[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) › [往生集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072) › 1.219 # 往生集 1.219 往生集 1.219 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.219) 宋晞湛。山陰人。少為儒生。忽厭世出家。與瑩行人。建無量壽佛殿於阮杜。專修淨業。坐不背西。久之常見佛及二菩薩相。一夕面西念佛。正坐凝然作印而化。 > Xizhan of the Song was a native of Shanyin. In his youth he was a Confucian scholar, but he suddenly grew weary of the world and underwent pravrajyā. Together with practitioner Ying, he built a Hall of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life at Ruandu, devoting himself exclusively to cultivating pure karma. When sitting, he never turned his back to the west. After a long time, he constantly saw the forms of the Buddha and the two bodhisattvas. One evening, facing the west in buddhamanasikāra, he sat upright, entered deep stillness, formed a mudrā, and passed away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.218](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.218) - [Next: 1.220](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.220) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072~en-mt.1.219) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.27.113) — 志磐, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.219](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.219) · Pramāṇa