极乐无穷尽之乐
[25] [The] Inexhaustible Bliss Of Ultimate Bliss
世间所有，若根身（即吾人之身），若世界（即现所住之天地），皆由众生生灭心中同业（世界）、别业（根身）所感。
[In this] world, all [that] exist, if [as] roots’ body (the same as [these] bodies of ours), or [this] world (the same as those presently abiding sky [and] earth), [are] all due [to] sentient beings’ arising [and] ceasing minds within, [by their] same karmas (world), [and] different karmas (roots’ body) those connected.
皆有成坏，皆不久长。身则有生、老、病、死，界则有成、住、坏、空。所谓物极必反，乐极生悲者，此也。
All have formation [and] dissolution, all [are] not long-lasting. [The] body then has birth, ageing, sickness [and] death. [The] world then has forming, abiding, dissolving [and] emptiness. [This is] so-called [when] things [reach their] extremes, [they] will [become their] opposites. Those [with] joy extreme giving rise [to] sorrow [is] this.
以因既是生灭，果亦不能不生灭也。极乐世界，乃阿弥陀佛彻证自心本具之佛性，随心所现不思议称性庄严之世界，故其乐无有穷尽之时期。
With [the] cause, since arising [and] ceasing, [the] effect [is] also not able [to] not arise [and] cease. [The] Land [Of] Ultimate Bliss, thus [is] that Āmítuófó’s [i.e. Amitā(bha) Buddha] thoroughly realised own mind’s originally possessed Buddha-nature. According [to his] mind, appearing [with] that land’s inconceivable matching nature’s adornments. Thus, its bliss [does] not have [the] time [and] date of exhausting completely.
譬如虚空，宽廓广大，包含一切，森罗万象。世界虽数数成、数数坏，而虚空毕竟无所增减。
For example, like empty space, wide [and] expansive, vast [and] great, [it] contains all, [the] numerous spread out ten thousand forms. [This] world, although often forming, [and] often dissolving, yet empty space [is] after all without that increasing [and] decreasing.
汝以世间之乐，难极乐之乐。极乐之乐，汝未能见。虚空汝虽未能全见，当天地之间之虚空，汝曾见过改变否？
[On the] bliss of [the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss, you [have] yet [to be] able [to] see [it. Of] empty space, although you [have] yet [to be] able [to] entirely see [it, of] that empty space between [the] sky [and] earth, [have] you previously seen [it] change or not?
须知一切众生，皆具佛性。故佛（指释迦佛）令人念佛求生西方，以仗阿弥陀佛之大慈悲愿力，亦得受用此不生不灭之乐。
[It] must [be] known [that] all sentient beings, all possess Buddha-nature. You, with [the] joy of [this] world, [have] difficulty [knowing the] bliss of [the Land Of] Ultimate Bliss. Thus, [the] Buddha (referring [to] Śākya[muni] Buddha) led people [to be] mindful [of the] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)] [to] seek birth [in his] Western [Land Of Ultimate Bliss] [西方极乐世界]. With relying on [the] great compassionate vow power of Āmítuófó, also attaining benefits [of] this bliss that [does] not arise [and does] not cease.
以根身，则莲花化生，无生老病死之苦。世界，则称性功德所现，无成住坏空之变。
With roots’ body, then [from] lotus flowers’ [with] transformed births, without [the] suffering of birth, ageing, sickness [and] death. [The] land [is] then [with] matching nature’s meritorious virtues those appearing, without changes of forming, abiding, dissolving [and] emptiness.
虽圣人亦有所不知，况以世间生灭之法疑之乎？
Although [as] noble persons, [they] also have that not known. Moreover [as those] with [this] world’s dharmas that arise [and] cease, [who might] doubt this.
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）：复冯不疚书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Reply Letter [To] Féng Bùjiù;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第二十五则）：二、诫信愿真切：乙、劝祛疑生信（第一则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (25th Short Section): 2nd [Chapter]: Admonishment [For] Faith [And] Aspiration [To Be] True [And] Sincere: Second, Exhortation [To] Dispel Doubts [And] Give Rise [To] Faith (1st Short Section)
[Ref: #25 / 2.2.1]
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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