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師父上人、諸位法師、諸位居士：
我叫恆固，今晚託母親恆尚師往生極樂世界的福，上臺來向大眾作個簡單報告。
恆尚師民前3年（1909）生，今年92歲，在1989年7月外孫女來萬佛聖城受具足戒時隨同來到聖城。次月（8月）初即蒙宣公上人慈悲剃度，那時她已經是81歲高齡了。1991年受具足戒後在福居樓（年長尼眾居所）擔任香燈工作，直到今年6月13日因病回臺治療。診斷結果是子宮癌末期，大約還有兩個多月的壽命。母親接受治療時不感覺痛，醫生覺得奇怪。而且母親每天還能爬樓梯，自己洗衣服，在一樓、三樓間上上下下。
臺灣時間9月2日（農曆八月初五）下午一點多，恆尚師感到肚子痛，我大姊送她到高雄鳳山她住家附近的醫院去住院，打了一支止痛針。次日9月3日早上5點半我們美國聖城的地藏七圓滿日，她也圓滿了她的一生。
大姊快樂地告訴我說：「媽媽已經往生極樂世界了。」她原來在母親身旁邊念佛邊傷心掉淚，忽然聽到恆尚師叫她：「阿盞啊！（大姊俗名）你不要悲傷，我要隨西方三聖走了。」大姊聽母親這樣說，整個心都開了，感到一陣清涼，無比地舒暢，把頭一抬，眼睛尚未睜開，就看見西方三聖各踩著蓮花在前面，母親恆尚師也踩著一朵蓮花跟在後面，由近而遠地離去。
家人隨即將母親遺體遷往附近寺廟，再繼續念佛至下午3點多，然後為母親擦洗更衣。
恆尚師全身柔軟，手腳屈伸自如。外甥女說：「阿嬤，您要念佛生到極樂世界，早證菩提，回娑婆度眾生。」這時她們看到恆尚師的嘴在動，好像要回答「好」一樣。「真有趣！」大姊邊講邊開心地笑。
恆固代表母親感謝佛菩薩、師父上人，感謝萬佛城好道場，更感謝大眾，願大眾皆能當生成就速證菩提。
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Venerable Master, Dharma Masters, and lay people: My name is Heng Gu, and with the blessings of my mother, the late Heng Shang Shr, I would like to report in brief her rebirth to the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Heng Shang Shr was born in 1909 and turned 92 this year. She came to the Sagely City in July of 1989 to accompany her granddaughter, who was going to receive full ordination then. A month later, in August, at the age of 81, she left the home-life through the Venerable Master's compassion. After being fully ordained in 1991, she stayed at the Tower of Blessings for elderly Bhikshunis and took care of the incense and lamps in the Buddha Hall there. On June 13th of this year, she returned to Taiwan for treatment and was diagnosed with cancer of the uterus. At the terminal stage of this illness, she had approximately two months to live. My mother didn't feel any pain during her treatment, which puzzled the doctors. Furthermore, she was able to go up the stairs from the first to the third floors, and do her own laundry. On September 2nd around one o'clock in the afternoon, Heng Shang Shr had a stomach ache. My elder sister sent her to stay at a hospital near her home at Fengshan, Kaohsiung. My mother was given an injection of anesthesia. The next morning at 5:30 a.m., the Sagely City's weeklong Earth Store Sutra Recitation Session concluded in the United States, and my mother also concluded her life at the same time. My elder sister told me happily, "Mom has headed to rebirth in the Land of Ultimate Bliss." She was next to my mother reciting the name of the Buddha and sobbing when she suddenly heard Heng Shang Shr call her by her name as a layperson, "Ah Zhan, don't be sad, I'm leaving with the Three Sages of the West." When my elder sister heard my mother say this, she was relieved and felt incomparably comforted and refreshed. She looked up and before she opened her eyes, she saw each of the Three Sages of the West on top of a lotus. Behind them was our mother, Heng Shang Shr, who was also standing above a lotus that was floating away toward the horizon. Our family then moved our mother's remains to the nearby temple and continued to recite the Buddha's name until about three o'clock in the afternoon. They then cleansed and dressed our mother. Heng Shang Shr's skin was soft all over; her limbs stretched with ease. Her granddaughter said, "Grandma, you must recite the Buddha's name, be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss, certify to Bodhi soon, and return to the Saha World to save all beings." At that point, they saw Heng Shang Shr's mouth move, as if to answer, "Yes." "Interesting!" My elder sister cracked a happy smile as she talked about this. On behalf of my mother, Heng Gu thanks the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, the Venerable Master, this excellent Way-place—the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, and everyone here. May all of you realize Bodhi in this lifetime.
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