最后劝发菩提心
[v] Final Encouragement [For] Giving Rise [To The] Bodhi Mind
甲三、结论（流通分）
A3: Conclusion [Of] Treatise (Transmission Section)
—————————┌ 乙一、躬自反省
甲三、结论 (流通分) ┤ 乙二、普劝大众
—————————│ 乙三、苦乐相校
—————————└ 乙四、至再叮咛
乙一、躬自反省
B1: Personal Self-Reflections
如是十缘备识，八法周知，则趣向有门，开发有地。
Thus [with the] ten [causes and] conditions completely understood, [and the] eight Dharma [teachings] well known, then [will our] inclination have [a] door, [and] development have ground.
相与得此人身，居于华夏，六根无恙，四大轻安，具有信心，幸无魔障。
[With] one another [having] attained this human body, residing in Huáxià [i.e. China, where the Buddha’s Dharma can be learnt well], [with our] six roots without sickness, [with our] four great [elements of the body] tranquil, complete with [the] faithful mind, [we are] fortunately without demonic obstacles.
况今我等又得出家，又受具戒，又遇道场，又闻佛法，又瞻舍利，又修忏法，又值善友，又具胜缘，不于今日发此大心，更待何日？
Moreover, now, myself [and] others also attained leaving [of the] household [life], also [having] received [the] Complete Precepts, also encountering [this] place [for realising the] path, also hearing [the] Buddha’s Dharma, also gazing reverently [at the Buddha’s] śarīra, also cultivating [the] repentance Dharma, also encountering good-[knowing] friends, also complete [with such] supreme conditions, [if] not today giving rise [to] this great [Bodhi] Mind, which day [are we] further waiting [for]?
乙二、普劝大众
B2: Universal Exhortation [For The] Great Assembly
唯愿大众，愍我愚诚，怜我苦志，同立此愿，同发是心，未发者今发，已发者增长，已增长者今令相续。
[I] only wish [that this] great assembly sympathise [with] my foolish sincerity, [and have] pity [on] my painstaking [efforts and] aspiration. [May we] together establish these vows, [and] together give rise [to] this [Bodhi] Mind. [May] those yet [to] give rise now give rise [to it], those already given rise grow [it, and] those already growing now enable [it to] continue successively.
勿畏难而退怯，勿视易而轻浮。勿欲速而不久长，勿懈怠而无勇猛。勿委靡而不振起，勿因循而更期待。勿因愚钝而一向无心，勿以根浅而自鄙无分。
Do not fear difficulties and retreat [in] fear. Do not regard [this as] easy and [be] frivolous. Do not desire swift [progress] and not [persevere for] long. Do not [be] lazy and without boldness [and] power. Do not [be] dispirited and not rise [with] vigour. Do not continue former habits and further hope [and] wait [for later]. Do not because [of] foolishness [and] dullness, then all along [be] without [the Bodhi] Mind. Do not with roots shallow, then [feel yourself to be] lowly and without [your] part [in Buddhahood].
譬诸种树，种久则根浅而日深；又如磨刀，磨久则刀钝而成利。岂可因浅勿种，任其自枯；因钝弗磨，置之无用？
For example, all kinds [of] trees, planted [for a] long [time already], then [will their] roots shallow, then [with the] days deepen. Also, like sharpening knives, sharpened [for] long, then [will] knives dull then become sharp. How can [we], because [of] shallowness, not plant [trees, and] allow them [to] naturally wither, because [of] dullness, not sharpen [knives, and] set them aside [as] useless?
乙三、苦乐相校
B3: [With] Suffering [And] Bliss Compared [With] Each Other
又若以修行为苦，则不知懈怠尤苦。修行则勤劳暂时，安乐永劫；懈怠则偷安一世，受苦多生。
Moreover, if with cultivating [of] practices as suffering, [this is] then not knowing [that] laziness [will] especially [cause] suffering. Cultivating [of] practices, [is] then [with] diligent toil [for a] brief period, [leading to] peace [and] bliss [for] eternal kalpas. [With] laziness, then ‘stealing’ ease [for this] one [present] life, [then] receiving suffering [for] many [future] lives.
乙四、至再叮咛
B4: Sincere Repeated Instructions
况乎以净土为舟航，则何愁退转？又得无生为忍力，则何虑艰难？
Moreover, with [the] Pure Land as [our] ship, why then worry [about] retrogression? Also [having] attained non-birth as forbearance’s power, why then [be] anxious [about] difficulties?
当知地狱罪人，尚发菩提于往劫；岂可人伦佛子，不立大愿于今生？
[We] should know [that some] hell-beings [with] transgressions, also gave rise [to the] Bodhi [Mind] in past kalpas. How can [we, as] human Buddhist disciples, not establish great vows in this life [then]?
无始昏迷，往者既不可谏；而今觉悟，将来犹尚可追。
[With] beginningless confusion, those [in the] past already cannot [be] admonished. Yet, now aware, [for the] future, [we] can still [make] amends.
然迷而未悟，固可哀怜；苟知而不行，尤为痛惜。
However, confused [and] yet [to be] awakened, [this is] certainly pitiable. If knowing [this], yet not practising, [this is] especially painful [and] regrettable.
若惧地狱之苦，则精进自生；若念无常之速，则懈怠不起。
If fearing suffering of [the] hells, then [will] diligence naturally arise. If mindful [of the] swiftness of impermanence, then [will] laziness not arise.
又须以佛法为鞭策，善友为提携，造次弗离，终身依赖，则无退失之虞矣。
Moreover, [we] must [be] with [the] Buddha’s Dharma as [our] whip [to spur us on, and be with] good[-knowing] friends for guiding [and] supporting [us. In] rashness, not leaving [them, with] lifelong depending [on them], then [will we be] without worry of retrogression [or] loss [of the Bodhi Mind].
勿言一念轻微，勿谓虚愿无益。心真则事实，愿广则行深。虚空非大，心王为大；金刚非坚，愿力最坚。
Do not say [that] one thought [is of] slight [significance]. Do not speak [of] vows [being] empty [and] without benefit. [With our] minds true, then [will our] practices [be] realised. [With our] vows vast, then [will our] practices [be] profound [i.e. deep]. Empty space [is] not great, [while the] mind’s king is great. Vajra [is] not firm, [while] vows’ power [is the] most firm.
大众诚能不弃我语，则菩提眷属从而联姻，莲社宗盟自今缔好。
[May this] great assembly truly [be] able [to] not abandon my words. Then [will] Bodhi [and] family members thus [be] related by marriage, [and] lotus societies [be] clans [for] pledging [fellowship], from now on, connecting well [with one another].
所愿同生净土，同见弥陀，同化众生，同成正觉，则安知未来三十二相、百福庄严，不从今日发心立愿而始也？
[With] that vowed [to] together [be] born [in] Pure Land, together see [A]mitā[bha Buddha [i.e. Āmítuófó], together transform sentient beings, [and] together accomplish Right Awakening, how then do [we] know [that our] future thirty-two forms [and] hundred blessings’ adornments, [do] not from today’s giving rise [to the Bodhi] Mind [to] establish vows, then begins [to form]?
愿与大众共勉之。幸甚幸甚！
[I] hope, together with [this] great assembly, [we can] encourage one another [on] this. [How] very fortunate [we are, how] very fortunate!
净土宗十一祖省庵大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 11th Patriarch Great Master Xǐng’ān
《劝发菩提心文》
Essay [On] Exhortation [To] Give Rise [To The] Bodhi Mind
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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