念佛愿往生，不灭寿取证
[75] [With] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha Aspiring [For] Rebirth, Not Destroying Lifespan [To] Obtain Realisation
念佛之人，当存即得往生之心。若未到报满，亦只可任缘。
Of people [who practise] mindfulness [of] Buddha [i.e. 阿弥陀佛: Āmítuófó], [they] should retain [the] mind of immediately [being able to] attain rebirth [in his Pure Land, at any time]. If yet [to] arrive [at when this] retribution [body has been] fulfilled, likewise [should they] only trust [their] conditions.
倘刻期欲生，若工夫成熟，则固无碍。否则只此求心，便成魔根。倘此妄念结成莫解之团，则险不可言。
If setting [a] date [with the] desire [for] birth, if skills [have] matured, then [is this] definitely without obstacles. Otherwise, [if] then only [with] this seeking mind, then becoming [a] demonic root. If these false thoughts form [and] becomes [a] mass that cannot [be] untied, then [are the] dangers unspeakable.
尽报投诚，乃吾人所应遵之道。灭寿取证，实《戒经》所深呵之言。
[At the] end [of this] retribution [body] surrendering sincerely, thus [is this the] path that we should follow. Destroying [of] lifespans [to] obtain realisation, truly [is by] words of [the] Precepts’ Sūtra that deeply reproached.
(《梵网经》后偈云：「计我着想者，不能生是法。灭寿取证者，亦非下种处。」)
([The] Brahma Net Sūtra’s epilogue [has a] verse [that] says, ‘Those [with] thoughts [of] calculation [with] self-attachment, [are] not able [to] give rise [to] these Dharma [teachings]. Those [who] destroy [their] lifespans [to] obtain realisation, [are] also not places [for] sowing [its] seeds.’)
但当尽敬尽诚求速生，不当刻期定欲即生。
[They] only should, [with] utmost reverence [and] utmost sincerity seek quick birth, [and] should not set [a] date [with the] definite desire [to] then [be] born.
但致诚致敬，以期尽报往生
[75] Only [With] Utmost Sincerity [And] Utmost Reverence, Waiting For [The] End [Of This] Retribution Body [For] Rebirth
学道之人，心不可偏执，偏执或致丧心病狂，则不唯无益，而又害之矣。
Of people [who] learn [the] path, [their] minds must not [have] partial attachment. [With] partial attachment, perhaps causing loss [of their] minds [with the] sickness [of] madness, then not only [is this] without benefits, then also [with] them harmed.
净业若熟，今日即生更好。若未熟，即欲往生，便成揠苗助长。
[For those with] pure karmas, if matured, today immediately [being] born [is] even better. If yet [to be] matured, then desiring [to be] reborn, [this] then becomes [the] pulling up [of] sprouts [to] ‘help’ [them] ‘grow.’
诚恐魔事一起，不但自己不能往生，且令无知咸退信心，谓念佛有损无益，某人即是殷鉴，则其害实非浅鲜。
Truly fearing [that if] demonic matters once arise, not only [with] oneself not able [to be] reborn, moreover causing [those] ignorant [to] perhaps retrogress [in their] faithful minds, saying mindfulness [of] Buddha has harms [and is] without benefits, [with those] certain persons thus used as references, then [is] this harm truly not slight.
祈将决定刻期之心，改作唯愿速往之心，即不速亦无所憾。但致诚致敬，以期尽报往生则可。无躁妄团结，致招魔事之祸。
[I] implore [that you], with [the] mind of definitely setting [a] date, changed [to] become [the] mind of only aspiring [for] quick rebirth, even [if] not quickly, likewise without that [of] regret. Only [with] utmost sincerity [and] utmost reverence, waiting for [the] end [of this] retribution [body], rebirth [is] then possible. Without impetuousness [and] haste forming [a] mass, leading [to the] misfortune of attracting demonic matters.
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）：大云月刊；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Third Compilation): Great Cloud Monthly Magazine;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第七十五则）：三、示修持方法：甲、示念佛方法（第二十三则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (75th Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: First, Guidance [On] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha’s Methods (23rd Short Section)
[Ref: #75 / 3.1.23]
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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