普劝修持六
[6] Sixth Universal Encouragement [Of] Practice
【下品下生者…】
[Those (Of The) Low Grade’s Low Birth…]
下品下生者，乃临终时，地狱形相已现，能至心十念南谟阿弥陀佛，则变地狱形相为莲华，亦生净土。此佛慈悲至深，威力至大，故能如此。
[As] those [of the] Low Grade’s Low Birth, then approaching [life’s] end, [with] hell’s forms already appearing, [are] able [to, with the] sincere mind [have] ten recitations [of] ‘Námó Āmítuófó’, then changing hell’s forms to be lotus flowers, [they] likewise [can be] born [in the] Pure Land. This [is because the] Buddha [has] loving-kindness [and] compassion extremely profound, [with] mighty power extremely great, thus [is it] able [to be] like this.
是所谓十念者，乃生前自十声念阿弥陀佛，非谓身后请人念也。生前自念者，临命终时，佛与菩萨自来迎接，故必生净土。身后请人念者，未可知也。
Those [with] so-called ten recitations [of the Buddha’s name], thus [are those when] living, personally [having] ten times [of] recitation [of] ‘Āmítuófó’, not speaking [of those] after death inviting people [to] recite [it. For] those [when] living, when approaching life’s end, [as the] Buddha and Bodhisattvas [will] personally come [to] welcome [and] receive [them], thus [will they] definitely [be] born [in the] Pure Land. [For] those after death inviting people [to] recite [it, this as] yet, cannot [be] known.
经云：「身后人为作功果，七分得一。生前自作者，得千百倍报。」人何苦不于生前每日十声念佛，必待死而请人念乎？
[A] sūtra says, ‘After death, [with] people for [one] creating meritorious fruits, [of] seven parts, [one] attains [only] one [part]. Those [when] living, personally creating [them], attain [a] thousand hundredfold rewards.’ Why [do] people not bother to, [when] living, [have] ten times [of] recitation [of the] Buddha[‘s name] every day [then? Why] must [they] wait [until they are] dead, then inviting people [to] recite [it]?
又云：「譬如铁石虽重，赖舟船力，可以渡江；一针虽轻，不赖舟船，江不可渡。」盖谓人有重罪，仗佛力者，可生净土；罪恶虽轻，不仗佛力，亦不得生。
Also saying, ‘For example, like iron [and] stone, although heavy, relying [on a] boat’s power, [they] can cross [a] river. One needle, although light, [if] not relying [on a] boat, [the] river cannot [be] crossed.’ Because [of this], saying [that if] people have heavy transgressions, relying [on the] Buddha’s power, [they] can [be] born [in his] Pure Land. [With] transgressions [and] evils, although light, [if] not relying [on the] Buddha’s power, [they] likewise [will] not attain birth [in his Pure Land].
又如平生为恶，一日招安，遂为良民。仗佛力而消罪恶者，亦复如是。又如虮虫，万死万生，不能一里；若附人身，千里可至。仗佛力而生净土者，亦复如是。切勿疑己有罪恶念佛而不可以往生。但起见佛得道、还度一切冤亲之心，则无不生也。
Also, like [those] throughout life doing evil, [with] one day welcoming peace, thereupon [are] as good people. Those relying [on the] Buddha’s power, then eradicating transgressions [and] evils, [are] likewise thus. Also like louse eggs’ worms, [with] ten thousand deaths [and] ten thousand births, [they are] not able [to travel] one lǐ [i.e. 500 metres]. If attached [to a] person’s body, [a] thousand lǐs [i.e. 500 kilometres] can [be] reached. Those relying [on the] Buddha’s power, then born [in his] Pure Land, [are] likewise thus. [You] must not doubt [that your]self, having transgressions [and] evils, [with] mindfulness [of] Buddha then, cannot [be] reborn [there]. Only giving rise [to the] mind of seeing [the] Buddha [and] attaining [the] path, [to] return [and] deliver all enemies [and] relatives, [this is] then without [those] not born.
或云：「人平生为恶，杀害众生，苦虐人民，临死念佛，亦得往生，其所杀所苦之众生怀冤枉之心，何时而可解乎？」
[A] question asks, ‘[If a] person throughout life doing evil, killing [and] harming sentient beings, [with] suffering oppressing people, [when] approaching death [with] mindfulness [of] Buddha, likewise attaining rebirth [in the Pure Land, of the] minds of those [s]he killed [and] those suffering sentient beings embracing injustice, when then can [they be] liberated?
答云：「生净土得道之后，皆度脱一切冤亲，岂不胜冤冤相报，彼此无出期者乎？」
[To] answer, ‘[With] birth [in the] Pure Land, after attaining [the] path, [with] all delivering [and] liberating all enemies [and] relatives, how [does this] not surpass [those with] grievance [after] grievance retaliating, [with] one another without exit dates?’
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