净土之种种三十七道品
[30] The Thirty-Seven Path Grades’ Variations In Pure Land
藏道品名半字法门，净土浊轻，似不必用，为小种先熟者或暂用之；
[The] Tripiṭaka [Teaching’s] path’s grades [are] named [as the] Half Character Dharma Door. [With the] Pure Land’s defilements light, [they are] as if not needed [for] use, [only] for those [of the] Small [Vehicle’s] seed first maturing perhaps temporarily using it.
[Note 1: The Great Vehicle’s path grades are in contrast named as the Full Character Dharma Door (满字法门).]
通道品名大乘初门，三乘共禀，同居净土多说之；
[The] Common [Teaching’s] path grades [are] named [as the] Great Vehicle’s First Door, [that the] Three Vehicles [are] together endowed, [in the] Together Dwelling Pure Land mostly speaking it.
别道品名独菩萨法，同居、方便净土多说之；
[The] Separate [Teaching’s] path grades [are] named [as] Solely Bodhisattvas’ Dharma, [in the] Together Dwelling [and] Skilful Means’ Pure Lands mostly speaking it.
圆道品名无上佛法，有利根者，于四净土皆得闻也。
[The] Complete [Teaching’s] path grades [are] named [as the] Unsurpassable Buddha’s Dharma, [with] those [who] have sharp roots in [the] four pure lands all attain hearing [of it].
「如是等法」者，等前念处、正勤、如意足，等余四摄、六度、十力、无畏，无量法门也。
Those ‘such [and] other Dharma [teachings]’, [are the] other previous [Four] Mindfulness Foundations, Right Diligence [i.e. Four Right Efforts], As Wished Bases, [and the] others remaining, [the] Four Gathering [Methods], Six Perfections, Ten Powers, [Four] Fearlessnesses [and] immeasurable Dharma Doors.
[Note 2:
Four Gathering Methods (四摄法):
(1) (With) Generosity gathering (布施摄)
(2) (With) Loving speech gathering (爱语摄)
(3) (With) Beneficial practices gathering (利行摄)
(4) (With doing of) Same matters gathering (同事摄)
Six Perfections (六度):
(1) Generosity (布施)
(2) Upholding Precepts (持戒)
(3) Patience (忍辱)
(4) Diligence (精进)
(5) Meditative Concentration (禅定)
(6) Wisdom (智慧)
See two Related Articles below, on how wholehearted mindfulness of the Buddha’s name (一心念佛) practises all the Six Perfections at the same time.
Ten Powers (十力):
(1) Knowledge (of) right aspects (and) wrong aspects’ wisdom’s power (知是处非处智力); Right aspects (and) wrong aspects’ power (是处非处力)
(2) Knowledge (of) past, present (and) future karmic rewards (and) retributions’ wisdom’s power (知过现未来业报智力); Different ripening’s wisdom’s power (异熟智力); Karma power (业力)
(3) Knowledge (of) all concentrations, liberations (and) samādhis’ wisdom’s power (知诸禅解脱三昧智力); Concentrations’ wisdom’s power (定智力); Concentration power (定力)
(4) Knowledge (of) all roots’ superiorities (and) inferiorities’ wisdom’s power (知诸根胜劣智力); Root power (根力)
(5) Knowledge (of) all kinds (of) liberations’ wisdom’s power (知种种解智力); All kinds (of) desires’ wisdom’s power (种种欲智力); Desire power (欲力)
(6) Knowledge (of) all kinds (of) realms’ wisdom power (知种种界智力); (Habitual) nature’s wisdom’s power (性智力); Nature power (性力)
(7) (Knowledge of) all reached places’ paths’ wisdom’s power (一切至处道智力); Reached places’ paths’ power (至处道力)
(8) Knowledge (of) past lives without outflows’ wisdom’s power (知宿命无漏智力); Past lives’ wisdom’s power (宿命智力)
(9) Knowledge (from) heavenly eye without obstructions’ wisdom’s power (知天眼无碍智力); Births (and) deaths’ wisdom’s power (生死智力); Heavenly eye power (天眼力)
(10) Knowledge (of) eternal severing (of) habitual tendencies’ wisdom power (知永断习气智力); Outflows’ exhaustion’s wisdom’s power (漏尽智力); Outflows exhaustion’s power (漏尽力)
Four Fearlessnesses (四无所畏):
(1) Fearlessness (in declaration of having attained) all-(knowing kinds of) wisdom (i.e. omniscience) (一切智无所畏); Fearlessness (in declaration of having attained Unsurpassable) Right Equal (And Right) Awakening (正等觉无畏)
(2) Fearlessness (in declaration of having) outflows exhausted (i.e. having perfect virtues) (漏尽无所畏)
(3) Fearlessness (in) speaking (of) obstacles (of the) path (to Buddhahood, for overcoming them) (i.e. having ‘maxipotence’: maximum potency) (说障道无所畏)
(4) Fearlessness (in) speaking (of the) path (to) end suffering (to attain complete liberation) (i.e. omnibenevolence) (说尽苦道无所畏)]
三十七品收法虽尽，而机缘不等，作种种开合，名义不同。
[The] thirty-seven grades’ gathered Dharma [Doors], although [are] complete, yet [with] capacities [and] conditions not equal, [there is] creating [of] all kinds, [to] open [and] close [them, with] names not [the] same.
– 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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莲池大师：念佛如何圆修六度？
Great Master Liánchí: How Buddha Mindfulness Completes The Six Perfections (1)
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Great Master Ǒuyì: How Buddha Mindfulness Completes The Six Perfections (2)
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