众生皆有佛性常光
[268] All Sentient Beings Have Buddha-Nature’s Constant Light
一切众生，具有佛性常光。举凡明暗、通塞、远近，悉皆彻照无遗。固不假日月灯明，方能有见也。
All sentient beings possess Buddha-nature’s constant light. [With] every[thing] bright [and] dark, unobstructed [and] blocked, far [and] near, all completely illuminating without omission. Certainly not needing [the] sun, moon [and] lamps’ brightness, then able [to] have [them] seen.
无奈众生迷昧本性，背觉合尘。致佛性常光，变作烦恼无明。
[How] helpless [it is, that] sentient beings [are] confused [and] ignorant [about their] fundamental nature, [with their] backs [to] awakening, joining [the] dusts. Leading Buddha-nature’s constant light, [to] change [and] become afflictions’ ignorance [i.e. without light].
不但暗塞远处不能见，即近在目前，若无日月灯光，虽泰山亦不能见，况其他乎？
Not only [are those in] dark, blocked [and] far places not able [to be] seen, even [if with that] near, before [the] eyes, if without [the] sun, moon [and] lamps’ lights, although [as big as] Mount Tài, [it is] also not able [to be] seen, moreover others?
由是轮回生死苦海，如盲无导，了无出期。
Due [to] this reborn [in] birth [and] death’s suffering ocean, like [those] blind without [a] guide, completely without exit’s date.
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）：李夫人然灯记；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Lady Lǐ’s Lamp-Lighting Record;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百六十八则）：八、释普通疑惑：论心性（第十七则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (268th Short Section): 8th Chapter: Explanations [On] Common Doubts [And] Confusions: Discussion On Mind-Nature (17th Short Section)
[Ref: #268 / 8.17]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and note 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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