In one exchange preserved between Master Yinguang, the 13th Patriarch of Pure Land Buddhism, and lay practitioner Zhou Songyao, a troubling question is raised: If someone has practiced Buddhism sincerely for many years, why might they still meet a tragic death?
The question arose after Zhou learned that an elderly woman surnamed Zhang, a deeply devout Buddhist, had been struck and killed by a car while on her way to deliver vegetarian food to a fellow practitioner. The news left him shocked and unsettled. It also shook the faith of others around him who recited the Buddha’s name and tried to live according to Buddhist teachings.
Zhou wrote to Master Yinguang for an explanation, hoping to understand how such a thing could happen and whether the woman could still be reborn in the Western Pure Land despite her painful death.
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