何为「有禅有净土」?
[245] What Is ‘With Chán [And] With Pure Land [Practices]’?
「禅」者，即吾人本具之真如佛性，宗门所谓「父母未生以前本来面目」。宗门语不说破，令人参而自得，故其言如此。
That ‘Chán’ [is] the same as [the] True Thusness’ Buddha-nature that we originally possess, [the] Chán Door’s so-called ‘original face before [our] fathers [and] mothers [are] yet [to be] born.’ [As the] Chán Door’s words [do] not speak [to] reveal [it], leading people contemplating [to] then personally attain [it], thus [are] those words like this.
[Note 1: These teachings are on ‘Chán And Pure Land’s Fourfold Explanations’ 《禅净四料简》: https://purelanders.com/2009/12/15/brief-on-four-categories, especially the titular line in it.]
实即无能无所，即寂即照之离念灵知、纯真心体也。（「离念灵知」者，了无念虑，而洞悉前境也。）
[It] actually [is] the same as [what is] without [that] able [to transform (i.e. active) and] without [that] transformable [i.e. passive], the same as [what is] still and illuminating, that [is] departed [from] thought’s spiritual knowledge, [the] pure [and] true mind essence. (That ‘departed [from] thought’s spiritual knowledge’, [is] completely without thoughts [and] thinking, yet clearly understanding [those] faced circumstances.)
「净土」者，即信愿持名，求生西方，非偏指唯心净土，自性弥陀也。
That ‘Pure Land’ [is] the same as [with] Faith [and] Aspiration upholding [the Buddha’s] name [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], [for] seeking birth [in his] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss (西方极乐世界), which is] not partial [to] referring [to] mind-only Pure Land [and] self-nature’s [Ā]mítuó[fó].
「有禅」者，即参究力极，念寂情亡，彻见「父母未生前本来面目」，明心见性也。
Those ‘with Chán’ [are] the same as [those with] contemplative investigation’s efforts utmost, [with] thoughts stilled [and] passions exhausted, completely seeing [their] ‘original face before [our] fathers [and] mothers [are] yet [to be] born’, understanding [their] minds [and] seeing [their] nature.
「有净土」者，即真实发菩提心，生信发愿，持佛名号，求生西方也。
Those ‘with Pure Land [practices’, are] the same as [those who] truly give rise [to the] Bodhi Mind, give rise [to] Faith [and] give rise [to] Aspiration, [to] uphold [the] Buddha’s name, [for] seeking birth [in his] Western [Pure Land].
「禅」与「净土」，唯约教约理。「有禅有净土」，乃约机约修。
‘Chán’ and ‘Pure Land’, [are] only restricted [to the] teachings [and] restricted [to the] principles. ‘With Chán [and] with Pure Land [practices’, are] thus restricted [to] capacities [and] restricted [to] cultivation.
教理则恒然如是，佛不能增，凡不能减。机修须依教起行，行极证理，使其实有诸己也。
[The] teachings [and] principles [are] then constantly thus, [which the] Buddhas [are] not able [to] increase, [and] all [are] not able [to] decrease. [The] capacities [and] cultivation must rely [on the] teachings [to] give rise [to] practices, [with] practices utmost realising [the] principles, enabling that [fruit] truly possessed [by] all [in] ourselves [to be attained].
二者文虽相似，实大不同。须细参详，不可儱侗（笼统）。
Those two lines, although similar, [are] truly [with] great differences. [There] must [be] careful [and] deliberate examination, [that] must not [be done] generally.
倘参禅未悟，或悟而未彻，皆不得名为「有禅」。
If contemplating Chán, [then] yet [to] awaken, or [having] awakening, then yet [to be] complete, all cannot [be] named as ‘with Chán’.
倘念佛偏执唯心而无信愿，或有信愿而不真切，悠悠泛泛，敷衍故事。或行虽精进，心恋尘境。或求来生，生富贵家，享五欲乐。或求生天，受天福乐。或求来生，出家为僧，一闻千悟，得大总持，宏扬法道，普利众生者，皆不得名为「有净土」矣。
If mindful [of the] Buddha [with] partial attachment [to] mind-only, then without Faith [and] Aspiration. Perhaps having Faith [and] Aspiration, yet not truly sincere; leisurely, superficially [and] perfunctorily thus practising. Perhaps [having] practice, although diligent, [with the] mind attached [to the] dusts’ realms. Perhaps seeking future lives’ births [in] wealthy [and] honoured families, [to] enjoy [the] five desires’ joys. Perhaps seeking birth [in the] heavens, [to] receive heavenly blessings’ joys. Perhaps seeking future lives’ leaving [of the] household [life to] be monastics, [who] once hear [the Dharma, have a] thousand awakenings, attain great total retention, [to] propagate [the] Dharma’s path, [for] universally benefitting sentient beings, all [these] cannot [be] named as ‘with Pure Land [practices]’.
[Note 2: The Five Desires (五欲) are for (i) wealth, (ii) sex, (iii) fame, (iv) food and (v) sleep (财色名食睡).]
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）：净土决疑论；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (First Compilation): Treatise [On] Pure Land’s Resolution [Of] Doubts;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百四十五则）：七、分禅净界限（第七则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (245th Short Section): 7th Chapter: Differentiation Of Chán And Pure Land Traditions’ Boundaries (7th Short Section)
[Ref: #245 / 7.7]
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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