阿罗汉说
[13] Arhats’ Instructions
佛言：「阿罗汉虽能受天人供，而福及人也劣。假使有人百年供养四天下阿罗汉，不如发菩萨心，一日供养佛。」
[The] Buddha said, ‘Arhats, although able [to] receive heavenly beings’ offerings, yet [their] blessings compared with people [are] also inferior. If [there] is [a] person [for a] hundred years making offerings [to] Arhats [in the] four continents, [this is] not as good as giving rise [to the] Bodhisattva Mind, [on] one day making offerings [to a] Buddha.’
盖佛自无量劫来救度众生，无非得福，而福利人也胜；
Because Buddhas, from immeasurable kalpas [since], save [and] deliver sentient beings, [they are] without [that] not attaining blessings, then [with their] blessings benefitting people also [being] supreme.
阿罗汉了生死，遂入涅槃，独善其身，故福及人劣矣。
Arhats liberated [from the cycle of] birth [and] death, thereupon enter [Pari]nirvāṇa, alone [with] good [for] themselves. Thus [are their] blessings compared with [these] people inferior.
[原眉批：大阿罗汉不在此例。如舍利弗言：「复令诸众生，如我一无二。」岂是独善其身者？]
[Original headnotes: Great Arhats (are) not here (like) this example. Like Śāriputra (who) said, ‘(I will) return (to) enable all sentient beings, (to be) like me, one without two.’ How (can) this (be) alone (with) good (for) oneself?]
佛又言：「若人有福，曾供养佛。」
[The] Buddha also said, ‘If people have blessings, [they have] formerly made offerings [to] Buddhas.’
亦勿谓供养乃身后事。近年秀州一僧专念阿弥陀佛，为人祷病，即得痊愈，岂可谓佛不利于生前？
Likewise, [do] not say [that] making offerings [is] thus after death’s practice. [In] recent years, Xiùzhōu [had] a monastic [with] focused recitation [of] Āmítuófó [i.e. Amitā(bha) Buddha], for people praying [for their] sicknesses, [who] immediately attained complete recovery. How can it be said [that the] Buddha [does] not [have] benefits for [us] while living?
既可祷病，则亦可祈福，但恐信心不至耳。
Since [there] can [be] praying [for] sicknesses, then likewise can [there be] praying [for] blessings, only fearing [that the] faithful mind [is] not reached only.
若修净土，期于复来化度者，尤不可无福，故此不可不知。
If cultivating [the] Pure Land [path], those hoping to return, [to] come [and] transform [others], especially cannot [be] without blessings, thus [with] this [that] cannot [be] not known.
宋‧王日休
Sòng [Dynasty’s] Wáng Rìxiū
《龙舒净土文》
Lóngshū’s Pure Land Text:
第九卷：助修上品十六篇
Ninth Scroll: Sixteen Essays [On] Supportive Cultivation [For] High Grade
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
相关教理
Related Teachings:
《龙舒净土文》
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