Four Verses For Breaking Free From Hell 四破地狱偈

破地狱偈 [1]

若人欲了知，
三世一切佛，
应观法界性，
一切唯心造。

– 觉林菩萨
《华严经》
升夜摩天宫品第十九

Verse For Breaking Free From Hell [1]

If [a] person desires [to] understand fully, [the] three periods’ [i.e. past, present and future
(teachings of)] all Buddhas, [one] should contemplate [the] Dharma realm’s [i.e. universe] nature, [to] all [be] only [by the] mind created.

– Forest [Of] Awakening Bodhisattva
(Flower Adornment [Avataṃsaka] Sūtra:
Chapter 19 [On] Ascent [To] Yama Heaven Palace)

破地狱偈 [2]

其佛本愿力，
闻名欲往生，
皆悉到彼国，
自致不退转。

【其佛名即：
‘阿弥陀佛’】

– 释迦牟尼佛
《无量寿经》
十方礼觐第廿五

Verse For Breaking Free From Hell [2]

[With] that [Amitā(bha)] Buddha’s fundamental vow’s power, hearing [of his] name [‘Āmítuófó’, with] desire [for] rebirth, all [will] reach that [Pure] Land [of his, to] personally attain non-retrogression [for Buddhahood].

– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Immeasurable Life Sūtra:
[Chapter] 25 [On The] Ten Directions Prostrating [And] Meeting)

破地狱偈 [3]

每自作是念：
‘以何令众生，
得入无上道，
速成就佛身？’

– 释迦牟尼佛
《法华经》
如来寿量品第十六

Verse For Breaking Free From Hell [3]

[I] always personally have this thought, ‘With what [can I] enable sentient beings, [to] attain entry [onto the] unsurpassable path, [to] swiftly accomplish [the] Buddha’s body?’

– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Dharma [Lotus] Flower Sūtra:
Chapter 16 [On] Thus Come [One’s] Lifespan)

破地狱偈 [4]

如来已离，
三界火宅，
寂然闲居，
安处林野。

今此三界，
皆是我有，
其中众生，
悉是吾子。

而今此处，
多诸患难，
唯我一人，
能为救护。

– 释迦牟尼佛
《法华经》
譬喻品第三

Verses For Breaking Free From Hell [4]

[The] Thus Come [One has] already departed, [from the] Three Spheres [of Desire, Form and Formlessness] which are like a] burning house, peacefully resting, safely dwelling [in] wild forests.

Now, [these] Three Spheres, all [of them] are [what] I have, [and] those sentient beings within, all are my children.

Yet now [in] this place, [with] much suffering [and] difficulties, only I one person, [am] able [to] save [and] protect [them].

– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Dharma [Lotus] Flower Sūtra:
Chapter 3 [On] Parables)

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