往生集 2.65

2.65

宋馮檝。號濟川。遂寧人。由太學登第。初訪道禪林。晚年專崇淨業。作西方文彌陀懺儀。後以給事中出帥瀘南。率道俗作繫念會。及知卭州。於後廳設高座。望闕肅拜。著僧衣。登座謝官吏。橫柱杖按膝而化。

Feng Ji of the Song dynasty went by the sobriquet Jichuan and was a native of Suining. He graduated from the Imperial Academy. Initially he sought the Way in the Chan groves, but in his later years he devoted himself entirely to pure karma, composing a text on the Western Direction and a rite of repentance for Amitābha. Later, as a Supervising Secretary, he was sent out to command Lunan, where he led monastics and laity in forming an Association for Fastening the Mind. When he governed Qiongzhou, he set up a high seat in the back hall, bowed reverently toward the imperial palace, donned monk's robes, mounted the seat, bade farewell to the officials, placed his staff horizontally across his knees, and passed away.