念佛如何能即净而禅？
How Can Mindfulness Of Buddha Be Pure Land And Chán Practice?
于一尘不染心中，持万德洪名圣号。
Within [the] mind, [by] one dust [mote] not defiled, uphold [the] great [and] sacred name [of] ten thousand virtues [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)].
或声或默，无杂无间。
Perhaps verbally or silently, without mixed [thoughts and] without interruption.
必使念起于心，声入乎耳，字字分明，句句不乱。
[There] must [be] enabling [of] recitation [to] arise in [the] mind, [with its] sound entering in [the] ears, [with] word [after] word distinct [and] clear, [with] line [after] line not scattered.
久之久之，自成片段。
For a long time [practising thus], naturally accomplishing [that] fragmented becoming one.
亲证念佛三昧，自知西方宗风。
Personally realising Samādhi [From] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha, naturally knowing [the] Western [Pure Land] Tradition’s spirit.
是以观音反闻闻自性之工夫，修势至都摄六根，净念相继之净业。
Therefore, [with] Contemplator [Of The World’s] Sounds [Bodhisattva’s] [观世音菩萨] skill of ‘reversing hearing [to] hear self-nature’, cultivate [Great] Power Arrived [Bodhisattva’s] [大势至菩萨] pure karma of ‘gathering all six roots, [with] pure mindfulness [in] continuous succession.’
即净而禅，孰妙于是。
[As this is] then [with] Pure Land and Chán [practices], what [is more] wonderful as a result?
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
(与海盐徐夫人书)
(Letter For Hǎiyán’s Madam Xú)
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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