When Emperor Gofushimi was sick between 1299 and 1302, Honen appeared to him in a dream and told him that he would recover if he recited the nenbutsu, and on doing this, his sickness was cured.
正安年間（1299年-1302年）に後伏見天皇が病気のとき、夢枕に法然が立ち、念仏をすれば病は平癒すると言ったので、そのとおりにすると、病気は治った。