait for them any longer.” He then raised his eyes, gazed toward the west, and abruptly passed away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2.18) - [Next: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2.20) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071~en-mt.2.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2071.2.19) · Pramāṇa