念佛如服阿伽陀药
[70] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha [Is] Like Taking Āgada Medicine
念佛修持，如服药然。
[With] mindfulness [of the] Buddha[‘s name (Āmítuófó) for] practice, [this is] like taking medicine thus.
能明教理，如备知病源、药性、脉理，再能服药，所谓自利利他，善莫大焉。
[If] able [to] understand [the] teachings’ principles, like gathering knowledge [of] sicknesses’ causes, medicinal properties [and] pulse’s status, then able [to] take [the] medicine, [to have] so-called self-benefitting [and] benefitting [of] others, [of] good, nothing [is] greater [than] this.
若不能如是，但肯服先代所制之阿伽陀药，亦可愈病。亦可以此药，令一切人服以愈病。
If not able [to do] thus, only willing [to] take [what in] previous times, that formulated Āgada medicine, [this] likewise can heal sicknesses. Likewise can this medicine, enable all people taking [it, to be] with healing [from] sicknesses.
只取愈病，固不必以未知病源、药性、脉理为憾也。
Only obtaining [the medicine to] heal sicknesses, certainly not needing [to be] with yet [to] know sicknesses’ causes, medicinal properties [and] pulse status as regret.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（续编）：复念佛居士书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Second Compilation): Reply Letter [To] Layperson [With] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第七十则）：三、示修持方法：甲、示念佛方法（第十八则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (70th Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: First, Guidance [On] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha’s Methods (18th Short Section)
[Ref: #70 / 3.1.18]
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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