景德傳燈錄 27.63
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27.63
A monk brought up: When the Buddha was expounding the Dharma, a woman suddenly came to inquire after his health and immediately entered samādhi before the Buddha. At that time, Mañjuśrī approached and snapped his fingers, but could not bring this woman out of samādhi; he also raised her to the Brahma Heaven, but still could not bring her out. The Buddha said, "Even if there were a hundred thousand Mañjuśrīs, they could not bring this woman out of samādhi. Below, there is Bodhisattva Jālinīprabha who can bring her out of this samādhi." In an instant, Jālinīprabha arrived, inquired after the Buddha, went before the woman, and snapped his fingers once; the woman immediately arose from samādhi. (Upādhyāya Wuyun said, "Not only could Mañjuśrī not bring her out of this samādhi, but I am afraid even the Tathāgata could not bring her out of this samādhi. But how do you comprehend the meaning of the teaching?")
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