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大明陳母朱氏。吳郡嘉定人。濬川居士室也。孝慈天植。素向三寶。年八十一。其子參雲棲歸。導以念佛往生。遂篤志淨業。越二載示疾。卒之前三日。堂前大呼母名者三。母云。有二青衣在此。時病久孱困。忽躍起竪脊端坐。諸子勸其寢息。乃吉祥而逝。迎尸中堂。仰臥之。尸自轉西向。一時駭異。以為精誠所感致云。

In the Great Ming, Mother Chen, née Zhu, was a native of Jiading in Wu Commandery, the wife of Layman Junchuan. Filial and compassionate by nature, she was always devoted to the Three Jewels. At age eighty-one, her son returned from visiting Yunqi and guided her to practice buddhamanasikāra for rebirth. She thereupon set her resolve earnestly on pure karma. After two years, she manifested illness. Three days before her death, someone called Mother's name loudly three times in front of the hall. Mother said: 'Two youth in blue are here.' At that time, she had been weakened and exhausted by illness for long, but suddenly leapt up, straightened her spine, and sat upright. Her sons urged her to rest, whereupon she passed away in an auspicious posture. They received her corpse in the central hall and laid it facing upward; the corpse turned by itself to face west. Everyone was startled and amazed, taking it to be brought about by her utmost sincerity.