净土之理事、修性与空有
[34] Pure Land’s Principles And Practices, Cultivation And Nature, Emptiness And Forms
庚二、总结
G2: Overall Conclusion
【经】: 舍利弗，其佛国土，成就如是功德庄严。
[Sūtra]: Śāriputra, that Buddha Land [is] accomplished [with] such meritorious virtues’ adornments.
【解】: 重重结示，令深信一切庄严，皆导师愿行所成，种智所现；
[Explanation]: [With] layer upon layer, concluding [the] teaching, [to] enable profound Faith [in] all [the] adornments, [they are] all [by our] Guiding Teacher’s vows [and] practices those accomplished, [by his all-knowing] seed wisdom those appearing.
皆吾人净业所感，唯识所变。
All [are by] our pure karmas those connected, only [by] consciousness those transformed.
佛心生心，互为影质，如众灯明，各遍似一。
[The] Buddha’s mind [and sentient] beings’ minds, are] mutually [like] shadows [and] bodies, like many lamps’ brightness, each [illuminating] everywhere, as if [as] one.
全理成事， 全事即理，全性起修，全修在性，亦可深长思矣！
[With] complete principles accomplishing practices, complete practices [are] thus principles, [and with] complete [Mind]-nature giving rise [to] cultivation, complete cultivation [is] in [Mind]-nature, [these] likewise can [be] profoundly contemplated!
奈何离此净土，别谈唯心净土，甘堕鼠即鸟空之诮也哉！
How [can there be] departure [from] this Pure Land, [to] separately discuss [about] mind-only Pure Land, [to be] willingly degenerated, [as] those ridiculed [for mistaking a] mouse’s ‘jí[jí]’ [i.e. 唧唧 (squeaking)] [as a] bird’s ‘kōng[kōng]’ [i.e. 空空 (squawking)]?
[Note: ‘即’ also means ‘existence’. Those who misunderstand the squeak (即/唧) represents those who speak of existence (有), but do not understand the principle of Wonderful Existence (妙有) to be the same as True Emptiness (真空).
‘空’ also means ‘emptiness’. Those who misunderstand the squawk (空) represents those who speak of emptiness (空), but do not understand the principle of True Emptiness (真空) to be the same as Wonderful Existence (妙有).
They are thus attached to the Buddha’s physical Pure Land to only be empty, and their mind-only Pure Land (唯心净土) to only exist, not realising they are connected as above.
Likewise, there should not be attachment to the Buddha’s physical Pure Land to only exist, and the mind-only Pure Land to only be empty, also because they are connected as above.]
初依报妙竟。
[The] first Circumstantial Rewards’ Wonders [are] complete.
– 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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《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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