He then pulled a yarn from the hands of the nine Amida Nyorai (Amitabha Tathagata) statues to his own hands and, just like Shakyamuni's entry into Nirvana, lied down with his head to north and his eyes facing west.
そして、九体の阿弥陀如来の手から自分の手まで糸を引き、釈迦の涅槃と同様、北枕西向きに横たわった。