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石晉志通。鳳翔人。因見智者大師淨土儀式。不勝欣忭。自是不向西唾。不背西坐。專心念佛。後見白鶴孔雀成行西下。又見蓮花開合於前。通云曰。白鶴孔雀淨土境也。蓮花光相。受生處也。淨土現矣。乃起禮佛而終。茶毘有五色祥雲。環覆火上。舍利鱗砌於身。

Zhitong of the Later Jin dynasty was a native of Fengxiang. Because he observed the Pure Land ritual procedures of Great Master Zhiyi, his joy and delight knew no bounds. From then on, he never spat toward the west, never sat with his back to the west, and focused his mind on buddhamanasikāra. Later, he saw white cranes and peacocks descending toward the west in rows; he also saw lotus flowers opening and closing before him. Zhitong said: 'The white cranes and peacocks are the realm of the Pure Land; the luminous form of the lotus flower is the place of taking birth. The Pure Land has manifested!' Thereupon, he stood up, bowed to the Buddha, and passed away. Upon cremation, five-colored auspicious clouds encircled and hovered over the fire, and relics lined his body like fish scales.