[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) › 1.97 # 往生集 1.97 往生集 1.97 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.97) 唐自覺。住真州。常發願。願因觀音。得見阿彌陀佛。於是鑄觀音像。高四十九尺。既成祝願。夜三更。忽有金光二道。阿彌陀佛。自光中而下。二大士左右隨之。佛垂手摩覺頂曰。守願勿易。利物為先。寶池生處。孰不如願。後十一年七月望夕。見一人形似天王。雲間現身。謂覺曰。安養之期至矣。即於觀音像前。趺坐而化。 > Zijue of the Tang dynasty lived in Zhenzhou. He constantly made vows, wishing that through Avalokiteśvara he might see Amitābha Buddha. Thereupon he cast an image of Avalokiteśvara forty-nine feet tall. When it was completed, he made a prayer. In the third watch of the night, there suddenly appeared two rays of golden light, and Amitābha Buddha descended from within the light, with the two great beings following on his left and right. The Buddha lowered his hand, stroked Jue’s head, and said, “Guard your vows and do not alter them; place benefiting sentient beings foremost. In the place of rebirth in the jeweled pond, what would not be according to your wish?” Later, on the evening of the full moon of the seventh month eleven years afterward, he saw a person resembling a heavenly king manifest in the midst of clouds, who said to Jue, “The time for Peaceful Nourishment has arrived.” He immediately sat cross-legged before the image of Avalokiteśvara and was transformed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.96) - [Next: 1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.98) - [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.1.97) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [龍舒增廣淨土文](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.5.26) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.1.97) · Pramāṇa