諸經要集 19.25

19.25

依西域祇桓寺圖云。寺西北角日光沒處。為無常院。若有病者安置在中。堂號無常。多生厭背去者極眾還唯一二。其堂內安置一立像金色塗者。面向東方。當置病人在像前坐。若無力者。令病人臥。面向西方觀佛相好。其像手中。繫一五色綵幡。令病人手執幡脚。作往生淨土之意。坐處雖有便利。世尊不以為惡。原其此土本是雜穢之處。猶降靈俯接下類群生。況今將命投。佛寧相棄捨。隨病人所樂何境。或作彌陀彌勒阿閦觀音等形。如前安置。燒香散花供養不絕。生病者善心。

According to the *Illustrations of the Jetavana Monastery in the Western Regions*: In the northwest corner of the monastery, where the sunlight sets, is the Cloister of Impermanence. If someone falls sick, they are settled within it. The hall is named Impermanence; most generate weariness and turn their backs [on this world]—those who depart are exceedingly numerous, while those who return are only one or two. Inside the hall, a standing gilded statue is installed, facing east. The patient should be placed sitting before the statue. If they lack the strength, the patient should be laid down facing west, contemplating the Buddha's marks and characteristics. In the hands of the statue, a five-colored banner is tied; the patient is made to hold the foot of the banner with their hand, forming the intention of rebirth in the Pure Land. Even though excrement and urine may soil the sitting place, the Bhagavat does not consider it defiled. Originally, this land is fundamentally an impure realm, yet his divine presence still condescends to receive the lowly multitudes of beings; how much more so when one is now surrendering one's life—how could the Buddha abandon them? According to whichever realm the patient delights in, one may also make forms of Amitābha, Maitreya, Akṣobhya, Avalokiteśvara, and so forth, settling them as before, continuously offering incense and scattering flowers to generate the patient's wholesome mind.