1
I am free from the sorrows
In the Saha World,
For the long kalpas,
All because of the kindness of Sakyamuni Buddha,
The Good Knowing Adviser,
Who
With all kinds of thoughtful expedience,
Enables me to choose
The Magnificent Door of Amitabha Buddha.
All the wholesome Karma I have created,
I transfer them to benefit the living beings,
Yet they are incomparable
To the recitation of Amitabha Buddha
Exclusively.
In every mindfulness of Namo Amitabha Buddha,
I seek repentance continually.
If a man is mindful of the Buddha,
The Buddha will be mindful of him too.
2.
Every light of the Buddha’s illumination
Shines forth continually,
To look for the Buddha reciters, the ones who will attain a rebirth.
By comparing with other Buddha Lands in the ten directions,
A rebirth in the World of Ultimate Bliss
Is the most supreme.
3.
Amitabha Buddha is adorned with abundant subtleties.
Speaking expansively,
There are 84 thousand subtleties.
Every ray of his lights
Illumines the ten directions.
The lights shine pervasively
Not because of other reasons.
The lights only seek for the Amitabha reciters,
Those who attain a rebirth.
4.
Do not discuss
If Amitabha Buddha will gather us in or not.
The main consideration is
If we are willing
Or not willing to return.
If we have decided to return
To His Land exclusively,
At the death bed
The flowers and canopies will naturally come forth
To welcome us.
5.
I wish to exhort all living beings to take good care of their three karmas.
They should recite Amitabha while walking, standing, sitting or lying down.
At all times they must remind themselves of the hell.
By doing so their mind to attain a rebirth will be enhanced.
6.
Reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha exclusively
Until our last breath,
The instance we stop breathing
The Buddha will be there to welcome us home.
7.
We should recite Namo Amitabha continually
Until the last moment of our life.
Exclusively we recite,
Without changing the topics.
8.
Pervasively I exhort all the Amitabha reciters
Who have affinity with me,
To recite Namo Amitabha Buddha exclusively.
With a straight forward mind,
We enter the recitation,
Harbouring no doubts.
9
With the transference of merits of the myriad practices,
One can still attain a rebirth.
But the most honoured practice
Is to recite Namo Amitabha Buddha.
10
I would like to exhort all who have affinities
To recite Namo Amitabha continually.
Then they will have Avalokitesvara and Mahasthamaprapta
As their classmates.
11
If a man can recite Namo Amitabha Buddha,
He is the superior man among men.
May all be born together i
In the household of the Buddha.
12
Namo Amitabha Buddha is the sharp sword.
When we recite once all our offences are eradicated.
13
Those who slander the Dharma,
The Icchantika,
Those who commit the ten evils,
If they can direct their mind to recite Namo Amitabha Buddha,
All the sins are eradicated.
14
Reciting Namo Amitabha Buddha is the Door of Nirvana.
15
A mundane man should not be greedily attached to birth and death
And refuse to give up. The Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha should not be taken lightly and neglected. With a mind of despise we will stay apart from the Saha. With a mind of delight we will always dwell in Pure Land. When we stay away from Saha, the causes of birth in the six paths become extinct. The fruits of transmigration will become extinct by itself. With the extinction of cause and effect, the form and name will instantly cease to exist.
16
We should adorn ourselves with shame and regrets.
We should be grateful towards the kindness of the Buddha.
五、《般舟赞》摘要
１得免娑婆长劫难，特蒙知识释迦恩；种种思量巧方便，选得弥陀弘誓门。
一切善业回生利，不如专念弥陀号；念念称名常忏悔，人能念佛佛还忆。
２一一光明相续照，照觅念佛往生人；
欲比十方诸佛国，极乐安身实是精。
３
相好弥多八万四，一一光明照十方；
不为余缘光普照，唯觅念佛往生人。
４
莫论弥陀摄不摄，意在专心回不回；
但使回心决定向，临终华盖自来迎。
５
普劝众生护三业，行住坐卧念弥陀；
一切时中忆地狱，发起增上往生心。
６
毕命为期专念佛，须臾命断佛迎将。
７
一切时中相续作，至死为期专复专。
8
普劝有缘同行者，专心直入不须
９
万行俱回皆得往，念佛一行最为尊。
10
普劝有缘常念佛，观音大势为同学。
11
若能念佛人中上，愿得同生诸佛家。
12
利剑即是弥陀号，一声称念罪皆除。
13
谤法阐提行十恶，回心念佛罪皆除。
14
念佛即是涅槃门。
15
凡夫生死不可贪而不厌，
弥陀净土不可轻而不欣；
厌则娑婆永隔，欣则净土常居；
隔则六道因亡，轮回之果自灭；
因果既亡，则形名顿绝也。
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常怀惭愧， 仰谢佛恩。
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