想将堕地狱，念佛心自归一
[97] Contemplate [Being] About [To] Fall [Into The] Hells, [For] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha [And The] Mind [To] Naturally Return [To Be] One
念佛心不归一，由于生死心不切。
[If] mindfulness [of the] Buddha [and the] mind [do] not return [to be] one, [this is] due [to the] mind [of seeking liberation from the cycle of] birth [and] death not [being] earnest.
若作将被水冲火烧，无所救援之想，及将死、将堕地狱之想，则心自归一，无须另求妙法。
If having [the] contemplation of [being] about [to be] by water washed [away and by] fire burnt, without that [for] rescue, and [the] contemplation of [being] about [to] die, [and] about [to] fall [into the] hells, then [will the] mind naturally return [to be] one, without need [to] seek another wonderful method.
故经中屡云：「思地狱苦，发菩提心。」此大觉世尊最切要之开示，惜人不肯真实思想耳。
Thus [do the] sūtras within frequently say, ‘Contemplate [the] hells’ suffering, [to] give rise [to the] Bodhi Mind.’ This [is the] Great Awakened World-Honoured [One’s] most essential of teachings, [but it is a] pity [that] people [are] not willing [to] truly contemplate [and] think [about it].
地狱之苦，比水火之惨，深无量无边倍。而想水冲火烧则悚然，想地狱则泛然者。
[The] suffering of [the] hells, compared [with the] tragedies of waters [and] fires, [is] deeper [by] immeasurably boundless times. Yet, [when] contemplating [by] water washed [away and by] fire burnt, [they are] then terrified, [when] contemplating hell, [they are] then careless.
一则心力小，不能详悉其苦事。一则亲眼见，不觉毛骨悚然耳。
[On the] one hand, [due to their] minds’ power [being] little, [they are] not able [to] detailedly [know] all [of] its suffering matters. [On the] other hand, [once] personally [with their] eyes seeing [them, they are] unconsciously [with] hair standing [and] backbones chilling [with terror].
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》（正编）：致包师贤书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Reply To Bāo Shīxián;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第九十七则）：三、示修持方法：丙、明对治习气（第四则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (97th Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: Third, Clear Remedies [For] Habitual Tendencies (4th Short Section)
[Ref: #97 / 3.3.4]
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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