【第五观：八功德水想】
[05] [The Fifth Contemplation: Eight Meritorious Water’s Contemplation]
次当想水。欲想水者，极乐国土，有八池水。一一池水，七宝所成。其宝柔软，从如意珠王生，分为十四支。一一支，作七宝妙色。
Next [that] should [be] contemplated [is] water. [For] those desiring [to] contemplate [the] water, [the] Land [Of] Ultimate Bliss has eight [meritorious virtues’] ponds’ water. Each [and every] one pond’s water, [is with] seven treasures, [by] those composed. These treasures [are] gentle [and] soft, from [the] wish-fulfilling gem king produced, dividing as fourteen branches. Each [and every] one branch, [is] made [of the] seven treasures’ wonderful colours.
黄金为渠，渠下皆以杂色金刚，以为底沙。一一水中，有六十亿七宝莲华。一一莲华，团圆正等十二由旬。
[With] yellow-gold as channels, [the] channels below [are] all with various colours’ vajra, with [them] as [their] bottoms’ sands. Each [and every] one [of the] waters within, has sixty koṭis [of] seven treasures’ lotus flowers. Each [and every] one lotus flower, [is] completely round, exactly equal [to] twelve yojanas [across].
其摩尼水，流注华间，寻树上下。其声微妙，演说苦、空、无常、无我、诸波罗蜜。复有赞叹诸佛相好者。
That maṇi’s water flows [and] pours into [the] flowers between, following [the] trees [to their] above [and] below. Its sounds [are] subtle [and] wonderful, expounding [on] suffering, emptiness, impermanence, non-self [and] all pāramitās. Moreover, having those [with] high praises [of] all Buddhas’ forms’ excellences.
如意珠王，涌出金色，微妙光明。其光化为百宝色鸟，和鸣哀雅，常赞念佛、念法、念僧。是为八功德水想，名第五观。
[The] wish-fulfilling gem king, wells [up to] emit golden coloured, subtle [and] wonderful bright light. This light transforms [to] be [a] hundred treasures’ colours’ birds, [with] harmonious singing, moving [and] elegant, constantly praising mindfulness [of] Buddha, mindfulness [of] Dharma [and] mindfulness [of] Saṃgha. [This] is [known] as Eight Meritorious Water’s Contemplation, named [the] Fifth Contemplation.
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【第四观：树想】
[The Fourth Contemplation: Trees’ Contemplation]
https://purelanders.com/2020/05/23/04-the-fourth-contemplation-trees-contemplation-of-contemplation-sutra
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【第六观：总观想】
[The Sixth Contemplation: Overall Contemplation]
https://purelanders.com/2020/05/23/06-the-sixth-contemplation-overall-contemplation-of-contemplation-sutra
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