【六生偈】
[Verse On Six Births]
顶圣眼天生，
人心饿鬼腹，
畜生膝盖离，
地狱脚板出。
From the crown to be sages and from the eyes to be heavenly beings born, to be humans from the heart and hungry ghosts from the belly, to be animals from the kneecaps they depart, to be hell-beings from soles of the feet they exit.
【不可探之】
[Must Not Explore]
果然大家至诚助念，自可直下往生西方。切不可屡屡探之。以致神识未离，因此或有刺激，心生烦痛，致不得往生。此之罪过，实为无量无边。
If everyone, with utmost sincerity, practises support-chanting, the dying person can naturally and straightaway be reborn in the Western Pure Land. You must not time and again explore [for the last warm area]. As a result, the consciousness yet to depart, due to this, might become upset. With the mind giving rise to afflictions and pain, this causes rebirth in Pure Land not to be attained. Such transgressions and misgivings, in reality, are immeasurable and boundless.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
《临终三大要》
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
(The Three Great Essentials When Approaching Death)
亡时偈
Verses [For] When Deceased
勿哭或触动，
开示助念佛，
三至八小时，
才拉顶上发。
Not crying, touching or moving [the body, offer] guidance [and] support-chanting [of the] Buddha’s [name, for] three to eight [or more] hours, then tug [the] hair above [the] crown.
若顶无头发，
即可拍打处，
力道不大小，
三次后为止。
If [the] crown [is] without head hair, then can [there be] tapping [of the] area, [with] strength not [too] great [or] little, after three times stopping.
轻更衣净身，
摸时头到脚，
先触上半身，
后动下半身。
Gently change [the] clothes [and] clean [the] body, when touching, [from the] head [to the] feet, first moving [the] body’s upper half, later moving [the] body’s lower half.
念佛不可断，
勿乱探冷热，
以免受刺激，
生嗔不生西。
[With] reciting [of the] Buddha’s [name that] must not [be] stopped, [do] not chaotically examine [for] coldness [and] warmth, to avoid receiving [of] irritation, giving rise [to] anger, [to] not [be] born [in the] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss].
热处偈
Verses [On] Warm Area
体虽有热处，
识不定已离。
神识可将出，
或往上下移。
[The deceased’s] body although having [a] warm area, [it is] not definite [that the] consciousness [has] already departed. [The] consciousness might [be] about [to] exit, or [is] towards [the] above [or] below [of the body] moving.
热气下至上，
为超升之相。
热气上至下，
为堕落之相。
[The] warmth, [if from the] below reaching [the] above, [is] as [a] sign of rise [to a] higher [rebirth. The] warmth, [if from the] above reaching [the] below, [is] as [a] sign of fall [to a] lower [rebirth].
若因缘具足，
续开示助念。
直到需触动，
先拉顶上发。
If causes [and] conditions [are] all present, continue [to offer] guidance [and] support-chanting. Until [there is] need [to] touch [and] move [the body], first tug [the] hair above [the] crown.
神识若未离，
此拉为刺激。
以期从顶出，
速生极乐国。
[The] consciousness if yet [to] depart, this tugging [is] for stimulation. With hope [that it] from [the] crown exits, [to] quickly [be] born [in the] Land [Of] Ultimate Bliss.
相关教理
Related Teaching:
《临终三大要》第三大要
The Three Great Essentials When Approaching Death: The Third Great Essential
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