壬二、征释略显
I2: Proof [And] Explanation [With] Summary [Of] Manifestation
【经】: 舍利弗，汝勿谓此鸟实是罪报所生。所以者何？彼佛国土无三恶道。舍利弗，其佛国土尚无恶道之名，何况有实？是诸众鸟，皆是阿弥陀佛欲令法音宣流，变化所作。
[Sūtra]: Śāriputra, you [should] not say these birds really are those [from] transgressive retribution born. Why [is] that [so]? That Buddha Land [is] without [the] three evil paths. Śāriputra, that Buddha Land [is] even without names of [the] evil paths, much less having [their] reality. [Of] all these many birds, all are Amitā Buddha, [who] desires [to] enable [the] Dharma’s sounds [to be] propagated, [with] manifestations [of] them made.
【解】: 征释可知。
[Explanation]: [The] proof [and] explanation can [be] known [here].
问：「白鹤」等非恶道名耶？
Question: [Are] ‘White Cranes’ [and the] other [birds] not evil paths’ names?
答：既非罪报，则一一名字，皆诠如来究竟功德。
Answer: Since not [from] transgressions’ retribution, thus [do] each [and every] one [of their] names, all expound [the] Thus Come [One’s] ultimate meritorious virtues.
所谓究竟「白鹤」等，无非性德美称，岂恶名哉？
[As these] so-called ultimate ‘White Cranes’ [and] others, [are] nothing but [Buddha-]Nature’s virtues’ beautiful appellations, how [can they be] evil names?
问：化作众鸟何义？
Question: [The] manifesting [to] be many birds [has] what meaning?
答：有四悉檀因缘：
Answer: [They] are [with these] Four Siddhāntas [i.e. teaching methods] [as] causes [and] conditions.
凡情喜此诸鸟，顺情而化，令欢喜故；
[1] [As] ordinary [beings] emotionally like all these birds, according [to their] emotions then transforming, [to] enable rejoice thus.
[Note 1: This is the Worldly Siddhānta (世界悉檀).]
鸟尚说法，令闻生善故；
[2] [With the] birds even speaking [the] Dharma, [to] enable listening, [to] grow good [roots] thus.
[Note 2: This is the Individual Siddhānta (为人悉檀).]
不于鸟起下劣想，对治分别心故；
[3] Not of [these] birds giving rise [to] thoughts [of them being] inferior, [to] cure [the] mind [of] differentiation thus.
[Note 3: This is the Curative Siddhānta (对治悉檀).]
鸟即弥陀，令悟法身平等，无不具、无不造故。
[4] [The] birds are the same as Āmítuófó, [to] enable awakening [to the] Dharma Body equally, without [that] not [already] possessed, without [that] not [already] created thus.
[Note 4: This is the First Principle Siddhānta (第一义悉檀).]
此中显微风、树、网等音，及一切依正假实，当体即是阿弥陀佛三身四德，毫无差别也。
These within, [of] manifested gentle breezes, trees, nets [and] other sounds, and all Circumstantial [and] Direct [Rewards] provisional [and] true, [are] at once all the same as Āmítuófó’s Three Bodies [and] Four Virtues, not [in the] least different.
– 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 notes by Shen Shi’an
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