今天农历七月十三日是大势至菩萨的圣诞。
南无大势至菩萨。
Today, the 13th day of the 7th lunar month
is Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva’s sacred birthday.
Homage to Great Power Arrived Bodhisattva.
我本因地,以念佛心,入无生忍。
I, [when on the] fundamental causal ground,
with [my] mind [being] mindful [of Amitā(bha)] Buddha,
entered [the] Patience [of] Non-Birth.
今于此界,摄念佛人,归于净土。
Now in this world,
[I] gather those mindful [of the] Buddha,
[for] return to [his] Pure Land.
佛问圆通,我无选择,都摄六根,
[Śākyamuni] Buddha asked [about] perfect penetration
[for Buddhahood, and] I [have] no [other] choice,
[than to] gather [in the] six [sense] roots,
净念相继,得三摩地,斯为第一。
[with] pure mindfulness [of the Buddha in] continuous succession,
[to] attain Samādhi,
[as] this is [the] foremost [method].
《大佛顶首楞严经大势至菩萨念佛圆通章》
[The] Great Buddha Crown’s Śūraṅgama Sūtra’s Section
[On] Great Power Arrived [Mahāsthāmaprāpta] Bodhisattva’s
Perfect Penetration [With] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha
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