往生集 2.118

2.118

Shen Quan of the Song dynasty had his home in Qiantang. Together with his wife, Lady Shi, he focused his mind exclusively on the Pure Land, dedicating all ordinary good deeds toward it. Later, he and his wife successively ended their lives; both had a sympathetic resonance of a nirmāṇabuddha holding a monk's staff coming to guide them away.