在净土所念之五种三宝
[31] The Five Kinds Of Triple Gem Mindful Of In Pure Land
随所欲闻，无不演畅，故令闻者念三宝，发菩提心，伏灭烦恼也。
According [to] that desired heard, without [that] not clearly expounded, therefore enabling those hearing [to be] mindful [of the] Triple Gem, give rise [to the] Bodhi Mind, subdue [and] eliminate afflictions.
灼见慈威不可思议，故「念佛」；
[With] clear seeing [of the Buddha’s] compassion [and] majesty [that are] inconceivable, therefore ‘mindful [of the] Buddha’.
法喜入心，法味充足，故「念法」；
[With] Dharma joy entering [the] mind, [and] Dharma flavour abundant, therefore ‘mindful [of the] Dharma’.
同闻共禀，一心修证，故「念僧」。
[With that] similarly heard together endowed, wholeheartedly cultivating [and] realising, therefore ‘mindful [of the] Saṃ[gha]’.
能念即三观。
[Those] able [to be] mindful [are] thus [with the] Three Contemplations.
[Note 1:
Three Contemplations (三观者):
(1) Emptiness Contemplation (空观)
(2) (Provisional) False(ly Named) Contemplation (假观)
(3) Middle [Path’s] Contemplation (中观)]
所念三宝，有别相、一体及四教意义、 三谛权实之不同。
That mindful [of] Triple Gem, has Separate Forms, One Body and Four Teachings’ meanings, [with the] Three Truths, Skilful Means [and the Ultimately] True, that [are] not [the] same.
[Note 2:
Separate Forms’ Triple Gem (别相三宝):
(1) Buddha Gem (佛宝): Three Dharma, Reward And Manifestation Bodies (法报化三身)
(2) Dharma Gem (法宝): Teachings, Practices, Principles And Fruits (教行理果)
(3) Saṃgha Gem (僧宝): Three Vehicles’ Noble And Virtuous Ones (三乘圣贤)
One Body’s Triple Gem (一体三宝):
The Triple Gem’s true Essential Nature (真实体性):
(1) Buddha Gem (佛宝): One’s own mind’s wisdom with originally possessed awakening and illumination (自心本具觉照的智慧), that is still yet constantly illuminating (寂而常照).
(2) Dharma Gem (法宝): One’s own mind’s True Suchness’ Principles’ Essence with originally possessed still concentration (自心本具寂定的真如理体), that is illuminating yet constantly still (照而常寂).
(3) Saṃgha Gem (僧宝): Those practitioners able to contemplate (能观) wisdom with that contemplated (所念) Principles’ Essence (理体) harmoniously (和合) with stillness and illumination that are not two (寂照不二).
Four Teachings’ Buddha Gem And Dharma Gem (四教佛宝/法宝 ):
(1) Tripiṭaka Teachings (藏教): Attained Buddhahood under the Bodhi Tree (菩提树), appearing with an ascetic’s inferior (劣) Manifestation Body (应身).
(2) Common Teachings (通教): Attained Buddhahood under the Bodhi Tree with seven treasures (七宝菩提树), appearing with inferior and superior (劣胜) Manifestation Body (化身).
(3) Separate Teachings (别教): Attained Buddhahood under the Bodhi Tree with seven treasures in the Lotus Flower Treasury World (莲华藏世界), appearing with a perfect and complete (圆满) Reward Body (报身).
(4) Complete Teachings (圆教): Attained Buddhahood’s pure Dharma Body (法身) with empty space as the seat (虚空为座).
Four Teachings’ Saṃgha Gem (四教僧宝):
(1) Tripiṭaka Teachings (藏教): With Voice-Hearers (声闻) and Pratyekabuddhas (缘觉) taught and transformed (教化) directly at the front (正面), and Bodhisattvas (菩萨) brought along by the side (旁带).
(2) Common Teachings (通教): With Bodhisattvas taught and transformed directly at the front, with Voice-Hearers and Pratyekabuddhas brought along by the side.
(3) Separate Teachings (别教): With teaching and transforming of Bodhisattvas with dull roots (钝根) outside the Three Realms (界外).
(4) Complete Teachings (圆教): With teaching and transforming of Bodhisattvas with sharp roots (利根) outside the Three Realms.
Three Truths’ Triple Gem (三谛三宝):
(1) Ultimate (Absolute) Truth (真谛): Tripiṭaka Teachings (藏教) and Common Teachings (通教)
(2) Conventional (Relative) Truth (俗谛): Separate Teachings (别教)
(3) Middle (Path’s) Truth (中谛): Complete Teachings (圆教)
Skilful Means And The Ultimately True Triple Gem (权实三宝):
(1) Skilful Means’ Triple Gem (权三宝): Tripiṭaka, Common and Separate Teachings (藏通别教)
(2) Ultimately True Triple Gem (真实三宝): Complete Teachings (圆教)]
如上料简道品，应知。
As above, [the] categorically explained path grades, should [be] known.
– 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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