普劝修持四
[4] Fourth Universal Encouragement [Of] Practice
【此世界中…】
[Within This World…]
此世界中，人生皆如水泡，生灭不常。或一岁二岁，或一十二十，幸而至四十五十，亦难矣。虽有至七十者，古来犹稀。人只见眼前老者，不思不待老而去者多矣。
Within this world, human lives [are] all like water bubbles, [with] arising [and] ceasing not constant. Perhaps [for] one year [or] two years, perhaps [for] ten [or] twenty, [with those] fortunate then reaching forty [or] fifty, [this is] likewise difficult. Although having those reaching seventy, since ancient [times, they are] also rare. People only see those old before [their] eyes, not considering [that those] not waiting [to be] old then leaving [are] many.
况世间无非是苦，但不思省，故不觉知。不称意时，固为苦矣；如或称意，亦无多时。父母、妻儿、姻亲、眷属，或疾病死亡，或杀伤离散，或自己大限忽然而至，平生罪恶岂得全无？
Moreover, [the] world [is] without [that which] is not suffering, only [with] not considering [and] reflecting, thus not aware [of this]. When not matching [that] desired, [this is] definitely as suffering. If perhaps matching [that] desired, likewise without [that for a] long time. Fathers [and] mothers, wives [and] children, in-laws [and] family members, [are] perhaps [with] sickness [and] death, perhaps [by being] killed [and] injured, departed [and] separated. Perhaps [with] one’s great limit suddenly then reached. Throughout life [with] transgressions [and] evils, how [can one] be] completely without [them]?
且以目前言之，起一不正念，说一不正语，视一不正色，听一不正声，为一不正事，无非过恶。况所食者众生之肉，所衣者亦杀众生而得？
Moreover, with [the] present speaking of [this], giving rise [to] one unrighteous thought, speaking one unrighteous word, seeing one unrighteous form, hearing one unrighteous sound, doing one unrighteous matter, [one is] without [that] not [with] faults [and] evils. Moreover, [of] those [who] eat [the] meat of sentient beings, [with] that worn, likewise [with] killing [of] sentient beings then attained?
又况所有过恶不止于食肉衣丝。不思则已，思之诚可畏也。自少至老，自生至死，积累既多，缠绵坚固，无由解脱。闭眼之后，不免随业缘去，杳杳冥冥，知在何处？
Also, moreover, all faults [and] evils [are] not limited to eating meat [and] wearing silk. Not considering [them], then already [so], considering [them], then indeed dreadful too. From young until old, from birth until death, [with] accumulating [of them] since much, [that] linger firmly, [they are] without cause [for] liberation. After closing [their] eyes, unavoidably following karmic conditions going, [to where] distant [and] dim, [not] knowing at what place.
或坠地狱，受诸极苦；或为畜生，受人宰杀；或生饿鬼，饥火烧身；或入修罗，瞋恨所迫。虽有善业，得生天上人间，受尽福报，依旧轮回，漂流汩没，无有出期。
Perhaps falling [into] hell, receiving all [kinds of] extreme suffering. Perhaps as animals, receiving humans’ slaughtering. Perhaps born [as] hungry ghosts, [with] hunger’s fire burning [their] bodies. Perhaps entering [the] asura [realm], by anger [and] hatred compelled. Although having good karma, attaining birth [in the] heavens above [and in the] human world, [having] completely received [their] blessed rewards, as before reborn, drifting [and] flowing, confused [and] sunken, without having exit dates.
唯有西方净土，最为超脱轮回之捷径。色身难得，趁康健时办此大事。
Only having [the] Western Pure Land, as [the] most [supreme] shortcut of transcending [and] liberating [from] rebirth. [With this] physical body difficult [to] attain, taking advantage [of] when healthy, accomplish this great matter.
当常作念云：「吾曾自无始以来轮回六道，不曾知此法门，故不得出离。今日知之，岂可不即时下手？」
[You] should constantly have [this] thought, saying, ‘I once, from beginninglessness since, [have been] reborn [in the] six paths, not previously knowing this Dharma door, thus not attaining transcendence. Today knowing this, how can [I] not immediately start [practice]?’
年高者固当勉力，年少者亦不可因循。命终径生极乐世界，回视死入阴府，见阎王受恐怖者，不可同年而语矣。
[For] those old, [they] should certainly exert efforts, [and] those young likewise cannot waste time. [At] life’s end directly born [in the] Land [Of] Ultimate Bliss, looking back [at] those [after] death entering [the] nether world, seeing King Yama [and] feeling fear, [they] cannot [be in the] same year then spoken.
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