愚者与智者之别
[29] Differences Between Those Foolish And Wise
众生习气，各有所偏。愚者偏于庸劣，智者偏于高上。
Sentient beings’ habitual forces each have those partial [to]. Those foolish [are] partial to [those] ordinary and inferior. Those wise [are] partial to [those] high-spirited [and] respected.
若愚者安愚，不杂用心，专修净业，即生定获往生，所谓其愚不可及也。
If those foolish [are at] peace [with their] foolishness, not [with the] mixed [being] ‘wholehearted’, focus [on] cultivation [of] pure karmas, [they will in this] immediate life definitely obtain rebirth [in Pure Land, which] those so-called ‘foolish’ cannot reach.
若智者不以其智自恃，犹然从事于仗佛慈力，求生净土一门，是之谓大智。
If those wise [are] not with their wisdom self-relying [i.e. self-conceited], also thus following [the] practice of relying on [the] Buddha’s compassionate power, [to] seek birth [in his] Pure Land, [this] one [Dharma] Door, [this] is that called great wisdom.
倘恃己见解，藐视净土，将见从劫至劫，沉沦恶道，欲再追随此日之愚夫，而了不可得。
If relying upon one’s views [and] understanding, looking down on Pure Land, [what] will [be] seen from kalpa to kalpa, [is] sinking [in the] evil paths. Desiring [to] again follow [the] fools of this day, then [is] liberation [that which] cannot be attained.
彼深通性相宗教者，吾诚爱之慕之，而不敢依从。何也？以短绠不能汲深，小楮不能包大，故也。
[Of] those deeply penetrating [the] nature [and] forms [of the] essential [and the] teachings, I truly love them [and] admire them, yet [do] not dare [to] comply with [them]. Why? With [a] short [well] rope, [it is] not able to draw water [from that] deep, [with a] small [piece of] paper, [it is] not able [to] wrap [that] big thus.
非曰一切人皆须效我所为。若与我同卑劣，又欲学大通家之行为，直欲妙悟自心，掀翻教海，吾恐大通家不能成，反为愚夫愚妇老实念佛往生西方者所怜悯。
Not saying [that] all persons, all must imitate me [with] that done. If with me, similarly base [and] inferior, also desiring [to] learn [the] actions of great [and] extensive experts, directly desiring [for] wonderful awakening [of] one’s mind, [to] ‘overturn’ [the] teachings’ ocean, I fear [that not only is becoming a] great [and] extensive expert not able [to be] accomplished, instead by those foolish men [and] foolish women [with] earnest mindfulness [of] Buddha reborn [in his] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss] [西方极乐世界] [as] those sympathised.
岂非弄巧翻成大拙，腾空反坠深渊乎哉？一言以蔽之，曰：自审其机而已矣。
How can [this] not [be] doing [of that] ‘clever’, turning over [to] accomplish [the] clumsy, [wanting to] soar [to the] sky, instead falling [into a] deep abyss? With one sentence summarising this, saying, ‘Only personally examine that capacity.’
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）：复永嘉某居士书九；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Ninth Reply Letter [To A] Certain Yǒngjiā Layperson;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第二十九则）：二、诫信愿真切：乙、劝祛疑生信（第五则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (29th Short Section): 2nd [Chapter]: Admonishment [For] Faith [And] Aspiration [To Be] True [And] Sincere: Second, Exhortation [To] Dispel Doubts [And] Give Rise [To] Faith (5th Short Section)
[Ref: #29 / 2.2.5]
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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