丙二、正报妙
C2: Direct Rewards’ Wonders
分二：初、征释名号，二、别释主伴。
Divided [In] Two [Parts]: First, Proof [And] Explanation [Of] Name, Second, Separate Explanation [Of] Master [And] Companions.
丁初、征释名号
D1: Proof [And] Explanation [Of] Name
中二：初、征，二、释。
Within [In] Two [Parts]: First, Proof, Second, Explanation.
戊初、征
E1: Proof
【经】: 舍利弗，于汝意云何？彼佛何故号阿弥陀？
[Sūtra]: Śāriputra, what [do] you think of [this]? That Buddha, [for] what reason, [is] named “Amitā”?
[解]：此经的示持名妙行，故特征释名号，欲人深信万德洪名不可思议，一心执持，无复疑贰也。
[Explanation]: This sūtra reveals [the] wonderful practice [of] upholding [the] name [of ‘Āmítuófó’], thus specially proving [and] explaining [the] name, desiring people [to have] profound Faith [in the] inconceivability [of] ten thousand virtues‘ great name, [so as to] wholeheartedly [and] firmly uphold [it], without again [having] doubts [and] second [thoughts].
「阿弥陀」，正翻无量，本不可说。本师以光、寿二义，收尽一切无量。
‘Amitā’ [or ‘Āmítuó’], [is] correctly translated [as] ‘Immeasurable’, [which] originally cannot [be] spoken [of. Our] fundamental teacher [i.e. Śākyamuni Buddha], with ‘light’ [and] ‘life’ [as] two [of its] meanings, exhaustibly gathered all [that is] immeasurable.
光则横遍十方，寿则竖穷三际。横竖交彻，即法界体。
[The] light [of Āmítuófó] thus horizontally pervades [the] ten directions [i.e. East, West, South, North, Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest, above, and below], [and the] life [of Āmítuófó] thus vertically exhausts [the] three times [i.e. past, present and future]. Horizontally [and] vertically interpenetrating [all space and time, this] is the same as [the] Dharma realm’s [essential] body.
举此体作弥陀身土，亦即举此体作弥陀名号。
[The] whole [of] this [Dharma realm’s] body is Āmítuófó’s body [and] land. Likewise is [the] whole [of] this [Dharma realm’s] body Āmítuófó’s name.
是故弥陀名号，即众生本觉理性。
Thus, Āmítuó[fó]’s name, is the same as sentient beings’ original awakening’s principle nature.
持名，即始觉合本。
Upholding [the] name, is the same as actualised awakening joining original [awakening].
始本不二，生佛不二。
[The] actualised [and] original [are] not two, [just as] sentient beings and Buddha[s] are not two [in essence, as both have the same Buddha-nature (i.e. potential to be Buddhas), with the first yet to fully realise it, and the latter having fully realised it].
故一念相应一念佛，念念相应念念佛也。
Thus, [with] one thought corresponding [by sincere mindfulness of Āmítuófó’s name, is with] one thought [aligned to the] Buddha. [With] thought to thought corresponding, [is with] thought to thought [aligned to the] Buddha.
【经】：舍利弗，彼佛光明无量，照十方国，无所障碍，是故号为阿弥陀。
[Sūtra]: Śāriputra, [as] that Buddha’s bright light [is] immeasurable, [and] illuminates [the] ten directions’ lands without any obstruction, therefore [is he] named as “Amitā”[bha: Immeasurable Light].
[解]：此心性寂而常照，故为光明。
[Explanation]: This mind-nature is still yet constantly illuminating [with awareness], thus [is it] as bright light.
今彻证心性无量之体，故光明无量也。
Now [having] penetrated [to] realise [his] mind-nature’s [essential] body’s immeasurability, thus [is his] bright light immeasurable.
诸佛皆彻性体，皆照十方，皆可名无量光。
[As] all Buddhas [have] penetrated [their mind-]nature’s bodies, [they] all illuminate [the] ten directions, [and can] all [be] named [as] ‘Immeasurable Light’.
而因中愿力不同，随因缘立别名。
Yet, [as] within [their] causal [grounds, their] power [of] vows [is] not [the] same, according [to their] causes [and] conditions, [they] establish other names.
弥陀为法藏比丘，发四十八愿，有光明恒照十方之愿，今果成如愿也。
Āmítuófó as Dharma Treasury [i.e. Dharmākara] Bhikṣu, [who] gave rise [to] forty-eight vows, [with the] vow [to] have [his] bright light constantly illuminating [the] ten directions, now [has this] fruit accomplished as vowed.
法身光明无分际，报身光明称真性，此则佛佛道同。
[The] Dharma Body’s [i.e. all Buddhas’ one collective Dharmakāya] bright light [is] without boundary, [and their] Reward Bodies’ [i.e. Saṃbhogakāyas] bright lights match [their] true nature [i.e. Buddha-nature]. This thus [is due to] every Buddha’s path [being the] same.
应身光明有照一由旬者，十百千由旬者，一世界十百千世界者。
[They might have] Manifestation Bodies’ [i.e. Nirmāṇakāyas] bright lights [that] have illumination [of] one yojana [i.e. about 12 kilometres], ten, hundred, thousand yojanas, one world-system, ten, hundred, thousand world-systems.
唯阿弥普照，故别名无量光。
[As] only Āmítuó[fó] universally illuminates [everywhere all the time], thus [is his] other name ‘Immeasurable Light’.
