今括诸文略陈十意。
Now including all [of the Contemplation Sūtra’s] text, briefly stating [Śākyamuni Buddha’s] ten intentions [for teaching it].
一、为愍众生忍受众苦，无由脱故。经云：「若佛灭后，诸众生等，浊恶不善，五苦所逼」等。又云：「为未来世一切大众，欲脱苦者，说此观地法。」
First, for sympathising [with] sentient beings enduring [of] all suffering, without cause [for] liberation thus. [The] sūtra says, ‘If after [the] Buddha [enters] Parinirvāṇa, all sentient beings [and] others, [will be] defiled, evil [and] unvirtuous, [by the] Five Sufferings bothered’ [and] others. Also saying, ‘For future lives’ all great assemblies, those [who] desire [to be] liberated [from] suffering, speaking this contemplation [of] ground’s method.’
二、为愍众生为业缠缚，无由解故。如下经云：「除无量亿劫，八十亿劫生死重罪」等。
Second, for sympathising [with] sentient beings by [negative] karma bound, without cause [for] liberation thus. Like [the] below, [the] sūtra says, ‘[Mindfulness of Buddha] eradicates immeasurable koṭis [of] kalpas’; [with one thought eradicating] eighty koṭis [of] kalpas [of] births’ [and] deaths’ heavy transgressions’ [and] others.
三、为愍众生烦恼障重，不能断故。经云：「如来今者，为未来世一切众生为烦恼贼之所害者，说清净业。」
Third, for sympathising [with] sentient beings [with] afflictions’ obstacles heavy, not able [to be] severed thus. [The] sūtra says, ‘[The] Thus Come [One] now, for future lives’ all sentient beings, for those by afflictions’ thieves harmed, [will] speak [of] pure karma.’
四、为愍众生福德浅薄，受贫苦故。经云：「但想佛像，得无量福，况复观佛具足身相。」又云。「如此菩萨，但闻其名，获无量福，何况谛观。」
Fourth, for sympathising [with] sentient beings [with] blessings [and] virtues shallow [and] thin, receiving poverty [and] suffering thus. [The] sūtra says, ‘Only contemplating [the] Buddha’s image, attains immeasurable blessings, moreover [with] contemplating [of the] Buddha’s complete bodily forms.’ Also saying, ‘Thus, [of] this [Contemplator Of The World’s Sounds] Bodhisattva, only hearing his name, obtains immeasurable blessings, furthermore [if] attentively contemplating.’
五、为愍众生随邪背正，去佛远故。经云：「若念佛者… 当坐道场，生诸佛家」等。
Fifth, for sympathising [with] sentient beings [with] following [of] evil [and turning of their] back [to the] right, [to] leave [the] Buddha afar thus. [The] sūtra says, ‘If [there are] those mindful [of the] Buddha… [they] will sit [in their] bodhimaṇḍa, [by being] born [in] all Buddhas’ home’ [and] others.
六、为令众生离诸染着，住清净境界故。经云：「若念佛者，当知此人，是人中分陀利华。」
Sixth, for enabling sentient beings [to] depart [from] all [the] defiled, [to] abide [in a] pure realm thus. [The] sūtra says, ‘If [there are] those mindful [of the] Buddha, [you] should know [that] these persons, are within humans, puṇḍarīka flowers.’
七、为令众生心易得定故。经云：「应当专心系念一处，想于西方。」若不定指一方则三昧难成故。
Seventh, for enabling sentient beings’ minds [to] easily attain concentration thus. [The] sūtra says, ‘[You] should focus [your] minds [with] continual mindfulness single-pointedly, [to have] contemplation of [the] West.’ If not [with] definite pointing [to] one direction, then [with] samādhi difficult [to] accomplish thus.
八、为令见身，成就念佛三昧故。
Eighth, for enabling seeing [of the Buddha’s] body, [to] accomplish Samādhi [Of] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha thus.
九、为令见身，见无量寿佛故。
Ninth, for enabling seeing [of the Buddha’s] body, seeing Immeasurable Life Buddha thus.
十、为令众生疾成佛故。下云：「心想佛时，是心即是三十二相」等。即弥陀经云：「生彼国者，皆得不退阿耨菩提。」
Tenth, for enabling sentient beings [to] quickly accomplish Buddhahood thus. [The] below says, ‘When [the] mind [is with] thoughts [of the] Buddha, this mind is the same as [his] thirty-two forms,’ [and] others. Thus [does the A]mitā[bha] Sūtra say, ‘Those born [in] that land, all attain non-retrogression [for] Anuttarā Samyak Saṃbodhi.’
佛意幽深，凡情罔测。且用十意括示大途，则一经兴致咬如指掌矣。
[The] Buddha’s intentions [are] serene [and] profound, [that those with] ordinary feelings [and] desires [are] ignorant [of how to] measure [them]. Moreover, using [these] ten intentions, [to] include [and] show [the] great way, then [as this] one sūtra’s spirit, to understand [it] as [clearly as] pointing to the palm of the hand.
灵芝元照律师
Vinaya Master Língzhī Yuánzhào
《观无量寿佛经义疏》
(Commentary [On] Meaning [Of The] Sūtra [On] Contemplation [Of] Immeasurable Life Buddha)
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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《观无量寿佛经义疏》
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