多闻净土，多生欢喜，多加正行，必定生西
[With] More Hearing [Of The] Pure Land [Teachings], More Giving Rise [Of] Joy, [And] More Right Practice, [Is] Definite Birth [In The] Western [Pure Land]
若不乐信行者，如《清净觉经》云 ：「若有人闻说净土法门，闻如不闻，见如不见，当知此等，始从三恶道来，罪障未尽，为此无信向耳。佛言：『我说此人未可得解脱也。』」
If [there are] those [who do] not [have] joyful faith [and] practice, [they are] like [those the] Pure Awakening Sūtra says, ‘If [there] are people [who] hear what was spoken [on the] Pure Land Dharma Door, [with] hearing [it] like not hearing [it, with] seeing [it] like not seeing [it, it] should [be] known [that] this kind [of persons, have just] begun [to], from [the] three evil paths come, [with] transgressive obstacles yet [to be] exhausted, for this [teaching] without Faith’s direction. [The] Buddha says, “I say these persons [are] yet [to be] able [to] attain liberation.”‘
此经又云：「若人闻说净土法门，闻即悲喜交流，身毛为竖者，当知此人，过去已曾修习此法，今得重闻，即生欢喜，正念修行，必得生也。」
This sūtra also says, ‘If [there are] those persons [who] hear what was spoken [on the] Pure Land Dharma Door, [with] hearing [of it] immediately [with] sorrow [and] joy exchanging, [with] body hair for [this] standing, [it] should [be] known [that] these persons, [in the] past, [have] already previously cultivated this Dharma, now attaining repeated hearing [of it], immediately giving rise [to] joy, [with] right mindfulness cultivating practice, definitely attaining birth [in the Pure Land] too.’
净土宗二祖善导大师
《观经四贴疏》
Pure Land Tradition’s 2nd Patriarch Great Master Shàndǎo
(Commentary On The Contemplation Sūtra In Four Fascicles)
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
