最下净土品亦乐亦快生
[51] [The] Lowest Grade [Of] Pure Land Birth [Is] Also Blissful [And] Swift
其在花中十二大劫者,以在生罪业重而善根浅,故花开最为迟延也。
Those within [lotus] flowers [for] twelve great kalpas [in the Low Grade’s Low Birth (下品下生), which is only twelve days and nights in Āmítuófó’s (阿弥陀佛) Pure Land, are] with, when alive, transgressive karmas heavy and good roots shallow, thus [having their] flowers blossoming [with] the most delay.
[Note 1: As taught by Śākyamuni Buddha in Flower Adornment Sūtra《华严经》, ‘This Sahā World’s Śākyamuni Buddha’s land’s one kalpa, is of the Land Of Ultimate Bliss, Amitā(bha) Buddha’s land, as one day and one night.’ (此娑婆世界释迦牟尼佛刹一劫,于极乐世界阿弥陀佛刹为一日一夜。) Twelve days and nights of dwelling in Pure Land’s lotus flowers without suffering is definitely inconceivably shorter than otherwise countless kalpas of being in hell.]
然此人在花中之快乐,胜于三禅天之乐(世间之乐,三禅最为第一),又何欠憾乎哉?
However, [as the] happiness [and] bliss of these persons within [the] flowers, surpass [the] bliss of [the] third dhyāna (Of worldly bliss, [the] third dhyāna is [the] most foremost), again, how [is this] lacking [and] regretful?
[Note 2: The only ‘deficiency’ for the short while in the lotus flowers is not being able to encounter the Triple Gem.]
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》(三编):复恒惭师书;
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Third Compilation): Reply Letter [To] Master Héngcán;
印光大师文钞菁华录(第五十一则):二、诚信愿真切:丙、勉具足信愿(第十则)
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (51st Short Section): 2nd [Chapter]: Good Faith [And] Aspiration True [And] Sincere: 3rd [Sub-Chapter]: Encouragement [To Have] Complete Faith [And] Aspiration (10th Short Section)
[Ref: #51 / 2.3.10]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes 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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