九、唐汾州西河尼大明傳
9. Biography of Great Clarity, Nun of Xihe in Fenzhou, Tang Dynasty
大明，汾州人。遇道綽禪師講無量壽經，得知念佛法門。居西河，誓生淨土。每入室禮念，先著淨衣，口含沉香，攝靜課誦，三四年間，相續不斷。將終之日，眾忽聞澄香滿室，俄而光明如雲，隱隱向西沒焉。
Daming was from Fenzhou. He met the Chan master Daochuo, who was lecturing on the Amitayurdhyana Sutra, and through this, he learned the practice of Buddha-recitation. He lived in Xihe and vowed to be reborn in the Pure Land. Every time he entered his room to pay homage and recite, he would first put on clean clothes and place a piece of aloeswood in his mouth. He would then gather his mind in stillness and recite his daily practice. For three or four years, he continued this without interruption. On the day of his passing, everyone suddenly smelled the fragrance of aloeswood filling the room. Shortly after, a light like a cloud appeared and gradually faded away toward the west.