
末世钝根,诚难得益。
[As this Dharma-]Ending Age’s [sentient beings are with] dull roots, [they are] truly difficult [to] attain [the Dharma’s] benefits.
求其文简义丰,词约理富,三根普被,九界同遵,下手易而成功高,用力少而得效速,笃修一行,圆成万德,顿令因心,即契果觉者,其唯佛说阿弥陀经欤。
Seeking that [with] text simple [and] meanings abundant, phrases brief [and] principles rich, [with the] three roots universally covered, [that the] nine realms [can] together follow, [with] starting [of practice] easy, yet [with] success high, [with] exerting [of] efforts little, yet [with] attaining [of] results fast, [it is with] sincere cultivating [of the] one practice [of mindfulness of Āmítuófó], that completely accomplishes [the] ten thousand virtues. Suddenly enabling [the] causal [ground’s] mind, [to] immediately correspond [with the] fruit [ground’s] awakening, it [is] only [with the] ‘Sūtra [In Which The] Buddha Speaks [Of] Amitā[bha Buddha]’.
良由一闻依正庄严,上善俱会,则真信生而切愿发,有若决江河而莫御之势焉。
Verily, due [to] once hearing [about the Pure Land’s] circumstantial [and] direct adornments, [with those of] superior goodness together meeting [there], then [with] true Faith arising and sincere Aspiration given rise, [these] have [the] power of [that] like breached streams [and] rivers, [that] cannot [be] resisted then.
从兹拳拳服膺,执持万德洪名,念兹在兹,以至一心不乱。
From now [on], sincerely bearing [it] in mind, firmly uphold [the] great name [of] ten thousand virtues. [Be] mindful [of] this in [the here and] now [i.e. from thought to thought not forgetting it], with [this] reach wholeheartedness without [being] scattered.
能如是,则现生已预圣流,临终随佛往生,开佛知见,同佛受用。
Able [to do] thus, then [in this] present life already [in] advance [entering the] noble stream, [when] approaching [life’s] end, following [the] Buddha [to be] reborn [in his Pure Land], open [to the] Buddha’s knowing [and] seeing, [to be] similar [to the] Buddha [in] receiving [his] benefits.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
(重刻佛说阿弥陀经序)
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
(Preface [For] Re-carving [Of The] Sūtra [In Which The] Buddha Speaks [Of] Amitā[bha Buddha])
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
相关经典
Related Sūtra:
《佛说阿弥陀经》
The Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of Amitā Buddha (Amitābha Sūtra)
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