持名念佛最契机
[141] Upholding Āmítuófó’s Name Accords Most [With Our] Capacities
应当持名或观像念佛？
Should We Uphold Mindfulness Of Āmítuófó With His Name Or Visualisation?
切不可谓 [1] 持名一法浅近，舍之而修 [2] 观像、[3] 观想、[4] 实相等法。
[You] absolutely must not say [that the] one Dharma [Door of [1] mindfulness of Buddha by] upholding [the] name [of Āmítuófó] (持名念佛) [is] superficial, [and] abandon it [to] then cultivate [2] [mindfulness of Buddha by] visualisation [of Āmítuófó’s] image (观像念佛), [3] [mindfulness of Buddha by] visualisation [of his Pure Land’s forms] (观想念佛), [4] [mindfulness of Buddha’s] true form (实相念佛) [and] other Dharma [Doors].
夫四种念佛，唯 [1] 持名最为契机。
[Of] those four kinds [of methods for] mindfulness [of] Buddha, only [1] upholding [of his] name is [that] most according [with our] capacities.
持至一心不乱，实相妙理，全体显露。西方妙境，彻底圆彰。
[With] upholding until wholeheartedness without [being] scattered, true form’s wonderful principles [will] entirely appear. [The] Western [Pure Land’s] wonderful realm [will] thoroughly [and] perfectly manifest.
即持名而亲证实相，不作观而彻见西方。
Even though upholding [of the] name [of Āmítuófó], yet personally realising [his] true form, not doing visualisation, yet completely seeing [his] Western [Pure Land].
[持名念佛为成佛捷径]
[Upholding Mindfulness Of Āmítuófó‘s Name Is Accomplishing Buddhahood’s Shortcut]
[1] 持名一法，乃入道之玄门，成佛之捷径。
[1] Upholding [the] name [of Āmítuófó, this] one Dharma [Door], thus [is the] profound door of entering [the] path, [the] shortcut of accomplishing Buddhahood.
今人教理观法，皆不了明。若修观想、实相，或至着魔。弄巧成拙，求升反堕。
Nowadays, people [are with the] teachings’ principles [and] visualisation methods, all not understood clearly. If cultivating [mindfulness of Buddha by] visualisation [of his Pure Land’s forms or mindfulness of his] true form, [they will] perhaps [become] attached [to the] demonic [i.e. with hallucinations and disturbances]. [This is] doing [of that] ‘clever’ [to] accomplish [the] clumsy, seeking [to] ascend, instead falling.
宜修易行之行，自感至妙之果矣。
[There] should [be] practice of cultivating [this] Easy Practice, [to] personally connect [to the] fruit of [the] utmost wonderful.
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）：与徐福贤书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Letter For Xú Fúxián;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第一百四十一则）：三、示修持方法：戊、评修持各法（第四则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (141st Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: Fifth, Reviews [On] Practices’ Each Method (4th Short Section)
[Ref: #141 / 3.5.4]
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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