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宋胡長婆李氏。上虞人。夫喪後。日夜高聲念佛。及誦彌陀經凡十餘年。一日見有僧覆以緋蓋。曰汝十五日子時往生。問師何人。曰是汝所念者。婆遂會別諸親。至期有異香光明。端坐而逝。七日焚化。齒如白玉。舌如紅蓮。睛如葡萄。皆精堅不壞。舍利不可數計。次日焚處生一花。如白罌粟云。

In the Song dynasty, Old Woman Hu Zhang, née Li, was a person of Shangyu. After her husband died, she chanted the Buddha's name aloud day and night and recited the Amitābha Sūtra for over ten years. One day, she saw a monk covering her with a crimson canopy, who said, "You will attain rebirth on the fifteenth day at the hour of the rat." She asked, "Master, who are you?" He replied, "I am the one you recite." The old woman then gathered all her relatives to bid them farewell. When the appointed time arrived, with wondrous fragrance and bright light, she sat upright and passed away. After seven days she was cremated: her teeth were like white jade, her tongue like a red lotus, and her pupils like grapes—all subtle, solid, and indestructible—with relics beyond count. The next day, where the cremation took place, a single flower grew resembling a white poppy.