闻法修道,
吃素念佛,
求生西方,
了生脱死。
Hear [to learn the] Dharma,
[for] cultivating [the] path,
eat [as] veg[etari]ans
[and be] mindful [of Amitā(bha)] Buddha[‘s name – ‘Āmítuófó’],
[to] seek birth [in his] Western [Pure Land],
[to be] liberated [from the cycle of] birth [and] death.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
诫吾乡初发心学佛者书
Letter to Jièwú Village’s aspiring beginner learners of Buddhism
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an