一心念佛，不贪见佛
[149] [Be] Wholeheartedly Mindful [Of] Buddha, Without Greed [To] See Buddha
于未得一心前，断断不萌见佛之念。能得一心，则心与道合，心与佛合。欲见即可顿见，不见亦了无所碍。
Of [those] yet [to] before attain wholeheartedness, [they] absolutely must not sprout [the] thought of seeing [the] Buddha. [If] able [to] attain wholeheartedness, then [will the] mind with [the] path unite, [and the] mind with [the] Buddha unite. [If] desiring [to] immediately see, [then] can [there be] sudden seeing, [with] not seeing, also completely without that obstructing.
倘急欲见佛，心念纷飞，欲见佛之念，固结胸襟，便成修行大病。
If hastily desiring [to] see [the] Buddha, [the] mind’s thoughts [will] flutter about. [With the] thought of desiring [to] see [the] Buddha, firmly forming [a] ‘vision’ [i.e. hallucination or illusion], [this] then becomes cultivation’s great sickness.
久之，则多生怨家，乘此躁妄情想，现作佛身，企报宿怨。
[After] a long time, then [with] many giving rise [to karmic creditor] enemies, [who] ride [on] these impetuous [and] hasty feelings [and] thoughts, [to] appear as [the] ‘Buddha’s body’, hoping [to have] revenge [for] past grudges.
自己心无正见，全体是魔气分，一见便生欢喜。从兹魔入心腑，着魔发狂。虽有活佛，亦末如之何矣。
[With] one’s mind without right views, [this] entirely is [of] demonic bearing. Once seeing [the fake ‘Buddha’], then giving rise [to] joy. From this, [with the] demonic entering [the] heart, becoming possessed [and] going mad. Even [if] having [a] living Buddha, [he] also [will] not [know] what to [be] done.
但能一心，何须预计见佛与否？一心之后，自知臧否。
Only [needing to be] able [to be] wholehearted, why [is there] need [to] in advance plan [to] see [the] Buddha or not? [When] wholehearted after, [this will be] personally known [to be] good [or] not.
不见固能工夫上进，即见更加息心专修。断无误会之咎，唯有胜进之益。世间不明理人，稍有修持，便怀越分期望。
[If] not seeing, [this is] certainly able [to motivate] skills [to] make progress. Even if seeing, [there should be] even more ceasing [of distracting] thoughts [for] focused cultivation. [This will] absolutely [be] without [the] mistake of misunderstanding, only having benefits of superior diligence. [The] world’s people [who do] not understand [these] principles, [when] slightly having practice, then embrace expectations [that] exceed [their] parts.
譬如磨镜，尘垢若尽，决定光明呈露，照天照地。若不致力于磨，而但望发光。全体垢秽，若有光生，乃属妖光，非镜光也。
For example, like polishing [a] mirror, [with the] dirt, if completely [cleared], definitely [will] bright light [be] revealed, [that] illuminates [the] sky [and] illuminates [the] earth. If not devoting efforts to polishing, then only hoping [it will] emit light, [with it] entirely [by] dirt defiled, if [there] is light arising, [it] thus belongs [to] demonic light, not [being the] mirror’s light.
光恐汝不善用心，或致自失善利，退人信心，是以补书所以耳。
[Yìn]guāng [印光] fears [that] you [might] not [be] good at [being] wholehearted, perhaps leading [to] personal losing [of the] good benefits [of mindfulness of Buddha, and] retrogressing [of] others’ faithful minds, therefore supplementing [this] letter so.
永明云：「但得见弥陀，何愁不开悟？」今例其词曰：「但期心不乱，不计见不见。」知此当能致力于心与佛合之道矣。
[The Pure Land Tradition’s Sixth Patriarch Great Master] Yǒngmíng [净土宗六祖永明大师] said, ‘Only attaining sight [of] [A]mitā[bha Buddha] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], why worry [about] not awakening?’ Now preceding those words, saying, ‘Only hoping [the] mind [to] not [be] scattered, not planning [to] see [or] not see.’ Knowing this, [you] should [be] able [to] devote [your] efforts to [the] path of uniting [your] mind with [the] Buddha.
[Note: The verse is from ‘Chán And Pure Land’s Fourfold Explanations’ 《禅净四料简》: https://purelanders.com/2009/12/15/brief-on-four-categories.]
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（正编）：复周群铮书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Reply Letter [To] Zhōu Qúnzhēng;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第一百四十九则）：三、示修持方法：戊、评修持各法（第十二则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (149th Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: Fifth, Reviews [On] Practices’ Each Method (12th Short Section)
[Ref: #149 / 3.5.12]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and note by Shen Shi’an
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