然三身不一不异，为令众生得四益故，作此分别耳。
However, [the] Three Bodies [i.e. Trikāya] [are] neither one nor different, for enabling sentient beings [to] attain [the] four benefits [of the Four Siddhāntas (四悉檀), which accord to the listener’s capacity: [1] worldly method (世界悉檀), [2] individual method (各各为人悉檀), [3] curative method (对治悉檀) and [4] method of the first principle (第一义悉檀)] thus, having these differences.
当知无障碍，约人民言。
[It] should [be] known [that the Three Bodies are] without obstructions, [only as] restricted [by] people[‘s conditions], speaking.
由众生与佛缘深，故佛光到处，一切世间无不圆见也。
Due to sentient beings [and the] Buddha [having] deep conditions [of karmic affinities] thus, where [the] Buddha[s’] light reaches, all in [the] world [are] without [those who do] not completely see it.
【经】：又舍利弗，彼佛寿命，及其人民，无量无边阿僧祇劫，故名阿弥陀。
[Sūtra]: Moreover, Śāriputra, [as] that Buddha’s lifespan, and that [of his] people, [are of] immeasurable [and] boundless asaṃkhyeya kalpas, thus [is he] named “Amitā”[yus: Immeasurable Life].
[解]：心性照而常寂，故为寿命。
[Explanation]: [As his] Mind-Nature illuminates, yet [is] constantly still, thus [is it named] as ‘lifespan’.
今彻证心性无量之体，故寿命无量也。
Now [having] penetrated [to] realise [his] Mind-Nature’s [essential] body’s immeasurability, thus [is his] lifespan immeasurable.
法身寿命无始无终，报身寿命有始无终。
The Dharma Body’s lifespan [is] without beginning [and] without end, [while] Reward Body’s lifespan [is] with beginning and without end.
此亦佛佛道同，皆可名无量寿。
This [is] likewise [due to] every Buddha’s path [being the] same, [and] all [Buddhas] can [be] named [as] ‘Immeasurable Life’.
应身随愿随机，延促不等。
Manifestation Bodies accord [with] vows [and] accord [with] situations, [thus] with extending [and] hastening not [being] equal.
法藏愿王，有佛及人寿命皆无量之愿，今果成如愿，别名无量寿也。
[As the] King [Of] Vows Dharma Treasury [Bodhisattva], has [the] vow [that himself as a] Buddha and [his] people’s lifespans [are] all [to be] immeasurable, now [that this] fruit [has been] accomplished [as] vowed, [his] other name [is] ‘Immeasurable Life’.
「阿僧祇」、「无边」、「无量」，皆算数名，实有量之无量。
‘Asaṃkhyeya’, ‘boundless’, [and] ‘immeasurable’ – all [these are] counting terms, really having measurable [kinds] of [the] immeasurable.
然三身不一不异，应身亦可即是无量之无量矣。
However, [the] Three Bodies [are] not one [and] not different, [as] Manifestation Bodies can also [be of] immeasurable [kinds] of [the] immeasurable.
「及」者，并也。
‘And’ means ‘furthermore’.
「人民」，指等觉以还。
[The] ‘people’ [in Pure Land], refer [to the greatest Bodhisattvas with] Equal Enlightenment [and those] below.
谓佛寿命并其人民寿命，皆无量等也。
Speaking [of the] Buddha’s lifespan, and his people’s lifespans, all [are] equally immeasurable.
当知光寿名号，皆本众生建立。
[It] should [be] known [that the] name [of Immeasurable] Light [and] Life, [are] all originally [based upon] sentient beings’ [Buddha-nature] established.
以生佛平等，能令持名者，光明寿命同佛无异也。
With sentient beings [and] Buddhas equal [in essence, thus is this] able [to] enable those [who] uphold [the] name, [to attain] bright light [and long] lifespan [that is the] same [as the] Buddha, without differences.
复次由无量光义，故众生生极乐即生十方，见阿弥陀佛即见十方诸佛，能自度即普利一切。
Once again, due to Immeasurable Light’s meaning, thus [are] sentient beings born [in the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss the same as [those] born [in the] ten directions’ [other Pure Lands too, with] seeing [of] Āmítuófó the same as seeing the ten directions’ all Buddhas, able [to] self-deliver, then universally benefit all [sentient beings].
由无量寿义，故极乐人民，即是一生补处，皆定此生成佛，不至异生。
Due to Immeasurable Life’s meaning, thus are [the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss’ people the same as [those who are in the Position Of] One Life [To] Replace [Buddhas], all definitely [in] this life [to] accomplish Buddhahood, not reaching [it in a] different life.
当知离却现前一念无量光寿之心，何处有阿弥陀佛名号。
[It] should [be] known [that] apart [from this] presently manifested one thought’s Mind[-Nature] of Immeasurable Life, [there is no]where [else] with Āmítuófó’s name.
而离却阿弥陀佛名号，何由彻证现前一念无量光寿之心。
Yet, apart from Āmítuófó’s name, what cause [is there for us to penetrate [and] realise [this] presently manifested one thought’s Mind[-Nature of] Immeasurable Light and Life?
愿深思之，愿深思之。
May [all] deeply ponder [on] this, may [all] deeply ponder [on] this.
– 净土宗九祖澫益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》
– Pure Land Tradition’s 9th Patriarch Great Master Ǒuyì
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