[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) › 2.144 # 往生集 2.144 往生集 2.144 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.144) 大明蓮花太公者。越人。一生拙朴。惟晝夜念佛不絕。命終之後。棺上忽生蓮花一枝。親里驚嘆。因號蓮花太公云。 > Old Grandfather Lotus of the Great Ming was a native of Yue. Throughout his life he was simple and unpolished, only practicing buddhamanasikāra day and night without interruption. After his life ended, a single branch of lotus flower suddenly grew atop his coffin. His relatives and neighbors marveled in sighing praise, and therefore called him Old Grandfather Lotus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.143) - [Next: 2.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.145) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072~en-mt.2.144) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.144) · Pramāṇa