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唐神素。安邑鳴條人。講演為業。與道傑齊名。一生行業。屬想西方。貞觀二年眾請主栖岩。十七年二月二十三日召大眾與別。趺坐正容令誦觀音普門品二遍。自稱阿彌陀佛又令一人唱。餘人和中夜端坐儼然而逝。肌肉雖盡骨坐如初。

Shensu of the Tang dynasty was a native of Mingtiao in Anyi. His profession was lecturing, and his renown was equal to that of Daojie. His lifetime activities were directed in thought toward the Western Direction. In the second year of the Zhenguan era, the assembly invited him to preside over Qiyan. On the twenty-third day of the second month in the seventeenth year, he gathered the great assembly to bid them farewell. Sitting cross-legged with a dignified countenance, he had them recite the Universal Gate Chapter of Avalokiteśvara twice. He himself chanted “Amitābha Buddha” and also had one person lead while the rest joined in harmony. In the middle of the night, sitting upright and dignified, he passed away. Although his flesh was completely exhausted, his bones remained seated as before.