劝世偈
渐渐鸡皮鹤发，看看行步龙钟。
假饶金玉满堂，岂免衰残老病。
任汝千般快乐，无常终是到来。
唯有径路修行，但念阿弥陀佛。
净土宗二祖善导大师
Verses For Advising The World
Gradually [with] chicken[-like wrinkled] skin [and] crane[-white] hair, examine [how your] walking [becomes] feeble [and] slow. [Even] if [with] abundant gold [and] jade filling [the] hall, [it is] how [to] avoid weakness [and] disability [with] ageing [and] sickness. Even though you [have a] thousand kinds [of] ‘happiness’, impermanence [in the] end certainly arrives. Only having [this] short path [for] cultivating practice, [with] only mindfulness [of] Āmítuófó[‘s name].
Pure Land Tradition’s Second Patriarch Great Master Shàndǎo
