往生集 2.187

2.187

In the Song dynasty, Lady Feng, Mistress of Guangping Commandery, was sickly in her youth. Chan Master Cisou Shen taught her to observe the dietary precepts and practice buddhamanasikāra; she placed deep faith in it and practiced vigorously for ten years without slacking. Suddenly she came to loathe the world. People found it strange and asked her about it; she said, "Within the realm of purity, I lost mindfulness and fell into this state. Now my karmic ties with China are exhausted, and I shall soon return to the west. What is there to find strange?" At her end, her breath ceased, but she revived and told her family, "I have already returned to the Pure Land. The realm of the Buddha I saw does not differ from what is taught in the Avataṃsaka and the Sixteen Contemplations Sūtra." Thereupon she passed away forever. Three days later, when they lifted her corpse, it looked as if she were alive, with an abundant, wondrous fragrance.