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戊二、合释能受所受
E2: Combined Explanation [On] Those Able [To] Receive [And] That Received
又二：初、约五根五尘明受用，次、约耳根声尘明受用。
Also [In] Two [Parts]: First, Restricted [To The] Five Roots’ Five Dusts’ Explanation, [Of Those] Received [And] Used Benefits, Next, Restricted [To] Ear Root’s Sound Dust’s Explanation, [Of Those] Received [And] Used Benefits.
己初、约五根五尘明受用
F1: Restricted [To The] Five Roots’ Five Dusts’ Explanation, [Of Those] Received [And] Used Benefits
又二：初、正明，二、结示。
Also [In] Two [Parts]: First, Main Explanation, Second, Conclusive Teaching.
庚初、正明
G1: Main Explanation
【经】: 又舍利弗，彼佛国土，常作天乐，黄金为地。昼夜六时，雨天曼陀罗华。其土众生，常以清旦，各以衣裓，盛众妙华，供养他方十万亿佛。即以食时，还到本国，饭食经行。
[Sūtra]: Moreover, Śāriputra, that Buddha Land constantly plays heavenly music, [with] gold as ground. Day [and] night, [during the] six periods, raining [from the] sky [are] Māndarā[va] flowers. That land’s sentient beings, constantly with early mornings, each with [their] clothes’ lapels, fill many wonderful flowers, [to] make offerings [to] other directions’ hundred thousand koṭis [of] Buddhas. Promptly by mealtime, returning to [the] original land, [to] eat food [and practise] walking meditation.
[Note 1: Gold adorns the ground below (下严金地). Music and raining flowers adorn the sky above (上严空界), and that in between (中间).]
【解】: 「乐」是声尘，「地」是色尘，「华」是色香二尘，「食」是味尘，「盛」华、散华、「经行」是触尘。
[Explanation]: ‘Music’ is [the] sound dust. ‘Ground’ is [the] form dust. ‘Flowers’ are [the] form [and] smell’s two dusts. ‘Eat’ is [the] taste dust. ‘Fill[ing]’ flowers, scattering flowers [and] ‘walking meditation’ are [the] touch dust.
众生五根对五可知。
[Thus], sentient beings’ five roots‘ matching [of the] five [dusts] can [be] known.
「常作」者，即「六时」也。
That ‘constant plays’, [is] thus [in the] ‘six periods’.
「黄金为地」者，七宝所严地界，体是黄金也。
That ‘gold as ground’, [is with] seven treasures that adorned earth element, [with] essence [that] is gold.
日分初、中、后，名昼三时，夜分初、中、后，名夜三时，故云「昼夜六时」。
Day [is] divided [into the] first, middle [and] later [parts], named [as] day’s three periods, [and] night [is] divided [into the] first, middle [and] later [parts], named [as] night’s three periods, therefore called ‘day [and] night, [during the] six periods’.
然彼土依正各有光明，不假日月，安分昼夜？
However, [as] that land’s Circumstantial [and] Direct [Rewards] each has bright light, not needing [the] sun [and] moon, how [is there] dividing [into] day [and] night?
且顺此方假说分际耳。
Moreover, complying [with] this direction, [they are] falsely spoken, divided [with] boundaries only.
「曼陀罗」，此云「适意」，又云「白华」。
[On] ‘Māndarā[va]’, these [are] called ‘Agreeable’, also called ‘White Flowers’.
「衣裓」，是盛华器。
‘Clothes’ lapels’, are receptacles [for] filling flowers.
「众妙华」，明非曼陀罗一种，应如《妙经》四华，表四因位。
‘Many wonderful flowers’, explains [that it is] not [only with] Māndarā[va’s] one kind, [and] should [be] like [with the] Wonderful [Dharma Lotus] Sūtra’s《妙法莲华经》four flowers, [that] express [the] Four Causative Positions.
[Note 2:
Four Flowers (四华):
(1) Māndarāva (Agreeable) Flower (曼陀罗[适意]华)
(2) Mahāmāndarāva (Great Agreeable) Flower (摩诃曼陀罗[大适意]华)
(3) Mañjūṣaka (Gentle And Soft) Flower (曼殊沙[柔软]华)
(4) Mahāmañjūṣaka (Great Gentle And Soft) Flower (摩诃曼殊沙[大柔软]华)
Four Causative Positions (四因位):
(1) Ten Abodes (十住)
(2) Ten Practices (十行)
(3) Ten Dedications (十回向)
(4) Ten Grounds (十地)]
「供养他方佛」，表真因会趋极果，果德无不遍也。
‘Make offerings [to] other directions’ Buddhas’, expresses [the] true cause [that] will incline towards [the] ultimate fruit [of Buddhahood, with the] fruit’s virtues nowhere not pervaded.
且据娑婆言「十万亿佛」，意显生极乐已，还供释迦、弥勒，皆不难耳。
Moreover, according [to the] Sahā World speaking [of] ‘hundred thousand koṭis [of] Buddhas’, [this] meaning reveals [that those] born [in the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss already, [are] still [able to] make offerings [to] Śākya[muni Buddha], [and] Maitreya [Bodhisattva], all without difficulty.
若阿弥神力所加，何远不到哉？
If [by] Āmí[tuófó’s] super[normal] power those blessed, what far cannot [be] reached?
「食时」，即「清旦」，故云「即以」。
‘Mealtime’, [is] thus ‘early morning’, therefore called ‘promptly by’.
明其神足不可思议，不离彼土，常遍十方，不假逾时回还也。
[This] explains their super[normal] feet [is] inconceivable, not leaving that land, [yet] often everywhere [in the] ten directions, not needing a moment to return.
此文显极乐一声、一尘、一刹那，乃至跨步弹指，悉与十方三宝贯彻无碍。
This text reveals [that with the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss’ each sound [and] each [other] dust, [in] each kṣaṇa [i.e. instant], and even [with the] striding [of a] step, [and a] snap [of the] fingers, all [are] with [the] ten directions’ Triple Gem connected completely, without obstacles.
又显在娑婆则浊重恶障，与极乐不隔而隔；
Also, revealing [that] in [the] Sahā World, then [with] defilements heavy [and] evil obstacles, with [the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss, [it is] not separate yet separated.
生极乐则功德甚深，与娑婆隔而不隔也。
Born [in the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss, then [with] meritorious virtues extremely profound, with [the] Sahā World, [it is] separate yet not separated.
「饭食经行」者，念食食至，不假安排；食毕钵去，不劳举拭。
[On] that ‘eat food [and practise] walking meditation’, [when] thinking [of] food, [with] food arriving, not needing arrangement. [When] eating [is] completed, [with the] bowls disappearing, not toiling [with] lifting [and] wiping [of them].
但经行金地，华乐娱乐，任运进修而已。
Only [with] ‘walking meditation’ [on] gold land, [with] flowers [and] music entertaining, [there is] natural accomplishing [of] advancement [in] cultivation only.
庚二、结示
H2: Conclusive Teaching
【经】: 舍利弗，极乐国土，成就如是功德庄严。
[Sūtra]: Śāriputra, [the] Land [Of] Ultimate Bliss [is] accomplished [with] such meritorious virtues’ adornments.
– 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 notes by Shen Shi’an
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