[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) › 2.61 # 往生集 2.61 往生集 2.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.61) 宋梅汝能。常熟人。仕至縣令。有志淨業。忽夢。僧授紙百幅。鑿破為二八字。以問東靈照師。曰二八十六也。豈十六觀經之謂乎。適一僧以經與之。忽不見由是誦經念佛。自名為往生以見志。因邑中生公造丈六彌陀像。乃施財百萬。為之粧飾。殿前池中。遂湧一雙頭白蓮。其花百葉。當年冬。無疾而終。 > Mei Runeng of the Song dynasty was a native of Changshu who attained the rank of County Magistrate. He had an aspiration for pure karma. He suddenly dreamed that a monk handed him one hundred sheets of paper with the characters "two" and "eight" punched through them. He asked Master Zhaoshi of Dongling, who said: "Two times eight is sixteen; could it refer to the Sixteen Contemplations Sūtra?" Just then a monk gave him the sūtra and abruptly vanished. From this he recited the sūtra and practiced buddhamanasikāra, naming himself "Wangsheng" (Reborn) to show his aspiration. When Master Sheng in his district fashioned a sixteen-foot image of Amitābha, he donated one million cash to adorn it. Thereupon a double-headed white lotus with a hundred petals sprouted in the pond before the hall. In the winter of that year, he passed away free of illness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.60) - [Next: 2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.62) - [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.2.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2072.2.61) · Pramāṇa