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宋太微。兒時投錢塘法安法師出家。初授彌陀經。便能背誦。及受具。扃門念佛精進不怠。常縱步後山。忽聞笛聲。豁然開悟。因畜一笛自娛。有凌監簿者。同志淨業。稱微為淨土鄉長。一日叩門曰。淨土鄉弟相見。微曰。明當相見於淨土。今誦佛正冗耳。翌朝人怪其不赴粥。往視之。見笛鉢禪椅已焚。跏趺地上而化。

Taiwei of the Song, when a child, went to Dharma Master Fa’an in Qiantang to undergo pravrajyā. When first instructed in the Amitābha Sūtra, he was immediately able to recite it by heart. Upon receiving full ordination, he shut his door to practice buddhamanasikāra, vigorously without slackening. Once, strolling freely behind the mountain, he suddenly heard the sound of a flute and was thoroughly enlightened. Consequently, he kept a flute to amuse himself. A Registrar Ling, who shared his resolve in pure karma, addressed Wei as the “Pure Land Village Elder.” One day Ling knocked at his door, saying, “The Pure Land village brother has come to meet you.” Wei said, “Tomorrow we shall meet in the Pure Land; now I am occupied with chanting the Buddha's name.” The next morning, people found it strange that he did not come for porridge. When they went to look, they saw his flute, alms bowl, and meditation seat already burned, and he had passed away sitting cross-legged on the ground.