往生集 1.53

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1.53

Huiguang of the Qi dynasty resided in Luoyang. He authored commentaries on the Avataṃsaka, the Mahāparinirvāṇa, and the Daśabhūmika, wondrously exhausting the meanings of the provisional and the real. One day, falling ill, he saw a heavenly host coming to welcome him. Guang said, "My wish is only to return to Peaceful Nourishment." Soon after, the Pure Land's nirmāṇabuddhas filled the empty sky. Guang said, "I only pray that my Buddha will embrace and receive me, fulfilling my pūrvapraṇidhāna." Thereupon he snapped his fingers and cleared his throat; his speech and breath ceased together.

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