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宋沈氏。慈溪人。自幼蔬食念佛。歸章氏一心不變。施米貸被以濟饑凍。後微疾。念佛尤力。忽見佛菩薩諸天聖眾。普現目前。燈光千點。纍纍然狀若虹橋。即日吉祥而逝。

In the Song dynasty, Lady Shen was a person of Cixi. From childhood she ate vegetarian food and practiced buddhamanasikāra. After marrying into the Zhang family, her one-pointed mind did not alter; she gave away grain and lent quilts to relieve hunger and cold. Later, experiencing a minor illness, she applied herself to buddhamanasikāra with even greater vigor. Suddenly, she saw the Buddhas, bodhisattvas, and the sacred assembly of devas appear universally before her eyes, along with a thousand points of lamplight, strung together like a rainbow bridge. That very day, she passed away in the auspicious posture.