往生集 2.51

2.51

Zhongli Jin of the Song dynasty was serving as Judicial Commissioner of Western Zhe when he met Master Ciyun, the Penance Master, whereupon he came to have deep faith in the Pure Land. Later he governed Kaifeng. Outwardly he exhausted himself in the affairs of state, while privately he engaged in buddhamanasikāra without sleeping. Suddenly one night he urged his family to rise, asked for a bath, changed his clothes, and passed away seated. His entire family saw Jin mount a blue lotus, guided toward the Western Direction by celestial music.