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大明杜居士。順天府宛平縣人。隱西山瑞光寺側古齋堂中。置家事不問。三十年專志念佛。予鄉人童廣策詣之。居士問所從來。答曰杭州。曰君杭人。識雲棲宏公否。策答曰。吾師也。居士合掌念佛。更無他語。將終禮懺九日。至懺文懇切處。輒流涕哽咽。遂絕食惟飲水少許。懺畢坐脫。浹旬顏貌如生。人望見有五色彩雲。盤旋屋上云。

In the Great Ming, Layman Du was a native of Wanping County in Shuntian Prefecture. He lived in seclusion in an old vegetarian retreat hall beside Ruiguang Temple in the Western Hills, paying no attention to family affairs, exclusively devoting himself to buddhamanasikāra for thirty years. My fellow townsman Tong Guangce visited him. The layman asked where he came from, and he answered: 'Hangzhou.' He said: 'You are from Hangzhou; do you know Master Hong of Yunqi?' Ce answered: 'He is my master.' The layman joined his palms and chanted the Buddha's name, speaking no further words. Nearing his end, he performed repentance rituals for nine days; whenever he came to an earnest passage in the repentance text, he wept and choked with tears. He then ceased eating, drinking only a little water. When the repentance was complete, he sat and passed away. For a full ten days his countenance appeared as if alive. People looked and saw five-colored auspicious clouds hovering above the roof.