往生净土之无上菩提心
深信发愿，
即无上菩提。…
大本《阿弥陀经》，
亦以发菩提愿为要，
正与此同。
净土宗九祖蕅益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》
Unsurpassable Bodhicitta For Rebirth In Pure Land
[With] profound [or deep] Faith giving rise [to the] Aspiration [to be born in Āmítuófó’s Pure Land, this] is unsurpassable Bodhi[citta]… [The] ‘larger [version of the] Amitā[bha] Sūtra’ [i.e. Immeasurable Life Sūtra; 无量寿经, is] likewise with giving rise [to the] Bodhi Aspiration [i.e. Bodhicitta] as essential [in its section on the Three Grades (三辈) for birth in Pure Land, which is] exactly with this, [the] same [in meaning].
Pure Land Tradition’s 9th Patriarch Great Master Ǒuyì
(Essential Explanation [Of The] Amitā[bha] Sūtra
[As] Spoken [By The] Buddha)
