「无禅无净土」之后果
[249] Consequences Of [Being] ‘Without Chán [And] Without Pure Land [Practices]’
「无禅无净土，铁床并铜柱，万劫与千生，没个人依怙」者，有谓「无禅无净」，即埋头造业，不修善法者，大错大错。
[Of] those ‘Without Chán [and] without Pure Land [practices], iron beds and bronze pillars [await them. For] ten thousand kalpas and thousands [of] lives, [with] no person [to] rely upon’, [there] are those saying [that] ‘without Chán [and] without Pure [Land]’, is the same as [to] immerse oneself [in] creating [evil] karmas, [and] not cultivate good dharmas, [which is the] great mistake [of] great mistakes.
[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 fourth verse.]
夫法门无量，唯禅与净，最为当机。其人既未彻悟，又不求生。悠悠泛泛，修余法门。既不能定慧均等，断惑证真，又无从仗佛慈力，带业往生。
[Of] those Dharma Doors immeasurable, only Chán [and] Pure [Land] are most suitable [for our] capacities. Those persons, since yet [to have] thorough awakening, also not seeking birth [in Pure Land], leisurely [and] superficially, cultivating other Dharma Doors, since not able [to have] concentration [and] wisdom all equal, [to] sever confusions [and] realise [the] true, [they] also have no way [to] rely [on the] Buddha’s compassionate power, [to] carry karmas [to be] reborn [in his Pure Land].
以毕生修持功德，感来生人天福报。现生既无正智，来生即随福转，耽着五欲，广造恶业。
With all [of this] life’s cultivated meritorious virtues, connecting [to] future life’s human [or] heavenly [beings’] blessed rewards. [In this] present life, since without right wisdom, [in the] future life immediately following blessings [to be] transformed, [to be] infatuated [with the] five desires, [to] widely create evil karmas.
[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).]
既造恶业，难逃恶报。一气不来，即堕地狱。以洞然之「铁床」「铜柱」，久经长劫，寝卧抱持，以偿彼贪声色、杀生命等种种恶业。诸佛菩萨，虽垂慈愍，恶业障故，不能得益。
Already [having] created evil karmas, [they are] difficult [to] escape [from] evil retribution. [With] one breath not coming, immediately falling [into the] hells. With those ‘iron beds’ [and] ‘bronze pillars’ becoming clear, long passing long kalpas, lying down [and] embracing [them], with [these] repaying that greed [for] sounds [and] forms, killing lives [and] all other kinds [of] evil karmas. [With] all Buddhas [and] Bodhisattvas, although [with] extended compassion sympathising, [by] evil karmas obstructed thus, [they are] not able [to] attain [their] benefits.
昔人谓「修行之人，若无正信求生西方，泛修诸善，名为第三世怨」者，此之谓也。
Past people say that, ‘Of people cultivating practices, if without right Faith seeking birth [in the] Western [Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss] [西方极乐世界], extensively cultivating all good, [this is] named as [creating the] third lifetime’s grievance.’ This [is] that said.
盖以今生修行，来生享福，倚福作恶，即获堕落。乐暂得于来生，苦永贻于长劫。纵令地狱业消，又复转生鬼畜。欲复人身，难之难矣。
Because with this life cultivating practices, [in the] future life enjoying blessings, relying [on] blessings doing evil, then obtaining falling. [With] joys temporarily attained in [the] future life, [and] suffering long given in long kalpas. Even if [the] hells’ karmas [are] eliminated, also again transforming [to be] ghosts [and] animals. Desiring [to] recover [the] human body, [this is the] difficulty of difficulties.
所以佛以手拈土，问阿难曰：「我手土多？大地土多？」
Therefore, [the] Buddha with [his] hand [once] picked up soil, [and] asked Ānanda, ‘[Is] my hand’s soil more? [Or is the] great earth’s soil more?’
阿难对佛：「大地土多。」
Ānanda replied [to the] Buddha, ‘[The] great earth’s soil [is] more.’
佛言：「得人身者，如手中土。失人身者，如大地土。」
[The] Buddha said, ‘Those [who have] attained [the] human body, [are] like [the] soil within [my] hand. Those [who have] lost [the] human body, [are] like [the] great earth’s soil.’
「万劫与千生，没个人依怙」，犹局于偈语，而浅近言之也。
‘[For] ten thousand kalpas and thousands [of] lives, [with] no person [to] rely upon.’ [That is] also close to [this] verse’s words, then simply saying this.
夫一切法门，专仗自力。净土法门，专仗佛力。一切法门，惑业净尽，方了生死。净土法门，带业往生，即预圣流。
Those all Dharma Doors, focus [on] relying [upon] Self-power. [The] Pure Land Dharma Door, focuses [on] relying [upon the] Buddha’s power. All Dharma Doors [are with] confusions [and evil] karmas completely gone, then [with] liberation [from the cycle of] birth [and] death. [The] Pure Land Dharma Door, [is with] carrying [of] karmas [to be] reborn [there, to] immediately enter [the] noble stream.
永明大师，恐世不知，故特《料简》，以示将来。可谓迷津宝筏，险道导师。
[The Pure Land Tradition’s Sixth Patriarch] Great Master Yǒngmíng [净土宗六祖永明大师], fearing [that the] world [does] not know [these], thus specially [wrote the Fourfold] Explanations《四料简》, with [them for] teaching [in the] future. [They] can [be] called [the] confusing crossing point’s treasure raft, [and the] dangerous path’s guiding teacher.
惜举世之人，颟顸读过，不加研穷。其众生同分恶业之所感者欤！
[It is a] pity that [there are] people throughout the world, [who] muddleheadedly [and] carelessly read [them], without studying [them] thoroughly. These sentient beings [are with the] same class [of] evil karmas, by those connected!
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（第两百四十九则）：七、分禅净界限（第十一则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (249th Short Section): 7th Chapter: Differentiation Of Chán And Pure Land Traditions’ Boundaries (11th Short Section)
[Ref: #249 / 7.11]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and note by Shen Shi’an
相关典籍
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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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