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Encouraging Mindfulness Of Buddha And Showing His Image Attains Gathering Of Sentient Beings’ Bright Light 劝念佛示像,得摄生光明

劝念佛示像,得摄生光明
Encouraging Mindfulness [Of] Buddha [And] Showing [His] Image, Attains Gathering [Of] Sentient Beings’ Bright Light

又放光明名见佛,
此光觉悟将没者,
令随忆念见如来,
命终得生其净国。

Furthermore, [Bodhisattvas] emit bright light named [as] ‘Seeing [The] Buddha’, [with] this light awakening those about to die, [to] enable [them to] accordingly [have] recollection [and] mindfulness [to] see [the] Thus Come [One, at their] lives’ end, attaining birth [in] his Pure Land.

见有临终劝念佛,
又示尊像令瞻敬,
俾于佛所深归仰,
是故得成此光明。

Seeing [there] are [those] approaching [life’s] end, encouraging mindfulness [of the] Buddha[‘s name], furthermore, showing [his] honoured image [to] enable looking up [to it with] reverence, so that [they can] in [the] Buddha, [have] that profound refuge [and] reliance, therefore attaining accomplishment [of] this bright light.

贤首菩萨
Virtue Foremost Bodhisattva
《华严经》贤首品
Flower Adornment Sūtra: Virtue Foremost Chapter

因地修助念等功德,成就安乐三昧不可思议大光明。
On the causal ground cultivating support-chanting and other meritorious virtues, accomplishes Peace And Bliss Samādhi’s inconceivable great bright light.

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