淨土五會念佛誦經觀行儀卷中．下 2.24

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昔長安叡法師。慧崇。僧顯。慧通。近至後周實禪師。西河鸞法師等。數百人。並生西方。綽禪師等。因鸞法師。得生西方。各率有緣。專修淨土之業。綽禪師又撰西方記驗。名安樂集流行。又晉朝遠法師。入盧山三十年不出。乃命同志白黑百有二十三人。立誓期於西方。鑿山銘願。至陳天嘉年。盧山珍禪師。於坐時見人乘船往西方。乃求附載。報云。法師未誦阿彌陀經。不得去也。因即誦此經應二萬遍。未終四七日前四。更有神人。從西方送一白銀臺來。空中明過於日。告云。法師壽終。當乘此往生阿彌陀佛國。故來相示。令知定生。臨命終時。白黑咸聞異香數日。其夜峯頂寺咸見一谷中有數十炬火。大如車輪。尋驗古今往西方者非一。多見化佛徒眾來迎。靈瑞如傳不可繁錄。因珍禪師於此經有驗故略述。此以悟來喆助往生之志耳。

In ancient times, Master Rui of Chang'an, Huichong, Sengxian, and Huitong, down to the recent Later Zhou dynasty Chan Master Shi, Master Luan of Xihe, and others—several hundred persons in all—were all reborn in the West. Chan Master Daochuo and others, on account of Master Luan, attained rebirth in the West; each led those with whom they had affinity to cultivate the karma for the Pure Land with single-minded devotion. Chan Master Daochuo further compiled the records and verifications of the West entitled the Anle ji (Collection on the Land of Bliss), which circulated widely. Furthermore, Master Huiyuan of the Jin dynasty entered Mount Lu and did not leave for thirty years; he then summoned one hundred and twenty-three companions, both lay and monastic, to make a vow aiming for the West, carving into the mountain to inscribe their vow. Reaching the Tianjia reign era of the Chen dynasty, Chan Master Zhen of Mount Lu, while sitting, saw people riding a boat bound for the West, and so asked to board. They reported, saying, 'The Dharma Master has not yet recited the Amitābha Sūtra; you cannot go.' Thereupon he immediately recited this sūtra some twenty thousand times. Twenty-eight days before his passing, there was furthermore a divine person who arrived from the West bringing a white-silver dais, whose brightness in the sky surpassed the sun. He announced, saying, 'When the Dharma Master's lifespan ends, you shall ride this and be reborn in the land of Amitābha Buddha; therefore I have come to show it to you, so you may know that rebirth is certain.' When he was on the verge of passing away, both monastics and laity smelled a rare fragrance for several days. That night, everyone at the peak temple saw dozens of torches within a valley, as large as chariot wheels. When one investigates the verifications of those reborn in the West in ancient and modern times, they are not few; many saw transformed Buddhas and their retinues coming to welcome them. The miraculous omens recorded in biographies are too numerous to transcribe. Because Chan Master Zhen had verification through this sūtra, it is briefly related here to awaken future wise people and aid their aspiration for rebirth.