僧人闭关须知
[54] [What] Monastics Must Know [For] Retreats
闭关专修净业，当以念佛为正行。
[In] retreats [with] focused cultivation [of] pure karmas, [there] should [be] with mindfulness [of] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)] as [the] Main Practice.
早课仍照常念《楞严》、《大悲》、《十小咒》。如《楞严咒》不熟，不妨日日看本子念，及至熟极，再背念。
[For] morning chanting, as usual recite [the] Śūraṅgama, Great Compassion [and] Ten Small Mantras. If [with the] Śūraṅgama Mantra not familiar, [there is] no harm [in] every day looking [at a] book [to] recite, up until familiarity [is] utmost, again from memory recite.
晚课《弥陀经》、《大忏悔》、《蒙山》，亦须日日常念。
[For] evening chanting, [the A]mitā[bha] Sūtra《阿弥陀经》, [‘Eighty-Eight Buddhas’] Great Repentance [Text]’《八十八佛大忏悔文》[and] ‘Mount Mēng[‘s Giving Of Food’s Ceremony’]《蒙山施食仪》, also must [be] constantly recited every day.
此外念佛宜从朝至暮，行住坐卧常念。
Other [than] these, mindfulness [of] Buddha should [be] from dawn to dusk, [when] walking, standing, sitting [and] lying down constantly reciting.
又立一规矩，朝念一次，未念前拜若干拜。先拜本师释迦牟尼佛三拜，次拜阿弥陀佛若干拜，再拜观音、势至、清净大海众各三拜。
Also establishing one rule, [at] dawn, reciting one time, before reciting, prostrating [a] certain number [of] prostrations. First prostrate [to our] fundamental teacher Śākyamuni Buddha [with] three prostrations, next prostrate [to] Amitā[bha] Buddha [with a] certain number [of] prostrations, again prostrate [to] Contemplator [Of The World’s] Sounds [Bodhisattva] [观世音菩萨], [Great] Power Arrived [Bodhisattva] [大势至菩萨], and the] pure great ocean-[like] assembly, each [with] three prostrations.
再拜常住十方一切诸佛、一切尊法、一切贤圣僧三拜。
Again prostrate [to the] ten directions’ constantly abiding all Buddhas, all honoured Dharma [Doors, and] all virtuous [and] noble monastics [with] three prostrations.
即念佛或一千声，或多或少，念毕再拜若干拜。
Then recite [the] Buddha[‘s name], perhaps [with] one thousand recitations, perhaps more or less, [with] recitation completed, again prostrating [a] certain number [of] prostrations.
午前一次，午后一次，再歇一刻做晚课。
Before noon one time, after noon one time, again resting [for] one quarter [of an hour, [then] doing evening chanting.
初夜念《蒙山》，后念佛若干声，拜若干拜，发愿回向，《三皈依》，后心中默念佛号养息。
[In the] early evening [i.e. 6-10pm] recite ‘Mount Mēng[‘s Giving Of Food’s Ceremony’], later reciting [the] Buddha[‘s name [with a] certain number [of] recitations, prostrating [with a] certain number [of] prostrations, giving rise [to] Aspiration [and] dedication, [reciting the] ‘Threefold Refuge’. Later within [the] mind [with] silent recitation [of the] Buddha’s name maintaining rest.
卧时只许心中默念，不可出声，出声则伤气，久则成病。虽是睡觉（音教），心仍常存恭敬，只求心不外驰，念念与佛号相应。
When lying down, only allowing within [the] mind [to have] silent recitation. [There] must not [be] verbal [recitation, with] verbal [recitation] then harming breathing [i.e. qì], [for] long then becoming sick. Although [one] is sleeping ([with the] sound teaching), [with the] mind still constantly retaining reverence. Only seeking [to have the] mind, [to] not [to that] outside chase, [to have] thought [after] thought with [the] Buddha’s name corresponding.
若或心起杂念，即时摄心虔念，杂念即灭。切不可瞎打妄想，想得神通、得缘法、得名誉，想兴寺庙，若有此种念头，久久必至着魔。
If perhaps [with the] mind giving rise [to] mixed thoughts, immediately gather [the] mind [with] reverent recitation, [and the] mixed thoughts [will] immediately [be] eliminated. [There] absolutely must not [be] blindly giving rise [to] false thoughts, thinking [of] attaining supernormal [powers], attaining conditions [leading to] dharmas, attaining reputation, thinking [of] starting monasteries [and] temples. If having this kind [of] thoughts, after a long time, definitely arriving [to be] possessed [by] demons.
纵令心净妄伏，亦不可心生欢喜，对人自夸有一分就说有十分，此亦着魔之根。
Even if [the] mind [is] pure [and the] false [is] subdued, [there] also must not [be the] mind [of] giving rise [to] joy, towards others self-boasting, [with] having one part then saying having ten parts. This [is] also [the] root of [becoming] possessed [by] demons.
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》（三编）：复明心师书；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Three Compilation): Reply Letter [To] Master Míngxīn;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第五十四）：三、示修持方法：甲、示念佛方法（第二则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (54th Short Section): 3rd [Chapter]: Guidance [On] Practice Methods: First, Guidance [On] Mindfulness [Of] Buddha’s Methods (2nd Short Section)
[Ref: #54 / 3.1.2]
Namo Amituofo : Translation by Shen Shi’an
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Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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