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[11] Top Ten Great Causes And Conditions Giving Rise To The Pure Land Dharma Door 十大净土法门兴起之因缘

十大净土法门兴起之因缘
[11] Top Ten Great Causes [And] Conditions Giving Rise [To The] Pure Land Dharma Door

先明总者,谓如来唯为一大事因缘出现于世,则一代时教,总其大意,唯欲众生开示悟入佛之知见。

First explaining general [teachings], speaking [of the] Thus Come [One, who] only for one great matter’s cause [and] condition arose in [this] world, thus [is his] whole lifetime’s teachings, [to] sum up their great meanings, only [with the] desire [to have] sentient beings guided, [to] awaken [and] enter [the] knowing [and] seeing of [the] Buddha.

今此经者,直指众生以念佛心入佛知见故。

Now, [with] this sūtra, [it] directly points sentient beings [to be] with [the] mind [of] mindfulness [of the] Buddha, [to] enter [the] Buddha’s knowing [and] seeing thus.

别则专就此经,复有十义:

Separately thus focusing on this sūtra, moreover [has] ten meanings.

一大悲悯念末法,为作津梁故;

First, [with] great compassion sympathetically mindful [of those in this] Dharma-Ending [Age], for creating [a] bridge [to Buddhahood] thus.

二特于无量法门,出胜方便故;

Second, specially from immeasurable Dharma Doors, giving [this] supreme skilful means thus.

三激扬生死凡夫,令起欣厌故;

Third, [to] rouse [and] high-spiritedly [urge] ordinary beings [in the cycle of] births [and] deaths, [to] enable giving rise [to] joy[ful seeking of Pure Land and] revulsed [renunciation of the Sahā World] thus.

四化导二乘执空,不修净土故;

Fourth, [to] transform [and] guide [those of the] Two Vehicles [with] attachment [to] emptiness, [who do] not cultivate [for] Pure Land thus.

五勉进初心菩萨,亲近如来故;

Fifth, [to] encourage [and] persuade Bodhisattvas [with] initial aspiration, [to] be close [to] Thus Come [Ones] thus.

六尽摄利钝诸根,悉皆度脱故;

Sixth, [to] completely gather all [with] sharp [and] dull roots, [to] all [be] delivered [and] liberated thus.

七护持多障行人,不遭堕落故;

Seventh, [to] protect [and] uphold practitioners [with] many obstacles, [to] not encounter degeneration thus.

八的指即有念心,得入无念故;

Eighth, of [that] pointed [to], then having [the] mind [with] thought, [to] attain entry [into] non-thought thus.

九巧示因于往生,实悟无生故;

Ninth, [to] skilfully guide [with the] cause of rebirth, [to] truly awaken [to] non-birth thus.

十复明径路修行,径中之径故。

Tenth, [to] repeatedly explain [the] path [to] cultivate practice, [as the] path of paths within thus.

净土宗八祖莲池大师
《弥陀疏钞》

Pure Land Tradition’s 8th Patriarch Great Master Liánchí
(Commentary [On The A]mitā[bha Sūtra])

Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an

‘十大’系列
‘Top Ten’ Series:

十大各人念佛障碍
[1] Top Ten Personal Niànfó Practice Obstacles
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-personal-nianfo-practice-obstacles

引导临终者往生净土之十大障碍
[2] Top Ten Obstacles When Guiding The Dying To Reach Pure Land
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-obstacles-when-guiding-the-dying-to-reach-pure-land

十大丧礼助念挑战
[3] Top Ten Wake Support-Chanting Challenges
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-common-wake-support-chanting-challenges

十大念佛共修挑战
[4] Top Ten Niànfó Group Cultivation Challenges
https://purelanders.com/2022/11/02/top-ten-nianfo-group-cultivation-challenges

十大佛学班挑战
[5] Top Ten Buddhist Class Challenges
https://purelanders.com/2023/01/17/5-top-ten-buddhist-class-challenges

