丙二、重劝
C2: Repeat [Of] Exhortation
【经】: 舍利弗，我见是利，故说此言。若有众生，闻是说者，应当发愿，生彼国土。
[Sūtra]: Śāriputra, [as] I see these benefits, thus [do I] speak these words. If [there] are sentient beings, who hear this said, [they] should vow [i.e. give rise to Aspiration] [to be] born [in] that land.
【解】:「我见」者，佛眼所见，究尽明了也。
[Explanation]: That [of] ‘I see’, [is by the] Buddha’s eyes that [are] seen, [with] examination complete [and] clearly understood.
「是利」者， 横出五浊，圆净四土，直至不退位尽，是为不可思议功德之利也。
That [of] ‘these benefits’, [are being] horizontally exited [from the] Five Defilements, [to] completely purify [the] Four Lands, directly reaching [the] Non-Retrogressible Position completely, [with] these as [the] inconceivable benefits.
复次，「是利」，约命终时心不颠倒而言。
Furthermore, ‘these benefits’, [are here] restricted [to] when life [approaches the] end [to be] not [being] inverted then said.
盖秽土自力修行，生死关头，最难得力。
Because [those in this] Defiled Land [with] Self-Power cultivating practice, [at] life [or] death’s [critical] juncture, [it is] most difficult [for them to be] capable [enough then].
无论顽修狂慧，懡㦬无功；即悟门深远，操履潜确之人，倘分毫习气未除，未免随强偏坠。
Regardless [of those] stubbornly cultivating crazy wisdom, [who should be] ashamed [to be] without results; [or even those with] immediate awakening’s door [with results] far-reaching, [or] people [who] conducted [and] fulfilled profound [practice] truly, if [with a] hairsbreadth [of negative] habit yet [to be] eradicated, [they have] yet [to] avoid following powerful [karma, to] lean [towards] falling [in their next lives].
永明祖师所谓「十人九蹉路，阴境若现前，瞥尔随他去」，此诚可寒心者也！
As said [by the Sixth Pure Land] Patriarch [Great] Master Yǒngmíng,'[Of] ten persons, nine [will] detour [on the] path. [The] intermediate state [between death and rebirth], if appearing before [them], swiftly [will] it [be] followed’. This honestly, can [be] disappointing [and] grievous indeed!
初果昧于出胎，菩萨昏于隔阴。
[Even those with the] First Fruit [of Sagehood are] obscured from exiting [the] womb, [and] Bodhisattvas [who have yet to realised the Eighth Ground (八地) are] confused from separation [in the] intermediate [state].
者里岂容强作主宰，侥幸颟顸？
Here, how [can they] tolerate [letting] powerful [karma] be [the] dictator [of where they are reborn, by] ‘luck’ [and with] confusion?
唯有信愿持名，仗他力故，佛慈悲愿，定不唐捐。
[We should] only [be] with Faith [and] Aspiration upholding [the] name [of Āmítuófó], relying upon [his] Other-Power thus. [With the] Buddha’s vows [of] loving-kindness [and] compassion, [this] definitely [will] not [be] in vain.
弥陀圣众，现前慰导，故得无倒，自在往生。
Āmítuófó [and his] noble assembly, [will] appear before [us to] reassure [and] guide, thus attaining non-inversion, [with] ease [to be] reborn.
佛见众生临终倒乱之苦，特为保任此事，所以殷勤再劝发愿，以愿能导行故也。
[When the] Buddha sees sentient beings approaching [the] end [of life with] suffering of [being] inverted [and] scattered, [he will] specially, for protecting [their] undertaking [of] this matter [of rebirth], therefore earnestly [and] diligently, repeatedly urge giving rise [to] Aspiration, [as it is] with Aspiration, [that he is] able [to] guide [our] Practice thus.
– 净土宗九祖澫益大师
《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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