佛在何时处教《阿弥陀经》？
[8] When And Where Was Amitābha Sūtra Taught By The Buddha?
甲初、序分
A1: Preface Section
分二：初、通序，二、别序。
Divided [Into] Two [Parts]: First, Common Preface, Second, Special Preface.
乙初、通序
B1: Common Preface
中二：初、标法会时处，二、引大众同闻。
Within [With] Two [Parts]: First, Indication [Of] Dharma Assembly’s Time [And] Place, Second, Citing [Of] Great Assembly Together Hearing.
丙初、标法会时处
C1: Indication [Of] Dharma Assembly’s Time [And] Place
【经】：如是我闻，一时，佛在舍卫国，祇树给孤独园。
[Sūtra]: Thus is [as] I [have] heard. [At] one time, [the] Buddha [was] at Śrāvastī City’s Jeta Grove [And] Giver-[To-The]-Lonely Garden.
【解】：「如是」，标「信顺」。
[Explanation]: ‘Thus is’, indicates [that to] ‘faithfully comply’ [with].
「我闻」，标「师承」。
‘I [have] heard’, indicates ‘[from the] teacher received’.
「一时」，标「机感」。
‘[At] one time’, indicates [when the] ‘capacities connect’.
「佛」，标「教主」。
‘[The] Buddha’, indicates ‘[the] Founding Teacher’.
「舍卫」等，标「说经处」也。
‘Śrāvastī’ [and] others, indicate [the] ‘place [the] sūtra [was] spoken’.
实相妙理，古今不变，名「如」。
True Form’s wonderful principles, [from] ancient [times till] today unchanging, [are] named ‘thus’.
依实相理， 念佛求生净土，决定无非，曰「是」。
Relying on True Form’s principles, [with] mindfulness [of] Buddha seeking birth [in his] Pure Land, [being] definitely without mistake, [is] called ‘is’.
实相非我非无我，阿难不坏假名，故仍称「我」。
[As] True Form [is] not ‘I’ [and] not without ‘I’, Ānanda, without destroying [his] false name, [is] therefore still called ‘I’.
耳根发耳识，亲聆圆音，如空印空，名「闻」。
[With the] ear root giving rise [to the] ear consciousness, personally listening [to the Buddha’s] perfect voice, like emptiness sealing [on] emptiness, [is] named ‘heard’.
「时」无实法，以师资道合，说听周足，名「一时」。
[As] ‘time’ [is] without true dharmas, [yet] with [the] teacher [and] students’ paths agreeable, [and with] speaking [and] hearing complete [and] adequate, [this is] named [as] ‘one time’.
自觉觉他，觉行圆满，人天大师，名「佛」。
Self-awakened [and] awakening others, [with] awakening’s practices perfect [and] complete, Human [And] Heavenly [Beings’] Great Teacher, is] named ‘[the] Buddha’.
「舍卫」，此云「闻物」，中印度大国之名，波斯匿王所都也。
[On] ‘Śrāvastī’, this [is] to say ‘Renowned Objects’, [the] name of Central India’s great country [i.e. Kośala Kingdom (拘萨罗国)], King Prasenajit’s that capital.
匿王太子名「祇陀」，此云「战胜」。
[On] King [Prase]najit’s Prince named ‘Jeta’, this [is] to say ‘War Victory’.
匿王大臣名「须达多」，此云「给孤独」。
[On] King [Prase]najit’s great minister named ‘Sudatta’, this [is] to say ‘Giver-[To-The]-Lonely’ [i.e. Anāthapiṇḍada (阿那陀摈荼陀)].
给孤长者布金买太子园，供佛及僧，祇陀感叹，施余未布少地，故并名「祇树给孤独园」也。
[When the] Elder Giver-[To-The]-Lonely spread gold [to] buy [the] Prince’s garden, [to] offer [to the] Buddha and [the] Samghā, [Prince] Jeta [was] moved [and] exclaimed, [and] gave [the] remaining little land [with trees] yet [to be] spread. Therefore [is the place] together named [as] ‘Jeta Grove [And] Giver-[To-The]-Lonely Garden’.
– 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 by Shen Shi’an
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