十大以弥陀圣号助念的原因
[6] Top Ten Reasons For Using Āmítuófó’s Name When Support-Chanting
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/15/6-top-ten-reasons-for-using-amituofos-name-when-support-chanting

十大对净土教理的误解
[7] Top Ten Misconceptions About The Pure Land Teachings
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/20/7-top-ten-misconceptions-about-pure-land-teachings

十大修学助念之利益
[8] Top Ten Benefits Of Practising Support-Chanting
https://purelanders.com/2017/11/25/10-reasons-to-practise-support-chanting-for-the-dying-deceased

十大念佛利益
[9A] Top Ten Benefits From Mindfulness Of Buddha
https://purelanders.com/2019/04/19/does-mindfulness-of-buddha-only-benefit-last-moments

十大念佛之今生利益
[9B] Top Ten Benefits From Mindfulness Of Buddha For This Life
https://purelanders.com/2018/07/21/ten-great-benefits-in-this-present-life-from-mindfulness-of-buddha

十大秽土与净土难易之分别(一)
[10A] Top Ten Difficulties In This Defiled Land Vs Ease In That Pure Land (1)
https://purelanders.com/2012/01/17/ten-comparisons-of-the-suffering-of-samsara-vs-the-bliss-of-pure-land

十大秽土与净土难易之分别(二)
[10B] Top Ten Difficulties In This Defiled Land Vs Ease In That Pure Land (2)
娑婆十难与净土十易
Sahā World’s Ten Difficulties And Pure Land’s Ten Easinesses
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/20/ten-great-easinesses-in-pure-land

十大净土法门兴起之因缘
[11] Top Ten Great Causes And Conditions Giving Rise To The Pure Land Dharma Door
https://purelanders.com/2020/03/05/ten-great-causes-and-conditions-giving-rise-to-the-pure-land-dharma-door

十大临终念佛障碍
[12] Top Ten Obstacles Of Mindfulness Of Buddha When Approaching Death
https://purelanders.com/2022/02/26/when-approaching-lifes-end-with-ten-matters

《净土十要》
[13] The Pure Land Tradition’s Ten Essentials
https://purelanders.com/shiyao

《净土十疑论》
[14] The Treatise On Ten Doubts About Pure Land
https://purelanders.com/shiyi

《普贤菩萨十大愿》所启发之《至心念佛偈》
[15] ‘Verses On Mindfulness Of Buddha With The Sincere Mind’ As Inspired By ‘Universal Virtue Bodhisattva’s Ten Great Vows’
https://purelanders.com/2021/11/20/verses-on-mindfulness-of-buddha-with-the-sincere-mind

《十大碍行》/《十不求行》(跋)
[16] (Afterword On) ‘Practices With Ten Great Obstacles’ Or ‘Ten Kinds Of Non-Seeking’
https://purelanders.com/shi

十念记数法与晨朝十念法
[17] The Method Of Ten Recitations With Counting & The Method Of Early Morning’s Ten Recitations
https://purelanders.com/2019/08/31/the-method-of-ten-recitations-with-counting-n-the-method-of-early-mornings-ten-recitations

十信
[18] The Ten Faiths
https://purelanders.com/2012/06/25/the-ten-faiths-%e5%8d%81%e4%bf%a1

十大阿弥陀佛如此受欢迎的原因
[19] Top Ten Reasons Why Āmítuófó is So Popular
阿弥陀佛第十七愿的意义
Significance Of Āmítuófó’s 17th Vow
https://purelanders.com/2011/12/10/top-ten-reasons-why-amituofo-is-so-popular-significance-of-the-17th-vow-of-amituofo

十大陀罗尼被(往生被)须知
[20] Top Ten Facts To Know About The Dhāraṇī (Rebirth) Blanket
https://purelanders.com/2023/02/25/top-ten-facts-to-know-about-the-dhara%e1%b9%87i-rebirth-blanket

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