念佛如何得多善根福德？
[50] How Does Mindfulness Of Buddha Attain Many Good Roots And Blessed Virtues?
问：持名判行行，则是助行，何名正行？
Question: [As] upholding [Āmítuófó] name [is] classified [as the] Practical Practice [in contrast to Faith (信) and Aspiration (愿) which are classified as Wisdom Practice (慧行)], then is [it a] Supportive Practice, why [is it] named [as the] Main Practice?
[Note: Although asking thus, upholding the name IS indeed the Main Practice, not a Supportive Practice.]
答：依一心说信愿行，非先后，非定三。
Answer: Relying on wholeheartedness, speaking [of] Faith, Aspiration [and] Practice, [they are] not [with any one of them] first [or] after, [and] not definitely not three [separately].
盖无愿行不名真信，无行信不名真愿，无信愿不名真行。
Because without Aspiration [and] Practice, [this is] not named [as] true Faith. Without Practice [and] Faith, [this is] not named [as] true Aspiration. Without Faith [and] Aspiration, [this is] not named [as] true Practice.
今全由信愿持名，故信愿行三，声声圆具，所以名多善根福德因缘。
Now, entirely from Faith [and] Aspiration upholding [Āmítuófó’s] name, therefore [with] Faith, Aspiration [and] Practice, [all] three, [from] recitation [to] recitation, completely together, [this is] therefore named [as having] many good roots [and] blessed virtues [as] cause [and] condition.
《观经》：「称佛名故，念念中，除八十亿劫生死之罪」，此之谓也。
[As the] Contemplation Sūtra [says], ‘Reciting [the] Buddha’s name thus, [in] thought [to] thought within, eliminating eighty koṭis’ [i.e. 10 million each] kalpas’ [i.e. 1.3 trillion years each] transgressions of births [and] deaths.’ This is [what] meant.
若福善不多，安能除罪如此之大。
If blessed [virtues and] good [roots are] not many, how can they be able [to] eliminate those great transgressions like this?
– 净土宗九祖蕅益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》
– Pure Land Tradition’s 9th Patriarch Great Master Ǒuyì
(Essential Explanation [Of The] Sūtra [In Which The] Buddha Speaks [Of] Amitā[bha] Buddha)
Namo Amituofo : Translation and note by Shen Shi’an
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《佛说阿弥陀经要解》全英译
Complete English Translation Of The Essential Explanation Of The Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of Amitābha Buddha
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何为得生阿弥陀佛净土的善根与福德？:
What Are Good Roots And Blessed Virtues For Birth In Āmítuófó’s Pure Land? :
《佛说弥陀经要解》对善根福德的解释
Good Roots And Blessed Virtues As Explained In The Essential Explanation On The Amitābha Sūtra As Spoken By The Buddha
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