往生集 2.25

2.25

Zhang Di of the Song was a native of Qiantang. He served as an assistant instructor (zhujiao). He received the bodhisattva precepts from Vinaya Master Yuanjing, inquired into the teaching of pure karma, and practiced with earnest dedication, vowing to be reborn in Peaceful Nourishment. Whenever he engaged in buddhamanasikāra, he raised his voice with such vigor that even when his voice failed he still did not stop. One day he said to Yuanjing: 'In samādhi I saw a white kalaviṅka bird flying and dancing before me.' Three years later, sitting upright facing west, he engaged in buddhamanasikāra and passed away.