It is Painful when Aging 2/2, Chanting Buddha and Reborn in Pure Land is the Most Critical 念佛往生最重要

(English subtitles) Master Wu Dao, 悟道法師, is the disciple of Master Chin Kong.
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So what is the most critical thing when we are old? Nothing is more critical than to chant buddha for rebirth in the Pure Land.
It's best to chant the buddha like the venerable Monk Hai Xian. People said to chant buddha for him. No need, it's not reliable for others to chant for me. I can chant the buddha by myself. The night before he was reborn, he was digging in the vegetable garden till very late.
Others advised him: Master, it's getting late, don't work too hard. Ok, let me finish this work, he said. The next morning around 3:00 am, he left. The next morning, people found the master did not come out for breakfast and invited him out for breakfast. As entering his room, they saw him lying on the bed in neat clothes and the clothes aside were also neatly folded. He left early in the morning, when everyone fell asleep and didn't wake up. He went away quietly.
The venerable monk Haixian insisted on "taking suffering as a teacher and taking precepts as a teacher" throughout his life, and a Buddha's name is engraved in his heart. In 2013, 112-year-old monk predicted that the time would come, and reborn freely in the land of bliss. The venerable monk Haixian sat in the vat for six years. People opened the vat in 2019. He presents the Vajra incorruptible body, and the smell is fragrant.
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This is the most ideal and will not disturb others. If he told others he would be reborn, this cried, and that cried, it would be a problem.
So when did the Tinker go? Nobody knew. Of course this is the best way, but you need the ability. The disciple of the venerable Master Dixian, Tinker, chanted buddha and got reborn, standing 3 days. He was illiterate and could only recite Namo Amitahba Buddha. Master taught him to rest when tired of chanting and chant again after rest. He chanted buddha and was reborn, stood 3 days.
His teacher, the venerable Master Dixian is the patriarch of Tiantai Sect, a great Dharma lecture master of the era. He preached so good that the lotus came out of his mouth. You see that his sermon is so inspiring. He is incomparable.
But when venerable Master Dixian was reborn, he couldn't compare to his illiterate disciple, the Tinker. When Master Dixian was going to be reborn, he was sick and in pain.
They were practicing Tiantai Sect. At the end of his life, he also presented illness and pain.
His disciple asked: Master, don't you teach us to visualize things to be empty, delusional, and middle, that is how Tiantai Sect practice to cease delusions, visualize matters to be empty, be delusional and in the middle way.
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His disciple said to him: Master, you always teach us to visualize and be still. Now that you are sick, just visualize the sickness to be empty, then you will not be sick. The master said: Visualizing is delusional, but sickness is real.
Master TanXu wrote a book, Memoirs of Shadow Dust. He learnt preaching from Master Dixian. He is from Northeast China, also long-lived. He often preached to others. He told the story of the Tinker also told the story of Layman Zhan's at-ease rebirth.
Further, Master XiuWu, an uneducated man, he went to Harbin to be a dharma guardian. As a result, Master TanXu went there to preside over the precepts. He resolved to be a volunteer. The next day, he asked Master TanXu for a leave. Master TanXu had better cultivation and didn't blame him. The abbot, Master DinXe blamed him. You are determined but will leave the next day. The ritual haven't started yet, and you're leaving. What is your determination? I am not going home, he said, I am going to my hometown, the Bliss World. On hearing that, everyone thought that's different.
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Then he asked for a place to be reborn. On the 3rd day, he sat there and was reincarnated.
These stories were told by the venerable Master TanXu when he was preaching. Master TanXu was reborn in Hong Kong at the age of 89. He ever presided over a Buddha-7 service once in Hong Kong and had an audio tape.
It was hard to understand his northeastern accent. Later, we asked fellow practitioners from the Northeast to listen. The venerable Chin Kung also listened. Later, we typed it into a script.
Master TanXu learnt Chinese medicine. Before he left home, he opened a Chinese Medicine shop in the Northeast. He knew the way of healing. He also suffered at the end of his life.
Master, his disciple said: You always said, How they got reborn while sitting, they got reborn while standing. Master, you are likely to get reborn while lying down. You can't get up. Master TanXu said: I can be reborn while sitting. You help me get up. Then they helped him sit up, and he was reborn.
They are all great master of preaching, practicing Tiantai Sect, have excellent abilities.
You see, Master Dixian praised his disciple, “Tinker. You are incomparable to the great dharma master and the abbots of those famous temples.” This is true.