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宋用欽。居錢塘七寶院。依大智學律。聞大智示眾曰。生弘毘尼。死歸安養。出家學道。能事斯畢。即標心淨土。一志不退。日課佛三萬。甞神遊淨土。見佛大士種種異相。謂侍者曰。吾明日西行矣。即集眾念佛。黎明合掌西望。跏趺而化。

Yongqin of the Song resided at the Qibao Cloister in Qiantang. He studied the Vinaya under Dazhi. Hearing Dazhi instruct the assembly, “In life propagate the Vinaya, in death return to Peaceful Nourishment; when one undergoes pravrajyā to learn the Path, this completes one's capable task,” he immediately set his aim on the Pure Land, with single-minded resolve that did not retreat. Daily he practiced thirty thousand recitations of the Buddha's name. He once roamed in spirit to the Pure Land, seeing various extraordinary forms of the Buddha and great beings. He said to his attendant, “Tomorrow I shall journey west.” He then assembled the crowd to practice buddhamanasikāra. At dawn, joining his palms and gazing westward, he sat cross-legged and passed away.