Rebirth of Bhikkhuni Zhu Jin (Ming Dynasty)

Zhu Jin. The courtesy name was Taisu, the surname was Tang, and she was from Hangzhou. Before becoming a nun, she married a Confucian scholar named Shen from the same county, who later became Master Lianchi (i.e. the eighth patriarch of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism). When Master Lianchi became a monk, Zhu Jin was only nineteen years old. Someone advised Zhu Jin to prevent Master Lianchi from becoming a monk. Zhuan Jin said: "I often hear him say that life and death are important matters. To prevent him from becoming a monk is to obstruct him and is not allowed!" Zhu Jin also became a nun at the age of forty-seven and received full ordination. She was extremely strict in upholding the precepts, and practiced the Dharma of reciting Amitabha Buddha's name devoutly. In the 42nd year of Wanli reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1614 AD), she fell ill. When she was seriously ill and dying, she suddenly told her attendant: "The scriptures say that you can attain rebirth even with ten recitations. Help me get up quickly!" After getting up, she sat upright and chanted Amitabha Buddha's name and attained rebirth. She was sixty-seven years old. (Records of Xiaoyi Nunnery)

明 袾锦

袾锦。字太素，俗姓汤，杭州人。出家前嫁于同县的沈姓儒生，即是莲池大师也。莲池大师出家时，袾锦年仅十九岁，有人劝袾锦阻止莲池大师出家。袾锦说 ：“常常听到他说生死事大，阻止他出家，是误了他，不可以的！”袾锦到了四十七岁时也出家，受具足戒。奉持律仪极为严谨，虔诚专修念佛法门。明神宗万历四十二年（西元一六一四年），得疾病。病重垂危的时候，忽然告诉侍者说 ：“经典说十念就可以往生，赶快扶我起来！”起床之后，则端身正坐念佛而往生，时年六十七岁。（孝义庵录）