信愿持名为特别法门
[138] [With] Faith [And] Aspiration Upholding [Āmítuófó’s] Name Is [The] Special Dharma Door
[40] 什么是通途法门？什么是特别法门？
[40] What Are Common Dharma Doors? What Is [The] Special Dharma Door?
◎ 仗自力修戒定慧，以迄断惑证真，了生脱死者，名为通途法门。具真信切愿，持佛名号，以期仗佛慈力，往生西方者，名为特别法门。
◎ [Summary]: Relying on Self-power cultivating precepts, concentration [and] wisdom, with [this] until severing confusions [and] realising [the] true, [to be] liberated [from the cycle of] birth [and] death, [these are] named as Common Dharma Doors. That possessing true Faith [and] sincere Aspiration, upholding [the] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], with hope [of] relying on [the] Buddha’s compassionate power, [to be] reborn [in his] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss (西方极乐世界), this is] named as [the] Special Dharma Door.
窃维修持法门，有二种不同：
Privately thinking [about] practices’ Dharma Doors, [there] are two different kinds.
若仗自力修戒定慧，以迄断惑证真，了生脱死者，名为通途法门。
If [with] those relying on Self-power cultivating precepts, concentration [and] wisdom [i.e. Threefold Learning (三学)], with [this] until severing confusions [and] realising [the] true, [to be] completely liberated [from the cycle of] birth [and] death, [these are] named as Common Dharma Doors.
若具真信切愿，持佛名号，以期仗佛慈力，往生西方者，名为特别法门。
If [with] that possessing true Faith [and] sincere Aspiration, upholding [the] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], with hope [of] relying on [the] Buddha’s compassionate power, [to be] reborn [in his] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss (西方极乐世界), this is] named as [the] Special Dharma Door.
通途全仗自力，特别则自力、佛力兼而有之。
[The] Common [Dharma Doors] completely rely on Self-power. [The] Special [Dharma Door] then [relies on] Self-power [and the] Buddha’s [Other-]power [他力], together then having them.
即有深修定慧断惑之功，而无真信切愿念佛求生，亦属自力。
Even if having skills of deep cultivation [of] concentration [and] wisdom [for] severing confusions, yet without true Faith [and] sincere Aspiration mindful [of the] Buddha [to] seek birth, [this] also belongs [to] Self-power.
今以喻明：通途，如画山水，必一笔一画而渐成；特别，如照山水，虽数十重蓊蔚峰峦，一照俱了。
Now with analogies [for] explaining, [with] Common [Dharma Doors, it is] like painting mountains [and] rivers, [which] must [be with] one brush’s [each] one stroke then gradually formed. [With the] Special [Dharma Door, it is] like reflecting [the] mountains [and] rivers. Although [with] several tens [of] layers [of] lush vegetation, mountain peaks [and] ranges, [they are with] one reflection together complete.
又通途，如步行登程，强者日不过百十里；特别，如乘转轮圣王轮宝，一日即可遍达四大部洲。（以下继续）
Also, [with] Common [Dharma Doors, it is] like walking [and] ascending [on a] journey, [with] those strong [in one] day not exceeding [a] hundred or so lǐs. [With the] Special [Dharma Door, it is] like riding [a] Wheel-Turning Noble King’s wheel treasure, [which in] one day, can immediately [be with] everywhere reached [in the] four great continents. (continues below)
《近代往生传序》
Modern Rebirth Records’ Preface
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仗自力者，名通途法门。
Those relying on Self-power, [are] named [as] Common Dharma Doors.
仗佛力者，名特别法门。
That relying on [the] Buddha’s power [too, is] named [as the] Special Dharma Door.
《楹联·讲堂》
Couplet: Lecture Hall
净土宗十三祖印光大师著
Written [By] Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师答念佛600问》
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Answers [For] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha’s 600 Questions
传印法师鉴定
Evaluated [By] Dharma Master Chuányìn
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吾人既无立地成佛之资格，又无断见惑任运不造恶业之实证，若不专修净业，以期仗佛慈力，带业往生，则恐尽未来际仍在三途六道中，受生受死，莫由出离也。愿我同人，咸生正信。
We, since without qualifications of standing [on this] ground [to] accomplish Buddhahood [immediately], also without true realisation [of] severing [mistaken] views [and] confusions, [and] natural accomplishment [of] not creating evil karmas, if not focusing [on] cultivating pure karmas, with hope [of] relying on [the] Buddha’s compassionate power, [to] bring karmas [to be] reborn, then fearing [that] exhausting [the] future’s limit, [will] still [be] within [the] three realms’ six paths, receiving births [and] receiving deaths, [with] no cause [for] departure. May my colleagues, all give rise [to] true Faith.
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）：近代往生传序；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Modern Rebirth Records’ Preface;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第一百三十八则）：三、示修持方法：戊、评修持各法（第一则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (138th Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: Fifth, Reviews [On] Practices’ Each Method (1st Short Section)
[Ref: #138 / 3.5.1]
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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