Tang Huaiyu Huaiyu. His common surname is Gao, a native of Danqiu (now 90 miles from Ninghainan, Zhejiang Province). He has always strictly followed the precepts and was famous and noble. I only eat one meal a day every day, sit and don’t lie down all day long, and work hard and

Tang Huaiyu

Huaiyu. His common surname is Gao, and he is from Danqiu (now 90 miles from Ninghainan, Zhejiang) . He has always strictly followed the precepts and is famous and noble. I only eat one meal a day every day, sit but don’t lie down all day long, and work hard and never rest. Therefore, fleas and lice breed at will. He once read and recited the "Amitabha Sutra" 300,000 times, recited the Buddha's name 50,000 times every day, and often repented and worshiped all Buddhas.

　　　　　Tang Xuanzong First year of Tianbao (742 AD) On June 9, I saw the Three Holy Images of the West, which were filled with the void as much as the sand of the Ganges River. A man held Silver Platform to greet him. Huaiyu said, "I have been diligent in chanting Buddha's name throughout my life and vowed to obtain the highest level of golden platform. Why is it not a golden platform?" After saying that, all the holy statues immediately disappeared. Huaiyu then worked harder and harder. One day, I suddenly heard a voice in the air saying, "The master's head has an aperture. Please sit cross-legged and make a hand seal, waiting for the Buddha to come and take him to guide you." After three days, the strange light shone on the entire room. Huaiyu said, "If you smell the strange fragrance, my karma will be over." Therefore, I wrote a verse. : "Pure, bright, dust-free, and the highest-grade lotus platform is my parents. I have passed ten kalpas since I first practiced the Tao, and now I am born in this impure Yanfuti world. Today I am disgusted with all the pain in this world. I only use my life to diligently recite the Buddha's name to transcend the practice of the past ten kalpas, and always escape from the turbid evil of the Saha world, and return to the pure land of the West."

　After saying this verse, the wonderful fragrance filled the void, and countless Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and holy people filled the ten directions, and saw Amitabha Buddha, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva , and the whole body was full of bright purple and gold. They rode on the Vajra Platform to welcome him. Huaiyu then passed away with a smile. Duan Huairan, the prefect of the county, wrote a poem to praise him, saying, "My master entered the realm of the Bodhisattva in the first stage in just one thought. The wonderful music and songs of Amitabha Buddha came to greet each other twice, but only the old locust tree in front of the door knew the master's intentions, hanging down the branches, just to hang high in the top-grade golden platform of the lotus pond in the Pure Land." (Biography of the Great Monk of Song)

Tang Huiri

　　Huiri

　　Huiri. The common surname is Xin, and he is from Donglai (now Ye County, Shandong) . . The hour of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang Dynasty . (705-709 AD) . He became a monk. When I saw Master Yijing Sanzang and went to Western Regions India to seek the Dharma, I admired it very much. So I took a boat to cross the sea and finally arrived in India after three years. While visiting various holy lands and holy sites in which Sakyamuni Buddha became a Buddha, he also seeks the original Sanskrit scriptures. Since Huiri has experienced so many hardships and hardships, she has developed a deep disgust with the world of Jambudvipa. He thought in this way, which country, men, women, young and old are only happy but not suffering, and what method or practice can you see the Buddhas in person quickly? Therefore, he went everywhere to ask the Tripitaka masters who were proficient in the sutras and vicarious scriptures in India, and all of them advised him to practice the Pure Land method to seek rebirth in Pure Land , so that he could achieve his aforementioned wish. After hearing the teachings, Huiri happily followed them.

Later, Huiri gradually went to North India and arrived at the Jiantuoluo Kingdom in Northwest India. In the northeast of the royal city, there is a mountain with a holy statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva on it. Anyone who prays with sincerity and respectfully can often see Guanyin Bodhisattva appear. Therefore, Huiri also went to the top of the mountain, kowtowed to worship for seven days, and cut off his diet and prepared to work hard for death. On the evening of the seventh day, I saw Guanyin Bodhisattva appearing in the void with a purple-gold body, more than one meter long, sitting on the seven-treasure lotus seat. He leaned down and stretched out his right hand, stroked Huiri's head and said, "If you want to spread Buddhism and benefit yourself and others, you can only concentrate on chanting Amitabha Buddha in the Western Paradise and sincerely make a vow to be reborn in the Pure Land. After seeing Amitabha Buddha and I, I, , Guanyin, , you can get supreme benefits. You should know that the Pure Land method is a special method that exceeds all other practices." After saying that, I suddenly disappeared.Hui Nilai was very tired and tired, but after hearing this passage, his mental and will immediately become excited.

　　When Huiri returned from China over mountains and ridges, it had passed by more than 70 countries in total, which took eighteen years. In the seventh year of Kaiyuan of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, (719 AD) arrived at Chang'an , entered the palace, presented a portrait of the Buddha's true appearance to Xuanzong , and the classics of Sanskrit. The emperor gave the title "Cimin Sanzang". Huiri diligently practiced the Pure Land Method and advocated sentient beings to chant Buddha's name, which influenced him at that time. He also wrote the "Collected Rebirth of the Pure Land", which was popular in the world. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Tianbao seventh year (748 AD) died of rebirth. Before his death, I saw the lotus in front of me, and the shape was as bright and perfect as the sun. (The Song Dynasty’s Buddhist scriptures of the Great Monks)