往生集 2.75

2.75

宋張掄。官兩浙都總管。期生淨土。刻勵念佛。闔門長幼。靡不從化。鑿池栽蓮。日率妻子課佛萬遍。孝宗皇帝親書蓮社二字賜焉。

Zhang Lun of the Song dynasty served as Area Commander-in-Chief of Liangzhe. He set his hopes on being born in the Pure Land and exerted himself in buddhamanasikāra. Young and old throughout his household all followed his transformation. He dug a pond, planted lotuses, and daily led his wife and children in reciting the Buddha's name ten thousand times. Emperor Xiaozong personally wrote the two characters "Lotus Society" and bestowed them upon him.